PSA Regarding Big Pulls

[Odett]

Never said PLD "need" ballad, just that's it's nice to have.

The only "real" AoE tool PLD has is Flash. RoH doesn't count. So, logically, to take and maintain aggro on a bunch of mobs would require massive use of flash to keep aggro from Flare-ing BLM. Flash is hard on PLD limited MP pool. Ballad helps by allowing the PLD to non-stop spam flash, or at least slow the use of MP so the AoEers can kill the mobs before the PLD runs out of MP.

And don't even tell me to tab target and switch targets during an aggro combo. That doesn't work when fighting 10+ mobs, sorry.

I've done fine with no BRDs countless times. Just that I'll have to use Riot Blade a couple times to get more MP for flash.

Either tell the BLM to Aetherial Manipulation to you when they get aggro, or just have them close to you and use Cover on them when they pull aggro. Having a BRD lose DPS so you can Flash spam (laaaaaaaazy) defeats the purpose of pulling more monsters so you can finish faster. This is a prime example of the point I'm trying to make that doing big pulls inefficiently for the sake of doing big pulls make the run slower.