Is Drk ok or should I level Pld? (also one other tank question)

[Renryuu]

Hello everyone. I've been wanting to work on other class since I finished Rdm and Smn and I don't really have anything left to do with my Smn at the moment. I was considering Drk since I did play it briefly in Heavensward, but due to a bad first run of Weeping City I had quit the job. I'm wanting to go back to tanking to try to redeem myself, but I'm wondering if Drk is still a good job to play or should I jump onto the Pld bandwagon?

Also, on a slightly related and not related note, what stats should I focus on as a tank?

[DamianTenbe]

Hello everyone. I've been wanting to work on other class since I finished Rdm and Smn and I don't really have anything left to do with my Smn at the moment. I was considering Drk since I did play it briefly in Heavensward, but due to a bad first run of Weeping City I had quit the job. I'm wanting to go back to tanking to try to redeem myself, but I'm wondering if Drk is still a good job to play or should I jump onto the Pld bandwagon?

Also, on a slightly related and not related note, what stats should I focus on as a tank?

You should get used to bad runs. The main reason most people say or what I ve been told from others folks that they don't want to tank is the fear of messing up. It will happen and it's not a big deal. You have to learn new class and mechanics and positioning so you don't have the boss towards group and etc. Start with harder dungeons and then try out Savage content as learning party. Just don't give up after 1 bad run.

[Squintina]

If you're afraid of messing up, why not try tanking in Command Missions for a while? At least then if you mess up you don't have to worry about the other people since they're all AI.

Then once you're comfortable enough with those, work your way up to instances with real people, and eventually high end instances.

All jobs are still good jobs to play. Even though DRK is considered "not as good" for this patch as other tanks, that didn't stop World First winners from having one. In the end it'll end up more about mastering your skills than what's "better".

[DamianTenbe]

Play what you like the best. If I would have to be playing the best class and I wouldn't enjoy it, I would count it as a wasted time. Don't focus on Meta. All 3 tanks are viable, pick the one that suits you and your playstyle.

[Renryuu]

You should get used to bad runs. The main reason most people say or what I ve been told from others folks that they don't want to tank is the fear of messing up. It will happen and it's not a big deal. You have to learn new class and mechanics and positioning so you don't have the boss towards group and etc. Start with harder dungeons and then try out Savage content as learning party. Just don't give up after 1 bad run.

Thank you, but I think I may have miscommunicated why I quit. It wasn't really just 1 bad run since before that moment I had done numerous dungeon runs and was loving tanking even when I made mistakes. This particular run was extremely bad because my friend decided he wanted to run with me (who at the time claimed to be a pld master tank despite having never tanked since Nin came out) and he kept giving me strategies that were the complete opposite of what the group was trying to explain to me, which resulted in me dying a lot because of being so utterly confused that I ended up giving up tanking since I didn't want to deal with my friend any more at the time. Now he's finally admitted to giving up on tanking in favor of being a SAM main, so I figure now is a good time to try tanking once more now that my friend can't try to give me tanking advice now that he admits to giving up on tanking. Now it's just a problem of choosing which sword tank to go for lol.

[DamianTenbe]

Well then to answer your question.
From best to last.
1. Paladin. 2. Warrior. 3. Dark night
Why? Paladin offers self heal, party wide mitigation, reasonable damage, ranged cleves and good mitigation.

I think that is how most of the tank community feels. I personally play WAR, PLD. DRK not so much. It just doesn't do the job for me after Stormblood. Its all my thoughts tho.

[Renryuu]

Alrighty, I'll try to level up Pld and see if I can find joy in playing it like I do with Drk. So far my pld is around 42 so I dunno if this is just a dull point of Pld or not, but perhaps playing it in PoTD may give me a better idea of it to see if I'd enjoy it.

[Anienai]

I'm wondering if Drk is still a good job to play or should I jump onto the WARRIOR bandwagon?

Put on your big boy subligar and pay Curious Gorge a visit.

[Renryuu]

Put on your big boy subligar and pay Curious Gorge a visit.

But... warriors don't use swords

Also I ended up on Warrior in Heavensward and was the job I ended up quitting tanking on. Dunno if it's better, worse, or the same.

[BorisDaBlade]

Tbh, pld is pretty boring at 70. Nothing really changes. Oooh RA combo at 60 and an actual dps use for mp with Holy Spirit, yippee!! lol. But it’s the safest play get getting back on the tank wagon. Drk is in such a bad spot, it’s not even worth picking up to take it to max until it gets some love.