Holy trinity.. Or maybe not.

[Deviant1]

just the though of tanks having to wait around for people wanting to do Ramuh with them is priceless.
much love to my tank friends, but jesus do you all have the easiest time getting into a run. welcome to the 99%!

Fortunately the drops for tank suck, so not too worried. might be worth it for glamor, but the lack of acc and parry for pld makes this lol. tidal wave sword, a curtana or bravura novus / animus, burtgang or high alagan axe would be better for the ilevels.

It also helps to have multiple jobs, so I can just go as a dps and take your slot / item.

Sorry my DPS friends, your competition just increased even more... Priceless

[Saccharin]

How is that an exploit ? If anything, that's clever use of game mechanics.

"Clever use of game mechanics" is what an exploiter calls an exploit to justify their conduct.

The encounter was designed for a specific set of roles. As I understand the pet in question has a 66% reduction in magical damage and due to this is why it can tank Ramuh. What this means is that you can have an extra damage dealer. now with a standard party make up of four damage dealers then an extra is a 25% increase now that's more than the coil buff at 20% and how many people, probably the same people QQed about that. In the end the 'tactic' makes the encounter less significantly demanding, the add are a dps check after all, so it is an exploit.

Will SE take any action against those that do it. I seriously doubt it. Will they patch it? If the behaviour becomes prevalent as it seems it is then I'm sure they will.

If it looks like an exploit, acts like an exploit, it's an exploit.

[reality_check]

If it looks like an exploit, acts like an exploit, it's an exploit.

Let's look at SE's track history since 2.0:

Paladins tanking through multiple stacks without feeding. They decided to buff warriors after saying this was not their intended way of killing turn 1.

People training through turn 3 instead of killing it? Also called an exploit when the first wave of coil players went through.

What about coil turn 2? People were literally saying the exact same thing you're saying now. People were even saying that SE patched it shortly after, which was a complete lie. SE never touched it.

Feeding dreadnaughts everything in turn 4 was also not SE's intended mechanic for the fight. See point 1 with warriors for their reaction.

People cried when they found out the first twintania kill was circumventing death sentences by standing in conflageration. THIS MUST BE AN EXPLOIT, they said.

So, this whole screaming something as an exploit has gotten old. Move along.

[joshsecret]

Sorry my DPS friends, your competition just increased even more... Priceless

[Amarathval]

Titan-Egi works because it is earth elemental, you could say he is.... "grounded"(even though he floats)

working as intended.

[MissE]

HARDER? REALLY BAD TROLL ATTEMPT? Titan Egi don't have multiple damage mitigation, low HP compared to 10k+ warriors, can't provoke, and since u can't swap tanks, healers have a good fun time with it

HEY WAIT A MIN, ur main class is ARM, bugger off DoH to ur server economy habitat! or better still, instead of minding a DoW/DoM business, how bout u CRAFT ARMORS WITH 9999 LIGHTNING RESISTANCE?

Not sure what are you smoking, Titan-Egi can have 10k+ hp, and since it has a build in AoE damage reduction, it doesn't really need any defensive CDs.

Come to think of it, have you even do it with both ways? Not sure who's the troll here...

Titan-Egi works because it is earth elemental, you could say he is.... "grounded"(even though he floats)

working as intended.

It has nothing to do with elemental, unless you are being sarcastic.

I guess it sucks for tanks, but I enjoy it immensely, breaking the holy trinity is always exciting to me.

It doesn't really break it though, Titan is a Tank lol.

[MissE]

Meant player party composition obviously >.>

Then I'm not sure why this excites you, because it's still the same thing with less work.
Titan-Egi is a tank role after all, it's not like there's a Healer or DPS tanking the boss.

Anyway, I hope people are willing to accept tanks as DPS when using this strategy. We did try this with 2 tanks going in with STR accessories and it's just as easy.

[TheMunimai]

Titan is only able to tank due to Ramuh only using magic attack right? (which means egi's don't get hit as hard)

Hardly think it's going to replace tanks altogether.

[Fue]

Im always excited when someone finds a way to get around boring tank swap mechanic.

[Mishari]

GLD doesn't exist in this game.

Goldsmith does not exist in this game? D: