I can't decide my main class... PLD vs BLM

Hello everyone and thanks for reading!

Skip to *Here's the real problem* if you don't wanna read all this

So, let me explain my problem.

I always loved classes that can use Board and Sword, so in almost every game my 1st class will most likely be a Paladin/Warrior/Templar/Crusader, etc.

When I saw the 1st FFXIV pics, the AF set + Relic Board and Sword was one of the best combos that I've seen in a Game... So I started playing as a PLD!

It was great from 1-50, loved the gameplay and how fast it was to get into groups, just great!

The problem is... I had to take a break and when I finally started playing again, I found a few pictures of a Black Mage wearing the Dreadwyrm set. OMFG that set looks great.

So I started playing BLM, loved his DPS and Flare =D, and he looks great too! (Wizards normally will be my 2nd class in most games)...

Atm my BLM has better gear than my PLD, ilvl 112 vs ilvl 103, i'm wearing some ilvl 120 demon parts and ironworks, lvl 100 relic...

**Here's the real problem**

I'm so excited to get Odin outfit, Sleipnir (yeah he's fat), his board and sword and look exactly like Odin, it'll be awesome *-*, but my ping isnt very good to tank hard instances... My avg ping is 180... And end game content is way too hard to get hit and die with bad ping...

Though, Blm looks fantastic on dredwyrm set, Lilith Zeta also looks great, and I love to dps and burn things out fast with a good rotation, the only problem is how hard it is to get into queues as a DPS class...

So i'd love the opinions of our community, your knowledge about the game, the classes, your experience and what would be better at this point of the game...

I'm sorry about my english, it isnt my main language >_<

Thank you very much for your time! o/

bth man, deadwyrm head looks like complete shit. i love blm. but we need more GOOD plds world wide. tanking is not in everyones blood. it seems like you love it. if it aint broke, dont fix it!

Depends on whether or not you have a group that's willing to take you on their Final Coil runs (its not in duty finder yet) and with your bad ping it'll be very difficult to even do coil due to their mechanics.

Overall, I'd say stick to tanking if that's what you like. We need more competant tanks in game

Play whatever you feel like playing at any given time.

I have Warrior and Bard both around the same iLevel and I hop between the two of them based on either convenience, necessity, or preference at the moment.

The gear is always going to change. Pick whatever you have the most fun on.

I'm worried because I can play around 3 hours/day =(

Let's seeing: being the catalyst of destruction or being a punching bag.

Yea.

Do not turn your back on destructive arts :<

I face the same problem as you too , and I just switch from dps to tank because I can played like 4 hour per days and while I play DPS the time that I have to wait per dungeon . . . . . .OMG it's was ... arhhhhhh and all of my time are gone, so I just try out tank for the first time ( in othergame I alway have love hate relationship with tank , sometime I like playing it sometime I hate playing it ) and so far I love it , the Q time ohhhhhrr ..... It's lifestyle changing ( even though It kinda boring outside the dungeon and littlebit frustrating when dps do something .....bad)

and also how can I check my ping tho , sometime I have the problem dodging stuff too , It's like when I see the red area I have to move out immediately ( I mean very immediately ) even I know their animation is slow ,but if I don't move out immediately !! I alway get hit . is this the ping problem or It's intended, cuz I don't want to wipe my team out because I play tank with a bad ping.

sorry for my broken english though :D

Hello;

BLM main here, and I personally, I think you should play both.

More specifically, you should use the Paladin's faster Duty Finder queue times to help gear the Black Mage, and switch to whichever Job you need in a given situation.

BLM to have ultimate fun and destruction. PLD for one thing, and one thing only: INSTANT QUEUE.

BLM for massive Damage if you can master the attack combo.

PLD for tank role, faster queues, but you'll need to develop a little S&M since you'll be taking hits from everything even the player base as they verbally abuse you over every single mistake you make. Th S is for causing pain because you'll need it if you want to charge into a mob of enemies.

Do both. You'll get bored of one, you can switch to the other.

I say blm or war
pld is for vit babies

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Originally Posted by Kaworu

I'm worried because I can play around 3 hours/day =(

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If time is a factor then I would go tank. Faster queues.

hi, nooby all-arounder here!

And, happens to be that, the unique classes I have been using in FCOB till the date are BLM and PLD.

I don't recommend you PLD except if you have some kind of passion and devotion, it's the damn more easy job of the game, boring as hell, almost no skill for use, just know when to time the stuff and done, there's no really challenging mechanics or stuffs for tank, but, at least, war have to manage a lot more of stuff...

I'm currently 'main' as PLD and... It's a hell.... So glad I can switch sometimes to BLM with the BLM of our group so he goes PLD instead of me.

BLM is not exactly too mobile, similar to tank you just stay there... But, hey, at least... You have to try maximize DPS while helping party with some strategic buffs and also deal with those DPS-lower mechanics.



In dungeons, it is how unique I can see PLD easy but funny... But, trials and raid you die of boredom.

Do what you enjoy the most.

But remember, this game needs more tanks not DPS.

Playing a tank ensures you that you will find a party 70% of the time, however playing a dps is only but a 30% chance and that's still liable to fluctuate even more so depending on raid set ups.

I had a similar problem deciding either on a tank or dps class originally, and a good friend of mine asked "Do you wanna set 'em up, or put 'em down?"

Then yadda yadda yadda, I'm a SMN :P

Put as other said, do what you feel comfortable with and most of all what YOU enjoy. But I'll agree with sovalou above me in, "this game needs more tanks". Couldn't agree more.

Try scholar !

/lalaSCHmasterrace

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Originally Posted by aisustrong

I say blm or war
pld is for vit babies

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You can use STR accessories on PLD too, and a PLD in Sword Oath can put out more DPS than a Warrior.
Just sayin'.

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Originally Posted by CGMidlander

You can use STR accessories on PLD too, and a PLD in Sword Oath can put out more DPS than a Warrior.
Just sayin'.

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Hmm, but it would be a bad Decision in dungeons, wouldnt it?

being a tank u log in and no need to wait for dungeons or anything at all! , and dps inst that bad once u put some str gear !

being tank or healer is awesome for DF purpouses , and even getting a trial or something done , having 1 tank geared to do current content is better than dps (not always tho! since sometimes that 2 slots for tanks get taken fast! but sometimes u have 7 ppl waiting on that tank...)

Why choose? On here, I list my main class as Conjurer, but I'd say 90% of the time you'd look at my character page, I'm on Warrior. Those two are my mains.

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Originally Posted by Violyre

Why choose? On here, I list my main class as Conjurer, but I'd say 90% of the time you'd look at my character page, I'm on Warrior. Those two are my mains.

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I find both classes great, but PLD is so hard sometimes, and ppl will always blame the tank =(

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Originally Posted by CGMidlander

You can use STR accessories on PLD too, and a PLD in Sword Oath can put out more DPS than a Warrior.
Just sayin'.

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if all you use is your enmity combo

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Originally Posted by Kaworu

Hmm, but it would be a bad Decision in dungeons, wouldnt it?

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not really
pld doesnt need more than 7k hp for any dungeon in the game currently, and you can get that with just left side gear
having 9k for snowcloak is completely pointless and a waste