The thing with PLD is that you need to use FoF properly when undergeared. By that, I mean how I pull Sephirot (for instance) is:
Lob > FB>SB>[Shel+FoF]>RoH>[CoS+SW]>FB>[SS]>RB>GB>FB>SB>RA>FB>SB>RA>FB>RB>GB

I did this at i213-ish using Hauteclaire with Sephirot-wep DPS pulling 1700-1900 openers and never lost hate aside from one time when the BRD forgot quelling strikes.

In Sephirot, you should only be using RoH before each tank buster in p1 - that'll give more than enough of an aggro lead going into final phase to do the entire thing in Sword Oath, in my experience.


If you have a White Mage riding your ass, there is a 100% chance that the White Mage is garbage and doing something they shouldn't be doing. Even if they're solo-healing, the only way a WHM is gonna pull hate off you is if they've got 50-60% overheal.