Total Eclipse after all the fuss about pali aoe never see anyone use it why?

[dragonseth07]

I dont use it for hate more so I use it like I would Abyssal Drain on drk , like I pull with unleash then spam Abyssal Drain on drk, so on pali I pull with flash then spam total eclipse I see alot of palis just using royal or something on maybe one or two adds and dont get why they aren't using the aoe once they have enmity. When used with fight or flight it does a decent amount of damage but again I hardly ever seen this from others, I feel like by not using it your slowing down a run just like people complained about before sb because pali was only tank with no good aoe.

Here's the real reason people aren't using it: it's learned at level 46, IIRC. They were level 60 when the expac hit, and didn't read up on changes. They have no idea they are missing a critical ability.

I have taught plenty of PLD's in-game about TE for this exact reason.

[bswpayton]

Here's the real reason people aren't using it: it's learned at level 46, IIRC. They were level 60 when the expac hit, and didn't read up on changes. They have no idea they are missing a critical ability.

I have taught plenty of PLD's in-game about TE for this exact reason.

I have to agree with you sadly I think alot of people may not even know they have it , I know its just a simple aoe but people always trashed talked palis for not having any. And now here it is nobody is even using it hah but your right people prob forgot it was put in their pre 50 job skills, this is why tool tips are so important.

[Furious]

Here's the real reason people aren't using it: it's learned at level 46, IIRC. They were level 60 when the expac hit, and didn't read up on changes. They have no idea they are missing a critical ability.

I have taught plenty of PLD's in-game about TE for this exact reason.

I have to agree with you sadly I think alot of people may not even know they have it , I know its just a simple aoe but people always trashed talked palis for not having any. And now here it is nobody is even using it hah but your right people prob forgot it was put in their pre 50 job skills, this is why tool tips are so important.

No. The real reason people aren't using it is because it's donkey poop unless it's absolutely the last option, while you're being swarmed by a mob of enemies that either do no damage to you or in an instance prior to getting your heal. Or in a group with a healer that can't or wont aoe. Or in a group with a scholar.

[bswpayton]

No. The real reason people aren't using it is because it's donkey poop unless it's absolutely the last option, while you're being swarmed by a mob of enemies that either do no damage to you or in an instance prior to getting your heal. Or in a group with a healer that can't or wont aoe. Or in a group with a scholar.

I can think of several times where its been great for me the level 61 dungeon after second boss if you pull every add in that room and you arent helpin with aoe ur gona die. Its many big pulls you can do in the new dungeons where using this skill isnt poop and you have df cool downs why would I let everyone else do all the work I been waiting on this aoe for a while now hah.

[Furious]

I can think of several times where its been great for me the level 61 dungeon after second boss if you pull every add in that room and you arent helpin with aoe ur gona die. Its many big pulls you can do in the new dungeons where using this skill isnt poop and you have df cool downs why would I let everyone else do all the work I been waiting on this aoe for a while now hah.

You should be casting Clemency while your healer AoEs.

Holy and gravity are 200 potency, ramping down to 100 potency for the 6th and on target. The healer's weapon is higher damage than yours, and their damage scales from the stat they have on all pieces of gear (the 320 versions, not our 270 ones).

If you can live without casting clemency AND the healer doesn't need to heal you with on-gcd heals then fine. Go for it. If you're casting total eclipse while the healer casts a heal on you, your group lost damage.

I'm really confused by this post. What is Total Eclipse doing that's preventing healer DPS? And what does it have to do with being healed? You know it's usable inside Shield Oath right? Like... wat

Nothing, but there is very little chance that while you aoe pull the leveling dungeons, you are taking little enough damage that you don't need healing, and thus if you cast total eclipse and the healer casts an on-gcd heal, that is not the most efficient choice. In the post I quoted, the guy talks about pulling every add after the first boss; there is no chance in hell you are surviving that pull without active healing.

[Hruodig]

You should be casting Clemency while your healer AoEs.

Holy and gravity are 200 potency, ramping down to 100 potency for the 6th and on target. The healer's weapon is higher damage than yours, and their damage scales from the stat they have on all pieces of gear.

If you can live without casting clemency AND the healer doesn't need to heal you with on-gcd heals then fine. Go for it. If you're casting total eclipse while the healer casts a heal on you, your group lost damage.

If you have a whm, holy stuns. A good whm will have regen ticking on you while they're holying, plus they'll have a tetra and a bene waiting for when you do get low. There's no reason for you to leave dps on the table. Ast is a bit different for sure since gravity doesn't stun, but the same concept applies-good players won't leave dps on the table.

[Furious]

If you have a whm, holy stuns. A good whm will have regen ticking on you while they're holying, plus they'll have a tetra and a bene waiting for when you do get low. There's no reason for you to leave dps on the table. Ast is a bit different for sure since gravity doesn't stun, but the same concept applies-good players won't leave dps on the table.

Nobody ever said they did. I said in my original post; total eclipse is the last resort, because it's poopy. It doesn't mean I don't use it when it is the last resort. If you can pull more mobs and live with clemency, then do it. If you need healing and can heal yourself while the healer casts another aoe, then do it. If neither of the above apply, cast total eclipse.

Clemency is more enmity than anything other than flash in an aoe sitaution and it applies to all mobs you are engaged with. It heals for a comparatively large amount compared with healer efficient on-gcd heals, its effect is not reduced by tank stance but it's enmity is. Aim for situations where it is efficient to use it as an aoe tool (by making yourself a proxy for your healer to do more damage). If anyone else is also taking damage it also becomes 50% more efficient still.

Clemency is a tool we have that people underutilize FAR more than total eclipse. For some reason, everyone's ok with telling healers to dps when it's efficient to do so, but when you say tanks should heal when it's efficient people raise eyebrows. My guess is that it's harder to elucidate the rationale behind it than by just looking at the meters like you can when healers dps.

[bswpayton]

Nobody ever said

I get what your saying , I use clemency pretty often, but as a tank my job is to tank and deal damage I mostly df or run with a friend here and there you cant just assume that your healer is going to dps much in the first place. Leveling sam and rdm , it was 50/50 whether or not a healer was dpsing or not, and what of the other tanks. Should I not Abyssal Drain spam on drk, because my healer wants to dps so why just stand their on pali,, also on pali on that pull I mention I always use hg so thats def a window for a healer to add to the dps as well. But just standing their healing myself hoping that the healer wants to full on dps just doesnt make sense when I have my own tool to help the team out.

[SpookyGhost]

Nothing, but there is very little chance that while you aoe pull the leveling dungeons, you are taking little enough damage that you don't need healing, and thus if you cast total eclipse and the healer casts an on-gcd heal, that is not the most efficient choice. In the post I quoted, the guy talks about pulling every add after the first boss; there is no chance in hell you are surviving that pull without active healing.

It largely depends on who you're paired with and how good they are, as an example a SCH past their DoTs being Bane'd doesn't do enough damage to outweigh Total Eclipse. Similarly, as Hruodig mentioned, there's windows where you take no damage like Holy spam - as well as a universal one where you pop Hallowed (usually best used on large trash pulls anyway). Clemency certainly has its place and it'd be silly to ignore it, but similarly you shouldn't ignore Total Eclipse either.

[Ogulbuk]

Here's the real reason people aren't using it: it's learned at level 46, IIRC. They were level 60 when the expac hit, and didn't read up on changes. They have no idea they are missing a critical ability.

I have taught plenty of PLD's in-game about TE for this exact reason.

I have anecdotal data on this: Asked my brother why he was not using Total Eclipse on his PLD. He had no clue what I was talking about, had to tell him to go look at his level 46. He never bother to look at new abilities, he did notice all the ones he lost with the change, but never occurred to him they would add new stuff at lower levels.