Quote Originally Posted by yajnaji View Post
New player with my FIRST complain about this game: I'm a level 54 dps and have no defensive cool downs, if I have to fight 2+ mobs, I DIE! And don't tell me to get good, I do my rotation, I do damage, but the mobs kill me before I kill them because it's too much damage and there's nothing I can do.

SECOND complain: no corpse run.

I'm losing interest, pretty fast.

Now flame me all you want, do your worst.
Well, you *do* have a couple buttons..

1). Second Wind: While not really a "defensive cooldown" but popping it does help in a pinch.
2). Life Surge. Save this for your highest damage skill (at 54 that should be Full Thrust with combo). More damage = more healing. A drop in the bucket but better than nothing.

As others have said, get your chocobo out and IMO, you should have your chocobo learn Choco Cure first and then go down the DPS tree and leave it in Free Stance. I find that is way more than I need to help me stay alive.

I can pull 2-3 enemies in a FATE simultaneously and win, rather comfortably as any DPS job (including Dragoon). RDM can do a bit more for obvious reasons (really, Vercure rocks).