Quote Originally Posted by GDFletcher View Post
I don't see how anyone now can be struggling unless the DPS is clearly burning themselves out on the 1st initial attack in which case let them tank! Tanks need to do an opening rotation just as much as a DPS class does, if they can't wait for that then fine they can tank the floor instead!
I am not a PLD yet, however I am getting to it. I have to say I was in a pty with a monk last night and their opening move on the Ifrit fight took all the hate I could build. even with provoke and everything I had, I couldn't turn him due to the monk just laying into him. Let us tanks build hate first before you go in and go nuts on the boss. The fastest fights I have had is the Pty allowing me to build the hate first and then they unleash on them. That is what I have noticed from FFXIV. I am a vet of ffxi and we don't have the sneak attack like we did in FFXI on FFXIV to build hate.