Quote Originally Posted by Hikozaemon View Post
Rift fails at being called a game period it almost has more lackluster visuals than WOW. it looks like it was developed for the 3DO its so poorly artistically designed..... how do i know this?lol Because i tried the free 7 day trail and it was all i could do not to laugh so hard at the sorry excuse of a game. I played for 5mins then uninstalled it; thank god.

And a very good PLD in ff11 still is the best tank in alot of situations and w/ the new content outside of abyssea mnk and war will not be able to tank as easily. I have a Ochain/aegis/burtgang pld in ls and he cant be touched if he had higher tier cures he'd be unstoppable. groups in ff11 that have optimized tanks for NMs/HNMs will outperform groups w/ mnks and warriors tanking because when a mnk or warrior tanks in most cases it greatly affects there dps/burst dmg. When u got a DD being able to freely DD they can contribute alot more than tanking/DDing.

i stopped before abysea, i low manned many things, paladin is better in straight defense by far, and in hate, but i kill faster and avoid taking damage. There are some things i have no chance on as monk, fast hitting accurate mobs with high evasion would eat me up, aoe using monsters magic aoe users, but there are a lot of monster that dont fit that bill.

But really at the end of the day, it was our combination of people and over all strategies that allowed us to do things others couldnt, im sure paladin could have done many of these things, but long as we won, who cares. I main tanked in low man dynamis for the win, just because i knew how, and what to pull better than the official tanks, and the things that could eat me up, the mages had plans to deal with, Im just saying whatever works, is good.