PLD tips

[RudyRudiger]

Honestly as a tank people are pretty critical of your performance so I've found 2 effective ways to tank as pld 1st is stress free an you won't think this works but man it does just FB > RB > Flash, if dps is really good then FB > Flash > RB > Flash. 2nd is attacking every target I'll use 1,2,3 for mobs. So I'll Flash > FB(1) > CoS > SB(1) > RoH(1) > Flash > FB(1) > SB(2) > RoH(3) > Flash > FB(3) > SB (1) > RoH (2). Basically here I try to keep the Strength down debuff up on all mobs as much as possible. hope this helps so people don't quit on you

[Porie]

The way I do it is a lot of tab targeting. Run in flash 1-2x, halone combo on main target and after that I will begin my combo again but use savage blade on the other mobs and halone the primary target, works much better then spamming flash between skills. The only think you have to get use to is tab targeting to check your enemity between the other mobs on you.

[Zoomie]

I'm sexy

I can see that Allagan armor collar sticking up... It WON'T drop for us. Color me jealous.

[Porie]

You don't have to stay on the primary target until it's dead, usually at half he you can start using your combo on the next targeted mob, get use to this method you'll never have aggro issues. I'm pretty awesome at tanking lol but would love to help many tanks especially when I want to speed run on my other classes other than tank :-D

[Kenji1134]

You don't have to stay on the primary target until it's dead, usually at half he you can start using your combo on the next targeted mob, get use to this method you'll never have aggro issues. I'm pretty awesome at tanking lol but would love to help many tanks especially when I want to speed run on my other classes other than tank :-D

One trick I sometimes employ is to gauge how much "buffer hate" you have vs the 2nd person on the hate list.
If the 2nd person is a dps, and their hate as a % of your hate is less than the remaining % hp on the mob... you pretty dont have to hit that mob anymore.

So with numbers... we're fighting a mob, it has 10k hp. Since damage threat is at a 1-1 ratio, the mob has the potential to gain about 10k total hate on the dps who are damaging it... minus your damage, which we say is negligible.
Now say you have 3 dps, but one is much better geared, so the dps distribution is 40%-30%-30%. The 40% guy is going to be in the #2 spot.
The mob is now at half health, so the dps now have a total of 5k hate on the mob. The 40% guy has 2k hate on the mob. Assuming the overall dps rate is constant, the 40% guy can gain another 2k hate before the mob dies.
Now... at 50%, look at the hate bars. The 40% dps has 2k hate. He will double his hate by the time the mob dies.
If at 50%, YOU have more than twice his hate, meaning you have say 4.2k hate, and there is no DRASTIC change in his overall dps output... he will not pull off you...
You have 4.2k, he has 2k, he can get up to 4k by the time the mob dies... his 4k is less than your 4.2k... you dont have to touch that mob anymore.

[Porie]

I can see that Allagan armor collar sticking up... It WON'T drop for us. Color me jealous.

Haha I just noticed.... I was like what the hell I never wrote that. Ya our group got lucky and got it for both tanks first 2 weeks of coil together, it does look sexy :-P