Karb, picking BST over SMN is like picking chocolate over vanilla ice cream. I am glad to hear someone else is going for Shareerevadi -pdt. SE noticed that players like pet tanking, so I expect some gear choices to show up for outside of Abyssea.



The other pdt Atma is Lions. I skipped those when I found out how much more potent regen was for SMN. 50HP regen with 60% -PDT turns into 125 effective regen, where 35HP regen with 70% -PDT is only 116 effective regen. The magic vulnerability is what tips the scale to regen.

Of course, DG "ruined" it all, but we get to leave Abyssea knowing about auto-guard, so the work isn't a complete loss.