After the update every group I have done cc, av and hamlets and guess what group still continue using WAR as the main tank over a PLD. At this point in time I would still use a WAR tank over a PLD, as a WAR is still a better tank. The issue we have here is that we now have 8 man parties, and combat is much faster than in FFXI, and this will continue to put PLD's at a disadvantage.