Quote Originally Posted by DukeGr View Post
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.