FINAL FANTASY XI Job Adjustments Manifesto: Paladin

[Aeonk]

See how well SAM and MNK tank on Voidwatch NMs. PLDs rejoice that the future of endgame content doesn't lay in Abyssea. MNK/SAM/DNC tanking is dead on newer NMs, they get wrecked. Voidwatch NMs have ridiculous accuracy and spam AoE all day.

What this fellow said.

DD tanks are nowhere near optimal outside abyssea. Especially if they aren't packing empyreans. Asuran Fists is nothing special, and you're not tanking Hahava with it. Or even Kholomodumo.

[Kari]

What this fellow said.

DD tanks are nowhere near optimal outside abyssea. Especially if they aren't packing empyreans. Asuran Fists is nothing special, and you're not tanking Hahava with it. Or even Kholomodumo.

...you do know that plenty of people do Voidwatch with a SAM or MNK tank?
PLD isn't required, nor is it that much better, if at all.

I don't see why SE is so worried about making PLD better, half of the jobs in this game are already considered broken when compared to others.
PLD could really use some new tricks, and hopefully some enmity tools that aren't on cooldown forever.

And again, SE needs to stop thinking THF is an enmity master.
Just as well, nobody is going to use Enmity songs/spells/etc just to make PLD "work". Why would they if they could have a MNK [or whatever] tank, do damage, and be able to use songs/spells that don't suck?

Overall I want to see PLD be the most useful tank, but not a requirement.
Though sadly you want as many jobs as possible for Voidwatch's silly proc system anyway, so chances are if you play PLD you might tank anyway.

[Soidisant]

If you want to DD with PLD then you really need an Almace or at the very least a WoE version.

Atonement used to be great but nowadays it just doesn't cut it for three reasons.

1. DD's do far more damage on higher tier content than they once did whilst Atonements damage cap remains unchanged

2. The vast majority of newer NM's at least half resist Atonement damage whereas before virtually nothing did and some stuff even took increased damage from it

3. Most of the newer higher tier NM's have some form of hate reset