The Problem with Paladin

[Phobos]

I tanked Ifrit a number of times yesterday and found it much easier with a PLD and with a handful of other playing using jobs, compared to when I was a GLA.

In my opinion, a PLD shouldn't have to prioritize MP recovery. That's the mages' job. The BRD should be using the MP regen song on healers so that THEY can do their job of keeping the tank alive. As a PLD, I used my MP only for healing myself when my HP got relatively low, and also for casting Stoneskin on myself. Doing this, the lowest I got with my MP was just around half.

That said, potions shouldn't be underestimated. But if your priority is maintaining enmity, you *could* keep curing yourself and using ethers to compensate for lost MP... or you could just use a Maddening Potion.

Are you sure you had an easier time with PLD because of PLD, or because you had a BRD and a WHM where before you may have only had a CNJ?

I just bring this up because honestly, I see no reason for PLD to outdo GLA as it stands, unless BRD allowed you to succor frequently.

EDIT: Based on some of the replies, specifically this one, I should not have come across this issue if we had a BRD for the WHM, or perhaps a second WHM. Even so, I still beleive Outmaneuver should be fixed, and the Defense boost for PLD should actually be noticeable for the loss of HP. To me, GLA still seems to have a bit more over time survivability with the same enmity tools.