How to Build a PLD, needing tips plz.

[GreyJorildyn]

I play PLD like a turtle tank, and considering the nature of PLDs and their abilties , I think its only common sense to play it as a turtle tank, anytime your running from the mob you are NOT tanking it much less turtle tanking, in wich you would have to sit there and rely on skills and tp moves to do well. God forbid we encourage players to LEARN their jobs...

You are one of those "real men of genius", aren't you? lol

A tank that can take care of him/her self for the most part frees up the WHM/s to do somthing other then focus spam heals. Most set ups in wich the tank is focusing on high hp vs high def usually NEED a second healer. Being able to replace a healer with a DD more then makes up for not having a dd/tank much less one that is not built to deflect damage more then absorb it.

I'm pretty sure if you could run a smidgen away from a mob to incap it for 10seconds, that counts as "helping yourself out" and still "frees the whm to do something other than spam heals". Furthermore, when doing CC, if your group has 2 WHM, one should be full-time nuking anyway.

Want to call me ignorant when realy the ignorance stems from one beliving they are tanking well because they didnt die, all the while relying heavly on healers to keep them alive. I am sorry to inform you that from a factual stand point taking 100 damage with 3500 hp is far better then taking 150 damage with 4500 hp, I would do the math for you but since you seem to be far more inteligent then me I wont insult your superior inteligence (sarcasm) but for everyone else taking 1/3 less damage is better then have 25% more hp, ESPECIALLY in longer fights.

I'm not even sure what this dribble is.

One last note, considering the "set the bar low" comment. I strait tank a boss you run from..... as far as "who would run tward a party when tanking cc?" better question , why are you running from CC, can you not hang? If not , your probably in no position to critisize me.

Here's the "better answer": because running from CC incaps it so:
1) I don't take any damage.
2) My healing WHM can then nuke or rebuff as needed without any worry.
3) It's the "most efficient" thing to do in that given situation. It is an intended mechanic.

What your argument is basically saying is that if you don't "play smart" (what I consider playing smart is running from CC to incap it for quite some time), then you're being a pussy and therefor must suck at tanking. That is the most idiotic logic a tank could have. Did your XI linkshell also straight tank King Behemoth because kiting it was only for pussies? How about Kirin in the early days? You really are a piece of work.

I feel bad for anyone taking advice from you. You're one of the people who contributes to the ignorance of these forums and if there were some way to delete all the posts you make like the one above (and the many others you've plastered across these forums in the past months), we'd all be better for it. I'm sorry but you are either terrible at explaining yourself and/or awful at this game.