Looking for help with tanking

[Rongway]

I'd wish to use this topic to ask about enmity, too.

Is there any statistic for it? Does it have any default time or duration? Does it apply the same amount of time or does it just add more enmity time to the target?

It's based on your damage (or in the case of Flash, how much damage it would theoretically do if it had a potency of 600 per mob) with bonus multipliers on the two abilities in your enmity combo and any other ability that specifically says "Additional effect: Increased enmity".

For specific multipliers, see this.

So, say you have (a) a PLD and (b) a BLM with 77% of the PLD's attack power (this funny number is because the BLM gets a +30% damage bonus trait). Anyway, what we're considering is two people who do the same damage when their attacks have the same listed potency.

If the PLD does Circle of Scorn (100 potency) it will do the same damage as the BLM's Freeze (100 potency), and they would normally generate the same amount of enmity. However, Circle of Scorn has a x3 enmity multiplier, so Circle of Scorn will generate three times as much enmity as Freeze, even though they did the same damage. Further, if the PLD was in Shield Oath, he gets another x2.7 multiplier from being in tank stance, so a Shield Oath -boosted Circle of Scorn will generate hate as if it were 810 potency (100 base potency x 3 ability multiplier x 2.7 Oath multiplier).

DDs and healers have abilities (to reduce their enmity generation) or (to drop a big portion of their accumulated enmity) depending on the job.


Earlier, I recommended not using FastBlade+SavageBlade as an enmity combo because Flash+Flash generates more enmity, even on a single target. This is why. FastBlade(150)+SavageBlade(200x3.5=700) is only 850 potency, while Flash(600)+Flash(600) is 1200 potency. Once you learn Rage of Halone, the complete hate combo generates more enmity against a single target than spamming Flash: FastBlade(150)+SavageBlade(200x3.5=700)+RageOfHalone(260x5=1300) is a total of 2150, while Flash(600)+Flash(600)+Flash(600) is only 1800.