Quote Originally Posted by Soular View Post
I remember one healer on my way to levelling DRK to 50 literally being like

"what the fuck"
"every other drk ive come across died so fast"
"how come u take like no damage?"

my response to him was

"did every other drk you came across have pld and war levelled to 50?"
"and did they have the necessary subclass skills?"

*snip*"
I noticed that too even as level 42 minor league White Mage. Some DKs were a lot easier to heal than others. Invariably, the better DKs all had other tank classes/jobs and used their subclass skills.

Off topic:

That insight has lead me to pause leveling gladiator at 17 on my would be paladin character and start leveling marauder to 30 instead. That way, she'll have access to the warrior subset skills as she progresses toward paladinhood. In the end, she'll be able to flip back and forth between two tanking jobs as required plus have all the subclass skills to improve both of her toolkits.