Ignore the bit about D.ring. I misread the first time and thought you were saying Dring is obselete. I think you're saying it should have been made obsolete?

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I was trying to say that certain pieces being the exception, rather than the rule, is fine.

We had DT gear at 75, of course. It was just unneeded in most situations and was certainly a lot harder to assemble a set.

I wasn't aware Defending ring was made obselete now. That's a lot of hard dt% on a slot that's not incredibly strong. Not that it matters, but a tank isn't giving up hp, defense, or too much in the way of offensive stats to equip Dring. I don't have one yet, though it's my main focus right now.

Although I think it would benefit, XI doesn't operate on item levels. That's why okotes and PCC were common at 75 and you still see PCCs at 99 on some players. Higher level is usually better, but it's not always, especially when you get down to macros.

Actually, it's our ability to macro that makes a lot of pieces matter. If we couldn't swap in gearsets mid-combat (as you can't in most mmos), our gearsets gearset would look a lot different.

Aegis would need no adjustment, it would get swept along and be this mdt absurdity.

Still, all I mean is that Paladin's place isn't exactly solid right now. Most of us, whether we're in steadfast or ochain, know that as soon as the group doesn't need us, we're gone. Depending on your task, not needing a tank frees up 1-2 slots for more zerg.

Aegis is probably gamebreaking. It goes too far past the MDT cap, or perhaps the hard-mdt cap is just two high. Either way you want to look at it.

I just don't think that Ochain is.

As for who should tank, I'd say PLD, NIN, and RUN, and I begrudgingly add RUN. XI didn't really need another tank right now when they can't manage the two they've got and both stop getting invites when they're not needed.