Quote Originally Posted by ZenBear View Post
And here's the rub; WAR is a tank. In a party setting, they are there to take damage and not die. DPS plays no part in this.

WAR's method of not dying is to heal from damage dealt. To accomplish this they are given more damage, which makes them stronger than the PLD.

You say that to balance this, the WAR should be less capable of not dying, which means they are less capable in their primary function. Thus, WAR is a worse tank, but is supposed to make up for it by being a secondary DD? Such a design is inherently inefficient.
Their method of not dying is by means of a substantially larger HP pool and increased heals, WAR are by no means squishy, my FC has WAR that currently runs Coils so the notion that they are underpowered or ill-suited for the job is an exaggeration IMO