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  1. #1
    Player
    Karnage720's Avatar
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    Character
    Karnage Dragorian
    World
    Leviathan
    Main Class
    Arcanist Lv 55

    How To Deal With The Over Zealous BLM(Low Lvl Tanking)

    Hey guys, new to tanking in this game. I've been progressing pretty well with my GLD. Only times I ever have issues holding hate is when a BLM, sorry to pick on you, decides to use Fire 2 on pulls. I just turned lvl 21 and I'm pretty efficient at keeping aggro except when the BLM decides to go nuke happy. Sometimes I can get hate back with a flash or 2 but since they keep using fire 2, I end up losing hate on the adds again. What can I do to combat this? I've even told them to tone down their AOE nuking, its not like we're doing a WP SR, its Copper Mines, or Hatalia for crying out loud. Anywho, any advice would be great. I was thinking of just letting them die next time lol.
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    Ronove's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    Character
    Rinh'sae Poales
    World
    Leviathan
    Main Class
    Summoner Lv 100
    If asking them to tone down their opener fails, you could just let them die until they get the hint.
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    Garnatian's Avatar
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    Character
    Gaust Euler
    World
    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    Marauder Lv 50
    Just live with it.

    You'll be getting your main threat ability soon which will help a lot.
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    Steeled's Avatar
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    Character
    Conchobar Pridwen
    World
    Ultros
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 50
    Quote Originally Posted by Ronove View Post
    If asking them to tone down their opener fails, you could just let them die until they get the hint.
    In the low instances, any job can tank, sometimes better than a newbie gld/mrd.

    You're not far from Haukke (28) and Brayflox (32). Most asinine dps learn to behave when they hit those dungeons.
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    Shield Lob (Can change red text to Tomahawk and it will work perfectly Warriors)
    /macroicon "Shield Lob"
    /ac "Shield Lob" <t>
    /marking attack1 <t>

    Better "macro switching", give it a read: http://tinyurl.com/ffxivhotbars

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    Deceptus's Avatar
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    Character
    Deceptus Keelon
    World
    Behemoth
    Main Class
    Sage Lv 90
    As a healer, I wouldn't heal them. A dead DPS generates 0 aggro.
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  6. #6
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    Urthdigger's Avatar
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    Character
    Eyriwaen Zirhmusyn
    World
    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Scholar Lv 90
    I have a rule. If you're the healer, I'll snag hate back off of you. If you're a DPS, I say if you wanted to tank the monster so bad, then by all means do so.
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