Ideas For a Paladin Rework

[MagiusNecros]

Paladin's Defense is already high compared to other tanks ! Show me through number why Paladin should have such a massive defense boost allowing them to be almost invincible.

Show me why it shouldn't. I'm bad at maths. I'm not looking for equal mitigation. I'm looking for more mitigation.

Why should GNB have all it's defensives and it's high DPS?

And if PLD defense is so good why are they not chosen to be MT? Let me guess. Damage?

[Mikey_R]

Why should GNB have all it's defensives and it's high DPS?

And if PLD defense is so good why are they not chosen to be MT? Let me guess. Damage?

Just to address these 2 points:

1. All tanks need to be able to tank all content, so they need to have the mitigation kit to be able to do it. This is why every tank has some sort of basic mitigation kit, short cooldown, rampart, 2 minute, invuln, raid mit. With the way most encounters are setup, the only real damaging things are the mechanics and not so much the auto attacks (though they can be more of a nuisance in some fights). Every tank can deal with each mechanic, therefore the last thing to compare tanks with is their damage contribution.

2. They have better tools for and OT, however, the idea of a MT and OT in extreme, savage and ultimate fights really doesn't exist. Both tanks will be tanking the boss at some point and they should be helping each other mitigate damage.

So, to recap, every tank has the tools to effectively mitigate damage in every fight, any extra and it is essentially superfluous. There are also no dedicated MT or OT tanks, all tanks can fill both roles due to tank swaps forcing both tanks to be in the MT position. So, what is left to measure tanks by? Their damage. If damage is close enough, people tend to not care, however, if the discrepancy is too high, and you bring a tank who does significantly less, then you force everyone else to make up that difference. At that point, why not just bring another, high damage tank to make the margin of error bigger?