[Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium 2.0

[PiedPiper]

This guide expects your DPS to perform extremely well, in line with the math that is underlying the entire game. When a black mage is DPSing against you, both in i90 gear, he will have to eventually have to wait to dps due to procs, you picking up new mobs, and so forth. What you are saying is luxury and not going to make or break a fight. You losing aggro will break the fight though. Your job is to gain aggro as quickly as possible on a mob, raise the enmity ceiling as high as possible, all while not taking very much damage. You do not have to do any damage as long as the DPS are doing it for you. This is a team game, be a team player. A DPS's job is to do as much damage as possible without taking aggro or dying. You trying to do damage is stepping on their toes and underperforming your task. Classical tanks live by the quality "Do little damage, take little damage."

Exactly, its a team game, bring every point of contribution you can to help the team.

And I explicitly stated this was only for stable fights against a single target where your hate is actually balanced against the healers not the dps. Also, pld threat is immensely consistent where as all dps other than smn is proc based, over time in equal gear with equal play you will gain insurmountable leads. Not to mention, quelling strikes on a blm / brd / smn will consistently give you accumulating leads.

Also, increasing your dps in this mannor does nothing to increase the damage you are recieving, I see no point in the "do little take little" when you can "do more take little." Its a team game, bring every piont of edge to your team you can.

Again, at the point you are using things like fracture and shield swipe on coil bosses, you should know the class well enough to know when you've got more hate than you need. There is no functional difference in a 10% hate lead or a 90% hate lead. And, pld dps, while low, does stack up over several minutes.

Besides, we've all wiped to bosses with 1%. Be that one 1%.