Quote Originally Posted by Lyraele View Post
At lower levels the main mistake Paladin's make, that I have observed, is under-using Flash (plus Riot Blade to keep mana up). At low levels, Flash can pretty much keep up with anything the DPS can do. And it gets better once you have Shield Oath, too. Once you have Shield Oath, Some Flash lead-instead followed by cycling through targets with enmity combo should be enough, at least in my experience.
I found this while levelling paladin, for what it's worth. A DPS synced down to my level advised me to always Flash two or three times in order to hold aggro, and while that works, it also... looks kind of dumb? As a paladin, I want to use my weapon skills, not just Flash all the time.

Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
Oh yeah, and I try to help out new tanks when I can but you can easily out do a few flashes if you wanted (given the right job, and level range - and ofc the main point of this thread, the ilvl diff. issue that sometimes pops up). Like as BLM I could peel the entire group from a low level Paladin, I stopped as soon as I noticed that and calmed down but it was like OH HI GUYS.
Indeed. Levelling black mage or any high-burst class makes it very easy to take aggro, and it's not because the tank is playing badly. The tank is doing fine. Their tools just aren't enough to match the DPS' aggro generation at lower levels.