Quote Originally Posted by Alerith View Post
What I am saying is that while PLD and WAR may take roughly the same damage, PLD has more utility in being able to quickly get their HP back up, without the support of a mage if need be. Aegis Boon on a hard hitting, physical TP move can regain everything you've lost from the prior four moves, and still opens up enmity options.
I see what you're saying for a lot of this, I suppose I just have a lot less utility for Holy Succor because by the time I'm able to get it off, because of either interrupts or having to do something else first (healing is not my #1 priority since it's someone elses #1 priority) my WHM usually cures someone before I can. I'm typically only tanking if I'm on vent with my WHM friend, so communication isn't an issue it's really just more of the whole - WHM cure is guarunteed, PLD cure can be interrupted. He feels safer tossing a cure on one of the DD's or me while I'm curing the same target, so be it.

Either way, that all really boils down to playstyle. Perhaps if stoneskin had a friendlier recast, WHM's would be more apt to throw DD's some stoneskin more often to see if the PLD cures them.

As with your speculation, Divine Veil could also make Holy Succor much more useable as you can count on it not getting interrupted (or do shield blocks not do that?).

PLD being able to get it's HP up faster, though, is simply false. Second Wind is available to WAR but not PLD, and WAR can get two stalling moves to use while waiting for some more cures. PLD gets none of these.