Concise Tank Balance Changes

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PLD has one clear disadvantage compared to WAR - that's the GCD & Mana cost associated with swapping stances. Anything else is a murky debate.

Furthermore, many people on this very same forum argued that PLD DPS should have been lower given all their utility. People are making the same argument that DRK DPS should be highest because they have the least utility. You can't have it both ways. Asking to make WAR the lowest DPS tank is a direct contradiction to what the community claims is balance (utility vs dps). It doesn't bother me in the slightest if they decide to increase DRK DPS - what does bother me is the sentiment that WAR should be lowest when it's obvious the PLD should be lowest based on the sheer amount of utility they possess. Sorry, gotta roll with the punches.

No one is claiming WAR has the "right" to the status they current have. That's SE's fault mainly. No warrior was advocating for Rampart or Reprisal. Only 1 Warrior advocated we should should have automatic direct critical hits. Shake it off was a trash high-level ability, and most people wanted it to simply act like an AOE thrill of battle (which we already have from Bard, anyways). SE gave us rampart. SE gave us Reprisal. SE gave us and AoE Shield. Direct Critical hits. One button gameplay. None of that was advocated for, it is what it is.

Some one, or some group of people, at SE decided that DRK needed no unique identity as a tank. They didn't need an exclusive raidwide mitigation ability. That they didn't need to niche at mitigating magic damage. That they didn't need an interesting proc based or energy draining mechanic. Nah, clearly it's all Warrior's fault.