PLD has changed my opinion on some dungeons.

I started to train my PLD the weekend just gone. I started training my PLD in low level dungeons since my PLD was level 30 at the time. This helped me to level up as I trained. I kept doing the low level dungeons that I had access to over and over again just to get a better feel when it comes to tanking in a party. I would always warn people "Hi I'm a new PLD in training please bear with me" just to warn people. It was a great experience because players that had their tanks as their main and was levelling other jobs were all amazing. They understood that I was training my PLD and they would all advice me on what to do and not what to do as a tank.

Strange thing is I see dungeons that I have been in as a SMN and MNK which I use to hate and now as a PLD I love them. Right now I love doing Brayfloxs normal mode.
Did this happen to anyone else or is it just me?

Tanking is easy to love for the fast queues and the excitement of being the one dueling the boss. But tank in moderation, because it burns you out quick. The first time you tank a dungeon PERFECTLY but the healer gets all the comms may break your keyboard. Not that comms matter, but it'd just be NICE if people just showed their appreciation a little, y'know? Or hey, maybe if they didn't give you a comm, they could at least give you a thumbs up? Let you know they care??? huh???

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Originally Posted by Galgarion

Tanking is easy to love for the fast queues and the excitement of being the one dueling the boss. But tank in moderation, because it burns you out quick. The first time you tank a dungeon PERFECTLY but the healer gets all the comms may break your keyboard. Not that comms matter, but it'd just be NICE if people just showed their appreciation a little, y'know? Or hey, maybe if they didn't give you a comm, they could at least give you a thumbs up? Let you know they care??? huh???

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I'm still training so I'm not perfect yet. But I do get what you mean if I did a perfect run no one died and I didn't get a single comm that would grate me a bit lol. But at the same time that wasn't why I become a PLD lol.

Tanking is far more involved and you completely control the pace. It compliments players who like to keep their mind busy.


There's mob abilities to memorize. Positioning, raid awareness, snap-aggro, and enmity management. Speed-running techniques to be learned over time. Pushing your party to its limits. Learning different party compositions and what cooldown staggering is capable of. Embracing death as an easily adjustable lesson towards long-term supremacy.


Paladin tacks on a few bonuses as well. Learning what you can stun, silence, and pacify; completely de-fanging mobs with interrupts. Covering enemy focus targets and enmity-ignoring mechanics. Support spells to save those about to do mechanics wrong. Plenty of tools, when used correctly, to prevent wipes that the healer wasn't ready for.


Enjoy! It only get's better.

Tanking as paladin is easy and if you do a good job, commendations come themselves. Sometimes others do also w good job sometimes people don't care so there is not always a commendation for you. But after all they are just icing on the cake.

The motivation of tanking should be something else, I suggest.

If you enjoy it, keep going and improve until you can tank the hard content.

I even raid Alexander extreme as main tank and I enjoy the thrill of the battle.

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Originally Posted by Galactimus

Tanking is far more involved and you completely control the pace. It compliments players who like to keep their mind busy.


There's mob abilities and rotations to memorize. Positioning, raid awareness, snap-aggro, and enmity management. Speed-running techniques to be learned over time. Pushing your party to its limits. Learning different party compositions and what cooldown staggering is capable of. Embracing death as an easily adjustable lesson towards long-term supremacy.


Paladin tacks on a few bonuses as well. Learning what you can stun, silence, and pacify; completely de-fanging mobs with interrupts. Covering enemy focus targets and enmity-ignoring mechanics. Support spells to save those about to do mechanics wrong. Plenty of tools, when used correctly, to prevent wipes that the healer wasn't ready for.


Enjoy! It only get's better.

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I think u just summoned it all up for me, as any other job I get board really quickly and full sleep even when I don't want to inside dungeons. Theirs more strategy as a tank. That's why I love it so much.

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Originally Posted by Cipher_Zaabiz

Tanking as paladin is easy and if you do a good job, commendations come themselves. Sometimes others do also w good job sometimes people don't care so there is not always a commendation for you. But after all they are just icing on the cake.

The motivation of tanking should be something else, I suggest.

If you enjoy it, keep going and improve until you can tank the hard content.

I even raid Alexander extreme as main tank and I enjoy the thrill of the battle.

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What cross class action do you use for your PLD?

Tanking always felt very rewarding to me, you arent there to kill things, but to make sure others dont kill your party.

Have you tried out the other 2 tanks? i prefer drk as its the easy to pick up, but hard to master job for me.

I'm happy to hear about such a positive experience. I've been leveling up my Warrior slowly, and have been worried about diving into dungeons with him. I've done a few with friends, but I haven't gone in for a completely random duty finder yet.

As a tank I never had problem taking commendations. Most of the times people use the commendation system. An "unwritten" rule of commendations is Tank exchanges commendation with Healer and the DPS between them so everyone gets one. I'm addicted to the instant queues (also the extra gils are not bad either).

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Originally Posted by JisKing98

Have you tried out the other 2 tanks? i prefer drk as its the easy to pick up, but hard to master job for me.

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Nope I'm really happy with PLD I don't like the look of war. DRK seems cool but I am really happy with PLD

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Originally Posted by gddanimations

I'm happy to hear about such a positive experience. I've been leveling up my Warrior slowly, and have been worried about diving into dungeons with him. I've done a few with friends, but I haven't gone in for a completely random duty finder yet.

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To start of with I didn't do DFR. I thought o would get people that would rush me so. I picked the dungeons the normal way useing DF. If you let people know ur training and practising ur job people are really nice about it cause they are learning their jobs to.

I'm glad to hear you enjoy tanking. Tanking seems a bit overwhelming at first, but once you get used to it it's a second nature to you. The satisfaction of seeing those comms, when you saved a party member from dying, and the excitement it brings when we have confidence in our pulls. At the moment I'm leveling my WAR, it's fun and faster pace than the other two tanks. XD

Pld is definately the tank class to pick up as to first learn tanking because it is the easiest of all the tanks i think anyhow. Not meaning this in a negative way, and while i do enjoy DK more PLD is still fun to go back to from time to time.
Glad you have had a good experience as sometimes it is always not so.

I still have a long way to go I gonna practise each dungeon about 5 times help me get better. Slowly I'll progress to harder dungeons I'm in PLD bootcamp mode lol.