The problem lies with Dlvl vs. Blockrate. Outmaneuver adds a bonus to blockrate, but against any serious enemy you still won't block even with that active. Aegis Boon is the only guaranteed block Pld got (before this latest update to divine veil?), which limited wardrum/phalanx/spirits usage. Pld picked up a second enmity + combo now, too. The love for warrior comes because Pld lacks(lacked?) proper damage mitigation and because warrior, obviously, carries a higher DPS and higher HP pool.

With the new revamps on Pld timers/abilities I'm excited to play. It'll be among the first things I do when i log on again to go test the changes. I'm really hoping it will cement Pld a spot as main tank on single big mobs. (Chimera, Coincounter, Batraal who arguably isn't that bad, and future content bosses) We can run a dungeon on warrior to tank piles of smaller things and swap to Pld before the boss at the sacrifice of Hallowed Ground.

People might enjoy %'s instead of numbers, idk, but i don't think that's why there was/is such a large disperity between warrior and paladin tanks.