Guide to fixing PLD

[Reynhart]

There's something that bothers me in all these PLD thread.
Every now and then, a pro-WAR come and say "Blah blah you can't beat me with hate blah blah Provoke, Collusion and such"

My question is: If the PLD is supposed to be the tank, why would you EVER use Provoke or Collusions on the PLD ?
We ask the PLD to keep hate over mages or DD, not over DD who would screw everything just to show they can have better enmity generation...

Can a PLD keep hate over DPS only actions ? Yes
Can a PLD keep hate over healing actions ? Yes
Can a PLD keep hate over nuking actions ? Yes

Now for a PLD to be more useful than WAR in most situations, it have to be far better at staying alive (Not the dance, mind you)
- Better damage mitigation
- Better curing capacities so it can stay alive for longer fights without a dedicated healer

We could have different setups:
WAR+WHM+WHM+5 other jobs. That is the main setup for the boss fights, and it can still be useful when you don't have a PLD in the group.
PLD+WHM+6 others jobs. This is a more complex setup, and requires people who can really manage MPs and cooldowns. Whitout the need for a second healer, we can stack one more DD, to compensante for the weaker DPS of the PLD.