Quote Originally Posted by Lux_Rayna View Post
Not really o.o WAR takes more dmg. Thats why its HP pool is bigger. And not to be rude but you probably have an easier time on WAR because you are better at WAR, and not as good with PLD. That may be because of some mechanics of the class, or it could just be you. And no matter how you slice it a PLD is easier to heal than a WAR, so I have no idea what those WHMs are thinking. That PLD must not be healing himself because he ran out of mp, which is why they invented ethers lol. PLD should use them and try again!

But really, PLD = less healing. PLD = less dmg. The benefits of a WAR tank are purely about enmity and damage dealt. More room to wait for heals is just incorrect, because it drops farther than on a PLD. On top of that, a WAR can only heal itself with crits, which is much less reliable than PLD self-healing/blocks/etc etc.
PLD = Less damage if we're talking about physical damage and if Defense really worked as well as it should. PLD vs WAR you're trading about 1k HP for 40ish defense, both in full AF. At least before the patch. On strictly physical mobs, it's not bad. On something like Ifrit which does primarily magic damage it's kind of shitty. Defense just doesn't mean as much as it should to really balance out damage taken from Paladin vs Warrior. On multiple occasions I've had some friends who are great tanks tell me to just take straight HP over defense any day.

I played Gladiator more than Marauder, I played Paladin before I played Warrior. I've tried both on Ifrit and I have a much easier time on Warrior. Both geared well enough. I know how to play both well. Paladin just takes more damage from certain mobs and has a lower HP pool. It's not about the ease of healing, it's about all that HP buffer you've got that the Paladin doesn't have. Warrior just isn't in quite as much danger most of the time compared to Paladin.

Paladin = less healing sometimes. I mean the White Mages I roll with are really on top of things and keep me in good health pretty much all the time. I rarely need to cure myself and if I do, as a Paladin I do have that option. However Holy Succor and Cure can't always keep up with the damage you're taking sometimes, not to mention the fact that spells are easily interrupted and as tank you're getting hit constantly.