Defiance still lacking in comparison to Shield Oath

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You can't just say WAR has no place in any instance because PLD is better, period. Example, while the mechanics of the Ifrit fight make PLD a better choice, WAR is great for Garuda.

Huh? What about Garuda makes War better? Paladin is so much easier to heal on that fight and War brings literally nothing special to the table for it.. It's actually a great fight to illustrate just how much better Paladin is.

It was intended that PLD be main tanks and WAR be offtanks,

Weird, because you're not going to be able to find a quote from a dev stating this. This is something you decided, not the actual vision for the game.

(normally they are 1000-1600).

No they aren't. You're just plainly exaggerating. Much better gear than you and mine heals me for 1k non-crit, and that's on a level 45 mob out in the world.