PLD vs WAR: testing

[Chardrizard]

One thing this thread has stated in almost every other post is the whole "you can take 1 whm" idea, I don't know why groups are taking 2 whm's? What does the 2nd whm do in fights nuke? 1 whm is way more then enough to keep up the party especially with regens and SS. Worst case I can see is you have a crappy WHM and a 2nd BRD has to pop a few aoe SS's in the mix to help out. Just curious.

I like the figure that PLD takes 3.5x less dmg then WAR. I'll have to run some AV/CC on PLD and look at the overall dmg taken on each of the fights, the whole aoe is slower on PLD main tank is garbage with 5blm's in a group you already have WAY more then enough DPS to burn down the groups of mobs in seconds, my only issue is the loss of collusion for flare spots to keep 100% hate on large groups of adds easily.

Regarding 2 WHM, it's mostly for safety precaution, you can't assume everyone is great at their classes and you will be running with the best everyday. Better to be safe sometimes

Then, the loss of collusion sucks but does it really matter anyway? since 4-5 BLM is enough to burn anything down. Flash and Wardrum does just the same purpose to get you initinial hate which the only thing that matters so the BLMs doesn't get interrupted.

[Alerith]

Was doing a low man (Trio) Uraeus the other night, and you would not believe how much bad accuracy can work in PLD's favor for tanking.

The setup was WAR PLD WHM. The WAR engaged first because I had to step AFK for a moment. I come back, and while it did take a little bit of work, I was able to rip enmity off the WAR and not lose it again. The WAR kept missing combo strings, and while my Phalanx's weren't always the most accurate things in the world, Spirit's Within rarely misses, thus maintaining my enmity. The WAR eventually backed out and changed to BRD before re-engaging.

Granted, you are rarely in a situation with both a PLD and a WAR and not getting the party bonus to ACC, but I thought it was interesting to note, nonetheless.