How to fix pld as tank??

[Brolic]

i know, just having a go at Rorald, he's actually one of the best plds across all servers.

[Khajit]

Eh. Pld has it's own little niche now. It's there for when you don't actually want to kill the monster. Or at least before stupid procs are landed.Using anything else might accidentally result in people beating the monster.

[Brolic]

actually pld's niche is for new mobs till people figure out a quick and easy way to kill it.

[Khajit]

The "quick and easy way to kill it" has a suspiciously high tendency to be the exact same way it was for the mobs before so i seriously doubt that counts.

[Babekeke]

The quick and easy way to kill it often results in not getting full procs. Which noone wants in VW with the awful drop rate.

[Khajit]

The quick and easy way to kill it often results in not getting full procs. Which noone wants in VW with the awful drop rate.

That's only if you suck unless you're talking about t1 city mobs. Synchronotic blitz bonuses and EV procs make it ridiculously easy to get capped while killing asap in a pickup. Even without the ev procs i've been seeing pickups capping easily while killing fairly fast.

[zataz]

heres a idea why not for example say hate cap is 30 why not just up it for pld to 40 so as long as the pld does his job hate could not be pulled off him

[Arcon]

heres a idea why not for example say hate cap is 30 why not just up it for pld to 40 so as long as the pld does his job hate could not be pulled off him

Exactly, no one at all could pull hate off the PLD. What's the point of that?

[JeremyCarbuncle]

Here is how my Linkshell has been doing things lately...
PLD > voke, flash, 2k WS.
before the pld swings his sword a second time.
BLMS nuke for 8k
melees WS for 5k+
and then
WHM expends all mp on melee and BLMs
all the melee and blms die
PLD holds monster for while with only his cures.
Wipe.....

So why did we wipe...? cuz the pld is broke?

No and yes.
No because the DD and BLMs are acting like a bunch of valkrum dunes flunkies.
Yes because zerging from start to finish is just how people play, and SE needs to compensate PLD for that fact.

[SpankWustler]

So why did we wipe...?

Because based on the numbers you provide for the Black Mages, you're apparently using an alliance format and a Paladin tank for stuff in Abyssea. The malevolent God who rules over Final Fantasy XI is justly and rightly punishing you for doing such a vile thing.

Because if it's something in Voidwatch instead, none of those actions made a !! appear over the monster's head and people forgot to drink their Fanatic's Drinks in the first place.