Quote Originally Posted by SwordCoheir View Post
Focusing on just one aspect that needs attention won't make PLD any more viable than if they solely focused on damage mitigation, because in the end if PLD can't do both they have no advantages over WAR or can't keep up with hate control and both aspects are still somewhat lacking even though they've improved.
Right, but what I was saying is that I don't think PLD has the need for anymore damage mitigation to make them useful. Sure, it would be nice, but it isn't really harder to keep a PLD up over a WAR. If they had better enmity generation, that'd be the advantage you would think about using over a WAR. Use a tank that can produce great enmity and lower DPS, or one that can produce good enmity and good DPS?

Quote Originally Posted by Aceofspades View Post
hmm, hate control isnt hard. again, realy dont mean to insult anyones inteligence, but If you cant keep hate in a boss fight on PLD Im not sure why... onlything that comes to mind is if the PLD is using simple af gear and everyone else (dd) have invested into their gear... or the PLD just is clueless about how to play the job. Honestly if WAR is the only job you can tank on then stick to it, but to proclaim that PLD cant tank just because YOU personally can not do it is ignorant. Anyways when we get the opertunity to get everyone out there , gona try to take garuda with 6 wars 1pld as main tank and a whm.
Like I said before, I'd like to know what people are doing to keep hate on Miser/Coincounter/Chimera using PLD when their DPS are very well geared and pushing as hard as they can. Yes, PLD can keep hate fine on Ogre, Batraal, Ifrit, and sometimes Moogle. Those cases are different from what I'm asking though, as they all contain transitional phases that lower overall DPS of your Melee/BLMs and let the tank produce more Enmity.

Also, if you haven't already, I'd refrain from using your 6 WAR Garuda strat...