(08-03-2013, 11:51 AM)Sounsyy Wrote:(08-03-2013, 11:13 AM)Felix Sideris Wrote: So, it's up to you. Is warrior main tanking possible? Probably, but I think they are meant to be more of an off-tank/aoe tank. Anyone can correct me if I am wrong, and I didn't read all the responses before posting either so
I am sure there will be situations where there is large amounts of AoE or mobs that are hard to build threat on where the warrior will shine far more than a paladin ever could. Paladins can build single target threat easily, warriors can build aoe threat easily. They need eachother in order to be successful.
Even in 1.0 you could main tank all endgame content as a Warrior. There were some fights that Warrior excelled in main tanking over Paladin even. I think a lot of people forget that Paladin was actually the underdog tank in 1.0. There were many who believe that they were horrible tanks and didn't hold a candle to Warriors. So saying that Warrior has always been an off tank is a little inaccurate. Most people just didn't understand the dynamic between the two tank styles. Which thankfully, carries over to ARR. Not to the extremes as it did in 1.0 (thankfully the classes are balanced now) but the essence of that dynamic remains.
The second part I have to disagree with. Paladins and Warriors can both AoE tank well in ARR. The difference is that Paladins hold AoE hate while Warriors hold AoE hate while assisting in the killing of the adds. Basically meaning that a Paladin can AoE tank, but he/she doesn't do a lot to help crowd control those adds. Warrior holds hate by thinning out adds so that Warrior doesn't have to hold the adds as long. Which works well considering Warrior's playstyle. Paladins can sit there with a boss and a couple dozen adds all day and mitigate the damage until DDs take care of adds.
 Thanks for correcting me. I don't know much about either of the classes other than what I have heard/theory-crafted through seeing them being played. The last thing I want is to mislead people. I also didn't play 1.0 so I should probably have done some deeper research before giving advice about it. My apologies.
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