Tank gear setup

[ZenAero]

I personally think +emnity is not as valuable as having a really good double melded or triple melded piece of armor. For example: Fighters Breeches which have +10 emnity are not equal to the gains you get from having double melded Felt Trousers. I will be modest and compare the tier IIIs below. As a warrior you want to have you str and vit capped in order to deal max dps, which also helps you get hate. Why gimp your damage for a little emnity when you can have the best of both worlds? I never lose hate on bosses because Im dealing almost as much damage as a Blm can then I have my hate abilities to add. And yes this has been parsered. I usually rank 3rd under the blms in most usual party setups. With this said, use your own judgement and experience these things for yourself. It is always best to have multiple sets of gear.

Fighter Breeches
Defense 130
HP 20
Strength 11
Vitality 9
Critical Hit Rating 10
Enmity 10

Felt Trousers with Double Melded Ironmans Will III
Attributes
Defense 130
HP 23
Strength 15
Vitality 17

[Molly_Millions]

Here's my setup:

Fighter's Cuirass
Sentinal's Belt - double melded bloodthirst and touch of Rage
Sentinel's Sabatons - double melded with bloodflight and bloodthirst
Cobalt Guantlets - triple melded with 41 STR
Fighter's Breeches
Fighter's Burgeonet
Stonewall Earrings
Amber(?) Rings (+15 VIT)
Explorer's Choker
Coral Armillae +1 (+10 Enmity)

Weapons (I use diff ones for diff encounters):
Demilune Buhj w/ 15 VIT and some touch of rage
Ifrit's Axe
Mog Axe

[Frein]

There is no reason to be using a celata over the AF helmet, especially considering MND no longer adds to m.def (as that stat was removed). I also don't think Bloodflight does anything as you can't evade bosses anyway. Even with Featherfoot my WAR struggles to get an evade against Ifrit.

[Molly_Millions]

There is no reason to be using a celata over the AF helmet, especially considering MND no longer adds to m.def (as that stat was removed). I also don't think Bloodflight does anything as you can't evade bosses anyway. Even with Featherfoot my WAR struggles to get an evade against Ifrit.

lol OP said pre-darklight. I understood it as pre-af. Yes, I have the WAR helmet and use the WAR chest piece. Also, I don't care if you don't like my gear you're not the one using it. I'm quite proud of my gear, so I posted what I'm using. Most people aren't ballsy (or dedicated) enough to go for double melded Sentinel's pieces without buying one, let alone go for a full set like I am.

[KumaAkuma]

lol OP said pre-darklight. I understood it as pre-af. Yes, I have the WAR helmet and use the WAR chest piece. Also, I don't care if you don't like my gear you're not the one using it. I'm quite proud of my gear, so I posted what I'm using. Most people aren't ballsy (or dedicated) enough to go for double melded Sentinel's pieces without buying one, let alone go for a full set like I am.

Unless for maybe Coin Counter you're wasting everyone's time with your hp gear, it's not for War. Go get your Darklight set already. Darklight, not Heavy Darklight.

Edit: You can even buy a decent axe at company now.

[Isaaru]

Molly don't get mad if someone critiques your setup. The OP asked for the ideal tank setup. If somebody has valid reasons why your setup is not ideal, like frein did, and you can't handle it then don't post at all.

[Isaaru]

But this thread is about IDEAL tanking gear without Darklight. Do you not understand what the word ideal means? You say you're not a "min-maxer" but you can't just post your non-ideal gear in a thread about ideal gear and not expect any criticism at all, that is just idiotic. The OP wanted IDEAL gear and you posted not IDEAL gear and got critiqued with valid reasoning. Did I say ideal enough? If you still don't understand what the word ideal means then here's a link.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ideal

You waste everyone's time with your post and then get mad at someone for staying on topic.

[Brannigan]

lol OP said pre-darklight. I understood it as pre-af.

OP said red. I understood it as blue.

What???