Why do tanks exist?

[Galgarion]

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No materia on your gear, a weak main-hand weapon, and four green accessories. Just make a macro that says you're still gearing up and ask the dps to take it easy on you, Mao.

[Avatre]

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No materia on your gear, a weak main-hand weapon, and four green accessories. Just make a macro that says you're still gearing up and ask the dps to take it easy on you, Mao.

I never had materia in my gear, have very bad luck with RNG to get gear(most of the time it wouldn't appear in the chests at all), and was in i270(exception being my relic at i275) until I got to 70 and did my class quest(now I have 3 pieces of i320, the rest at i310). VERY rarely did I lose agro, even to those that were 70, higher geared, and going full tilt. It's a matter of how you rotate your combo, how many times you flash/unleash/overpower, and if they are using Lucid/Diversion/etc.