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We are almost one year into the Stormblood expansion.

Level 66 gear continues to be available at Reunion, and level 64 gear is available at the Dawn Throne.

Level 64 quests are available at...

Had the opposite problem the last couple days. Been working on getting my WARK up to my PLD - twice in Gubal Library, once in Gubal Library HM, and once in Fractal Continuum - was some times the...

It's actually more time efficient to run dungeons until about level 45 or so. At least, I always found it so. I've tried levelling in parallel with another FC member, and I dungeon'd while they...

WAR's pretty kickass tank right now, especially if you're accustomed to DPS. You will need GLA to 22 for Provoke, though. It's not really optional.

Healers are in higher demand than tanks at the...

I got tired of/frustrated with playing WHM and I knew I didn't want to DPS.
Turns out, I really love tanking. I never could've imagined I'd be so satisfied staring at a boss's feet and calves while...

BLM/BLM + SCH(w/Selene). As long as the world is exploding in fire, I'm having a good time.

Why yes, I do enjoy a challenge. :)

Welcome to tanking. ;)

Sounds to me like you were being overhealed - or taking too much damage to necessitate the healing. Sometimes healers don't realize how much they make us work, especially...

I dunno. I always feel great when I Stoneskin or Cover the healer up for an incoming hit that a boss directs at the lesser targets in the aggro table. And otherwise giving my healer more room to DPS....

To the OP: You may not be the ONLY one, but you're a small fish in a big pond.

I've gotta second this. For getting enmity, flash is mediocre. The advantage is that it gets enmity on everyone.
I've not levelled my main class to 60 yet. I'm enjoying the story and RL and stuff....

Speaking as a career PLaiD, I'd suggest doing MRD/WAR. Why? It's the most versatile tank and it gives you plenty of room to DPS, which a lot of folks like. Plus, your stun is off-GCD, which is more...

Odds are that they're waiting for their TP to refill/CD's to refresh.

Parry seems to have taken a nerf sometime in the recent past... And I think it's pretty plain that WAR needs a nerf. Just -wee- too jack-of-all-trades-y.

But Dark Dance is supposed to be the DRK...

Dear Monk,
Sorry, I was too focused on managing my MP and TP to worry about where I was pointing the mobs. Hey, doesn't my sword slash very prettily?
- DRK

Dear Monk,
I can't see a damn...

That's a pretty good post, Kiteless. Though, I would've listed Testosterone as a weakness... ;)

DRK feels really close to being a good tank to me. I think if parry was more impressive, it would be...

It's pretty simple: There's more to tanking than getting healed.

I think this is a valid argument, however WAR's do not have many downsides right now. Honestly, they seem a little OP, and this is a subtle but interesting way of trying to balance them. I think that...

DRK has drawn a bunch of new players to the tank class. The AST, in comparison, has not made a ton of new healers. Healers are the hotness in demand right now, and if you're not needed to heal, you...

First time I ever saw that; I luvs it.

Folks, don't let your friends drink and tank.
Hundreds of lalas die, every year, because of a drunken tank. "Sorry" will not bring your friend back to life, only the exasperated healer will.

Sshhhhh.
When someone talks about "damage mitigation" and "eHP" to emphasize the work that the healer has to do, while breathlessly comparing the classes and ignoring Bloodbath, I giggle a little...

1. Trash doesn't live long enough to be worth marking, most of the time.
2. DPS NEVER follow marks. Yeah, if they pull aggro, it's their fault, but the healer still blames me for letting the DPS...

I think it's important to note that given the nature of the game and the ever increasing power creep, we will all be overgeared for the majority of the content, level sync or no, which definitely...

It's a legitimate confusion.
If the DRK is capable of performing the content, then who really cares if other tanks can do it better, other than folks who get into wankery about minmaxing?

I used to main healer before I switched to tank, and learning when to use Regen used to be a big point of noob/decent player, over in the Healer subforum. Regen and Fluid Aura(let us worry about...