Raiding Tanks

[Ire]

I am curious as to what other job do you run to help out your raids? Is there a job that a tank should have as a necessity? For those times where only one tank is needed.

Thank You!

[BadRNG]

All tanks should level a melee dps simply so they understand fights from their point of view, so they know how important things like positioning or not moving/spinning mobs are. There are a lot of tanks who do not consider that stuff.

For one tank fights with your static, what DPS you have really should depend on your group's composition. Ideally you want to go with a class you don't already have.

[Zplinter]

Depends on your group, it is a static? great thrash it out and fill in the gap, one of our tanks (me) is a WHM and the other is a Bard. It works for us, but who knows your group better then you all.

[Traek]

All tanks should level a melee dps simply so they understand fights from their point of view, so they know how important things like positioning or not moving/spinning mobs are. There are a lot of tanks who do not consider that stuff.

While this seems logical, it is actually not what "all tanks should level". In fact the opposite, if a tank is going to go a DPS route, they should level a ranged. This is because all raids thus far can be completed generally easier with a stacked ranged composition. It is correct a tank will attune better to a melee class in general, but that won't matter if 4/4 spots are ranged ones. In general, most groups take one token melee, and that is all they want. So in a raid group that needs a fill in for a spot, or simply one tanking a fight, a ranged DPS would be a far more logical thing to have as a secondary. Which one is up to the OP. BRD or BLM probably.

[SpookyGhost]

You don't have to level a melee DPS to understand that a melee DPS doesn't want you moving mobs around a lot. However, it is helpful to know every role as a tank, and if your only way of doing that is actual leveling of that role then that's what you should do.

Anyway, if you're going to level anything, make sure it's a DPS. There likely won't be any 1 tank 3 heals content (even T2 enrage can be done with 2 healers as long as they're well geared) so it's better to have a nicely geared DPS to contribute when the fight only requires 1 tank / 2 heals. Just make absolute certain your group has a solid loot distribution system, because you won't be able to roll Need on any tank items that drop in that content.

[Cuurad]

All tanks should level a melee dps..*snip*

why? easy answer, my next class, goin`the ilvl90 Route is a Heal, maybe SCH, maybe WHM.

Its ok to say, that each tank needs a SubClass but he/she should! choose that class alone.

[Remn]

malee or range DPS or heal will work , it will give you team more choice.

[Warrlordd]

I WAR for our grp and DRG is my go-to DPS class. Very handy.

[ZoroRoro]

I lvled MNK, and SCH, both of whom have seen some mileage in raids and primals. I have DRG but haven't used it much yet. I suppose any secondary (or tertiary) would be useful in its own way, but I went for a balance between what our FC could use and pure enjoyment (melee is fun, SCH is slick).

[Wadoka]

I am pretty much 99.9975% Paladin. It's what I do; it's what I *live* for. But I'm leveling CNJ/WHM because heck, why not, since I had to get to L34 anyway for Stoneskin, and I like being a support class.