So i finished my PLD... After my WAR

[Kyzr]

What i said applies only to bosses designed to be tanked with the PLD's dmg reduction skill in mind, the +10 ilvl's of gear compensate for not having that skill. At the moment for 95% of the content WAR is a better choice than PLD due to better aggro management and dps, that is for complete instances not just 1 boss in particular. Of course it all runs down to personal preferences and team play style. At the moment there is no way someone can say "WAR sux so i play PLD", both are cool and both can manage, theres no reason to reroll PLD if u like WAR just prepare abit better for that specific content.


Lastly WAR's do about 30%-40% more DPS than the average PLD if you use skills properly. This number is not from my head its from the parser of two equally geared tanks 1 PLD and 1 WAR tanking Hydra.

So no WAR's are not broken, they are actually pretty OP with good gear.

There's nothing about this that's even remotely true. Not even a single word. The other thread has the actual math on it, but the damage difference between to two is <10%, and it's even smaller when WAR/PLD is paired. 30-40% MORE? You're insane.

[Kitru]

Lastly WAR's do about 30%-40% more DPS than the average PLD if you use skills properly. This number is not from my head its from the parser of two equally geared tanks 1 PLD and 1 WAR tanking Hydra.

An optimally played PLD tank will deal within 5% of the damage that a WAR tank deals. In fact, if it's a WAR tank and a PLD tank *together*, the PLD tank will actually deal more damage, by about 5% again, thanks to benefiting from Storm's Edge. Just check out the post in my sig.

Anyone who thinks that PLDs that deal loads less damage than WARs are *not* optimally played PLDs. The fact that so many PLD can't manage decent DPS is just indicative of how easy it is to play one without being utterly worthless. A WAR that doesn't maximize its damage isn't going to be able to tank for shit. A PLD, however, is going to be able to coast along just fine.