Tanking Strategies

[Akujima]

Wouldn't doing something most other MMOs don't do be unorthodox?

Unorthodox in this context means "To do something drastic" and completely change the game mechanics around. I realize I fumbled the wordplay there. So by all means call me on it and belittle me to your hearts content.

[JiltedValkyrie]

PLD was pretty great in Sky on gods. Once SE nerfed /DRK hate ability about a year ago, PLD became even more primary from my experience. Not that it matters at level 90 in Sky. Although my functions on NIN in Sky were more focused on pulling mobs for farming, kiting, and tossing winds so our tank would take much less damage (I have really high throwing skill because of this).

[Alkalinehoe]

Unorthodox in this context means "To do something drastic" and completely change the game mechanics around. I realize I fumbled the wordplay there. So by all means call me on it and belittle me to your hearts content.

I think Abyssea was pretty unorthodox. To say they haven't done anything unorthodox is just incorrect. They took out a lot of unnecessary time sinks which was embedded in nearly every event (Tags, Campaign rank up, 24 repops, X-days cooldown, etc) and made something very accessible that didn't require a huge LS to be competitive. They've already done something drastic and I hope they continue doing so.

[Mrbeansman]

I really wish plds would learn to accept that they suck and come to terms with reality. Why does everyone think that there should only be 1 job that should be able to tank?

[Ravenmore]

Nin was just as good in sky after the /drk nerf ways to get round it all you need is one sam/thf can cap hate on a nin. with a rng to shadow bind wait 30 secs.

[Akujima]

I think Abyssea was pretty unorthodox. To say they haven't done anything unorthodox is just incorrect. They took out a lot of unnecessary time sinks which was embedded in nearly every event (Tags, Campaign rank up, 24 repops, X-days cooldown, etc) and made something very accessible that didn't require a huge LS to be competitive. They've already done something drastic and I hope they continue doing so.

Yes, I am beaten. And I admit my defeat. Using the word "unorthodox" was stupid.

What I meant to say was, it's not common for other MMO's to drastically change the definition of certain classes/jobs. Completely re-working NIN to make it into a "jack of all trades" type DD (as it was originally intended to be), would be "unorthodox" in respect to how other MMO's would approach the issue.

[Ravenmore]

Really not helping your self.