Tanking Strategies

[Glamdring]

actually, there were simply mobs that were tanked better by different jobs. nin always had issues with anything that was AoE spam happy, since 1 AoE can take all shadows. Pld had the advantage of higher base def, and good magic def so that-shadows or no-they simply got hurt less by a hit. They also had more hate grabbing tools, especially /war. Nin had the advantage on mobs that straight melee or single target damage unless they had superb accuracy or very high attack speed, where your Utsu recast could be interrupted. Parties would often pick 1 over the other based on their intended prey.

However, the game has passed those days by. While nin can still tank, it's mostly due to their evasion, not shadows. Paladin still tank very well outside Abyssea, but in it... not so much, even tho' they still take a hit pretty well. The solution is not taking shadows away. I'm not certain what it is, maybe giving paladin hate-stealing abilities or something, but the shadows... no.