How to Build a PLD, needing tips plz.

[Tman]

The reasoning behind stripping out a so called common aspect, is to get rid of an unneeded/unwanted extra variable, as well as prevent manipulation of results. a hardcore min maxer would swap out food buffs for certain aspects of the fight, IE hp food at the start, Def/Vit food for heavy physical portions, any sort of magical mitigation food when a big hit is about to come. This over-complicates the test as well as can manipulate results

[Molly_Millions]

You can't really test anything in a dungeon reliably, there are simply way too many variables like player skill to worry about that will skew any test results. That goes for the PLD, the WHMs and everyone else.

[GemGenie]

The Hp vs def/vit build is always difficult choice even back in ff11. Though I like hp build in ff11.

This is from a newbie ff14 pld perspective that I think conceptually, def/vit is better because taking less dmg requires less healing and also less enmity for the whm. In addition, the current available cure magic cannot fill up 3-4k hp in a short time.

However, I think the most problem in ff14 now is that def/vit build doesn't really have much noticeable improvement compare to a lower def but high hp pld.

If ff14 eventually fix the def thing, such that def build really taking 30%+ less dmg, then def/vit will be the way to go.

Oh well, for my gear choice, it's appearance > everything

[GreyJorildyn]

The best WHMs out there are maxxing out their regens to lower the enmity over time. Furthermore, a well-geared enmity tank will never lose hate to the WHM, not in a million years. You can think that "conceptually" DEF/VIT is better, but the reality is that what is on paper and what is in practice are different most often (and really what is on paper doesn't say much about DEF/VIT either when fighting things almost 10 levels above you like most end game mobs).