Paladin Opener (Max Threat)

[bardaboo]

I open with Provoke, people complain but hey-- They aren't intelligent to understand why.

Oh look the tank pulled.... aaaanndd now I'm tanking. GJ buddy

[Mendalas]

I open with Provoke, people complain but hey-- They aren't intelligent to understand why. AS WELL.. It's my class, either shut up or pay me sub and I'll play your way.

Definitely trolling, many people fell for it. Well played Enesuia, well played.

[Enkidoh]

Definitely trolling, many people fell for it. Well played Enesuia, well played.

I wish he was - but I've seen a number of GLA/PLDs in the past stating they indeed do this. Malicewolf already explained how and why in some situations it can be possible, but is it the best option? No it isn't. It simply is not meant for that! Provoke is your 'get out of jail' card if you lose hate and need it back on you in a hurry, it's not meant to generate huge amounts in a burst.

I think also a lot of players that use Provoke to pull are just old FFXI players still stuck in old habits (where Provoke literally was used for pulling seeing as it worked in a completely different manner in FFXI). But anyway...

Shield Lob with the standard Fast Blade-Savage Blade-Rage of Halone combo with three to four Flashes interspersed between them is what I've long used as my usual 'opener' for GLA/PLD tanking since I first started my tanking career in ARR way back in the Beta. Circle of Scorn and Goring Blade naturally are high level additions to this, but I still use this basic opener even at level 60 and in almost all cases it doesn't usually fail me (often when I lose hate it's because either I've fumbled the combo due to my clumsy keypressing, or the fight I'm in I'm against someone else who is geared better (usually a DPS). It's basically GLA/PLD's 'meat and potatoes' for me.

[Lollie]

fof+sheltron > lob > %mit+bb > goring combo laced with cos sw ss > savage combo > royal auth combo > goring combo (usually get goring refreshed under fof)
Seems to work best for me rather than opening with an enmity mod combo which I tend to get overpowered in hate if I do. Then again I usually only tank in a clutch when fc runs don't have a tank so I'm routinely going up against dps and heals with 20+ il on me may be different (only reason it's that close an il gap is full str accs from my main)

On 3 pack pulls 5 flashes followed by goring rotation ocd attack moves and appropriate buffing in between. Assuming everything isn't dead either hallowed+1-2 more flashes or cover on closest person to over taken