Tank Stances.

[aqskerorokero]

Yea, do that with Paladin, without the tank stance the healer will scream you to death.

After being "pushed" to play drk ( I really like drk too, but more for a badass looking....). I figured out
Shadowskin+D dance+DD+Abyssal drain is just simple as 1234, no matter what stance you are using. I dare say if one make a macro and copypaste to a newbie Drk with first 3 abilitys, he can do that huge mega pull without any problem.

And tbh, I can\\'t stand pro player hint that a drk using 1234 is "skill", a paladin doing 123 is brain dead boring.

After all, casual players will play whatever they feel fit their play-styles. If they transit to more advanced style, they will still be attached to the first job they picked. If not ?! may be they brainwashed by those senpais to play a meta job/style. Let the FUN come first, and Effectiveness after.

Best tips to new players? Tell them what NOT to do and leave the rest to themselves. Teach how to fish, instead of give a fish. :P

[Fernosaur]

Yea, do that with Paladin, without the tank stance the healer will scream you to death.

After being "pushed" to play drk ( I really like drk too, but more for a badass looking....). I figured out
Shadowskin+D dance+DD+Abyssal drain is just simple as 1234
And tbh, I can\\'t stand pro player hint that a drk using 1234 is "skill", a paladin doing 123 is brain dead boring.

There's a lot more thought going into DA'ing Abyssal Drain without tank stance in a big pull and using Blood Price efficiently than the thought going behind staying in Shield Oath and spamming Flash or Rage of Halone, though. It's not a particularly complex series of buttons to press in order, but there's more learning about the class and synergy between skills going on behind it. It also requires better MP management, of course.

I agree that going Sword Oath on big pulls is kind of a waste of time because PLD doesn't really get much out of it like WAR and DRK do, though, but that's less about player skill and more about PLD having what is possibly the worst job design in the game. PLD compensates lack of AoE by "letting the healer DPS longer," after all, lmao.