Quote Originally Posted by Dale View Post
This argument is silly. You act as if Paladins are weaklings and can't dish out healthy melee damage on their own. They can, especially if well-geared. It's not a comparison between a paladin's cures and a DD's offense, it's a comparison between a Paladin's offense + cures and a DD's offense.

But that aside, all of this really doesn't matter. Monks should be able to tank, as should warriors. Paladins can tank also. They are all tanks. Paladins have cures. Monks and warriors have higher offense. They all tank in their own way. I don't see the problem here.
How is the argument that a DD can cap/recap hate faster than a PLD who is DDing and/or using Cure spells for hate silly? It isn't that PLD's can't deal damage its that they can't deal enough compared to other jobs.

It isn't just WAR and MNK I used those as reference because I played them recently. I've tanked better than PLD on BLU as well, my friend out tanks my PLD as well as several other PLDs we've PTed with on THF even when he Trick Attacks them. I've had DNCs who're setup to DD/tank hold better hate than PLDs in the group the few times we went with PLDs and DNC. Where does it stop as to who can or can't tank? I mean right now it's pretty much if you can DD better than PLD you can tank better than PLD.

I'd even dare say a SAM could out tank a PLD in Abyssea even those RR favors PLD assuming the SAM knows how to play SAM tank.