Reasonable buff to war

[millktea]

This is such a non-issue. The difference between the strongest tank (Gunbreaker) and the weakest (Warrior) is barely 2% at the 95th percentile. Compare that to DPS (12%) and healers (6%) and you can see that tanks are far and away the most balanced role in the game.

DPS isn't everything when it comes to balance. Until you make every single skill the exact same, these tanks will not be balanced.

warrior is at a disadvantage due to having to apply eye as well as IR being a complete burden. this ability is so skill speed and ping dependant and you pray that your cd animations or the Inner Release animation itself doesn't screw you over. the three tanks are consistent dps, while warrior's burst is too high. this means that the better rDPS is, the worst their personal dps is. gun can use all party buffs, pld doesnt care, war can only use rdm/mnk/nin and those three are mostly dead and drk needs a nin. imbalanced.

Paladin's clemency and Equilibrium are the same potency. However, equilibrium is 60s and clemency you can not only spam it 5 times, but it gets buffed by 50% at 68. Clemency is level 58. Warrior's equilibrium is 58, but it cannot be buffed by ToB until level 78, which is only 10s and can the heal can only be used ONCE. Flash is not available until level 78, and its conditionally tied to another player as well as being dependent on damage (which makes it poor with it being only 6s)

warrior has no "self-healing" at 50. it's self-healing is abysmal at 70. warrior is a SLOWBOYE, and making something so tight a window as 6s or 10s (NF/IR) is inconsiderate.

raw intuition is at all times inferior. its legit just a cd for a "oh snap, i messed up i dont have a cd" moment. camo is too good.

the tanks were more balanced in stormblood. the problem was that dark knight was absolutely inferior to the other two and bringing one was a guaranteed rDPS loss no matter what.

it didn't get anything in Shadowbringers. It lost a significant amount in 4.2 Stormblood and they got nothing in return. Flash is the ONLY thing warrior got, but this isnt new either as its just a trash tier bloodbath to give back what SC and IB had prior. Paladin got *everything*: a gapcloser, an aoe magic attack, a combo finisher, more dps, Req. buff. all unique animations. Gunbreaker is a whole new tank, so it got all those resources that warrior (and dark knight) should've got, but didnt. Warrior was completely ignored.

Dark Knight doesn't even have its own pure unique burst as it just burrowed warrior's "inner release", which NO ONE WANTED. and it has fray. ok. cool. Dark doesnt even get its second hit in its aoe combo until like 74. sad.