Don't Tell Others How to Play Their Jobs

[Volcano]

The thread is no more than the blind leading the blind. Use shield oath, unchain your healer who can do far more damage than any paladin.

Heck, I can pull mobs off a Shield Oath paladin with really basic AoE combos. Did I mentioned I'm a scholar? Note - I wouldn't pull mobs if I couldn't tank them, but I can - so I do. The less damage on the tank buys me that much longer to stay in DPS mode.

A basic rotation for me is a double DoT -> Bane -> Ruin II -> Energy Drain -> Ruin II -> Energy Drain.

I will melt through stuff like AK if I have a tank that understand that I do more damage than he does and will gladly DPS if I don't have to babysit.

Were any of those PLDs actually good? cause i have been through many runs where the DPS go all out and healer spamming cures and the mobs never move off the pld.

[FinagleABagel]

Were any of those PLDs actually good? cause i have been through many runs where the DPS go all out and healer spamming cures and the mobs never move off the pld.

Yes, it's part of the process I use for FC recruitment. I intentionally see how fast I can pull things off a PLD and how quickly he/she is able to regain it. Considering I can tank any mob in AK, other than a Dullahan - it's not like it causes any problems. Honestly, I can tank up to 3 mobs without losing aggro to DPS...but that's just silly to do consistently. :P

Your healer will do more damage than a paladin. There is no exception to this. I usually suggest doing this as a SCH because DPS'ing is basically mana neutral. A WHM can pump out some nice damage too, but it owns the MP bar.

If you have to spam cures on trash mob for ANY tank, that's a weak and/or bad tank.