PLD is a waste on anything other than Titan and Coil.

[Jonjey]

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You should have given up while you were ahead.
So wait, you said self healing is cool, but pld could have blocked the damage to begin with, freeing up the healer to do whatever...
But if I self healed then the healer is already free to do whatever....
Your logic is spot on.
Stop trying to sound smart while defying yourself at every corner.
As for the reply to me, that would have gotten myself killed, then my party would have been killed. Instead they all died, and I solo'd it for them. Thus, getting them the win. Your "strategy" would have had me dead.

[Maelwys]

So wait, you said self healing is cool, but pld could have blocked the damage to begin with, freeing up the healer to do whatever...
But if I self healed then the healer is already free to do whatever....
Your logic is spot on.

So why did the Duty Finder team die then?
By definition, what you were doing there was not "tanking" - it was "soloing".

"Tanking" would have been taking the aggro from the mobs and not letting you teammates die, not just whacking the boss with your axe and making yourself not die.

Your logic seems to be that since a Warrior can solo a boss and let his teammates die, he's a good tank. That's.... well, contrary to established tradition and popular opinion. The most you could say was that you were a good soloist. Not exactly part of the "Holy Trinity" of RPG gameplay.

Stop trying to sound smart while defying yourself at every corner.
As for the reply to me, that would have gotten myself killed, then my party would have been killed. Instead they all died, and I solo'd it for them. Thus, getting them the win. Your "strategy" would have had me dead.

If your self-healing is as good as you say it is, then you would have been able to hold aggro on everything and still whittle the boss down. This is because you claim to have soloed the boss from 30%, and whilst doing that you would still have had to contend with kiting (or otherwise putting up with the damage of) exactly the same amount of adds that would have been attacking both you and the party members.

Sadly, insulting the other person (or quoting what they said as "blahblahblahfatkidtalk" - nice touch, you've definitely taken the intellectual high ground!) is not the same as winning an argument.

I am, however, impressed by your ability to withstand any damage inflicted to your story/viewpoint by flat-out ignoring it. With that type of mitigation, you'd make a wonderful Paladin...