Removing Auto Crits and Direct Hits from WAR

[Lucy_Pyre]

Sure the utility argument is reasonable. The gap between their utility is so big that war should be given something to compensate for it, to balance the tanks out more. However, paldin has more going on in it's rotation so I don't think simple potency buffs should be enough to put war ahead. I can't concede that the simplest rotation should do the 2nd most damage, even factoring in utility. For war to be ahead, in my opinion it would need a bigger kit and or a more skill intensive rotation. You need to factor in not just utility but the effort that goes into one's rotation. On the basis of utility alone is a weak argument, I believe the disparity in dps is justified because one tank should not have to do less work to output more damage.

Paladin with all of its utility is already the single most popular tank with Dark Knight coming in at a strong second. It doing a little bit less damage will not affect that in any way and, in fact, pushing Warrior past it to be 2nd in tank DPS will give a bit more of variety in tank comps, as running GNB and/or WAR will now be a little bit more favorable.

[RavenFall_]

Paladin with all of its utility is already the single most popular tank with Dark Knight coming in at a strong second. It doing a little bit less damage will not affect that in any way and, in fact, pushing Warrior past it to be 2nd in tank DPS will give a bit more of variety in tank comps, as running GNB and/or WAR will now be a little bit more favorable.

I don't believe that having a little more dps will solve the popularity problem. for people to pick one tank over the other the dps gap would have to be significant. If paladin is made to have slightly less dps than warrior, much won't change it'll still have more utility with slightly lower dps, it would still seem like the better choice to many ppl. The popularity disparity exists because people subjectively think that war is the dullest tank and I agree. If you want war to be more prevalent in party comps then argue for a more intricate and fulfilling rotation.

[Lucy_Pyre]

I don't believe that having a little more dps will solve the popularity problem. for people to pick one tank over the other the dps gap would have to be significant. If paladin is made to have slightly less dps than warrior, much won't change it'll still have more utility with slightly lower dps, it would still seem like the better choice to many ppl. The popularity disparity exists because people subjectively think that war is the dullest tank and I agree. If you want war to be more prevalent in party comps then argue for a more intricate and fulfilling rotation.

The rotation is perfectly fine as is, all the job needs are some minor potency buffs. I don't think WAR needs to be on PLD's level of popularity. All I care about is proper balance.