Curtana :(

[Dawiichan]

I'm confused, are you guys not tanking with DPS with double-triple melds/ Darklight gear?

PLD already has better mitigation A la blocking abilities than WAR, so they only thing they really need to gear for is enmity to make up for lack of collusion, antagonize, vengeance.


And honestly, saying every stat on Curtana gives Enmity is a cheap cop out. Enmity gives more raw enmity on EVERYTHING. HP gives more Enmity on 1 ability with a 60 second cooldown.

Accuracy is more enmity... Except Enmity itself will give you more enmity.



I'm not sure if some of you are simply playing devil's advocate and arguing to argue... Or if you completely think Curtana is optimized stats wise.

Because hitting is enmity itself. Enmity + gear increases the enmity you gain by a percentage, the base enmity is based on your actual damage. However unlike WAR paladin has skills that increase enmity gain on that skill (Flat Blade, Spirits Within). Since these skills have such high multipliers, increasing the base of those multipliers is better which would require higher DD stats. So being able to ditch out ACC for more dmg stats or enm + (Militia Choker instead of Explorer's Choker?) lets you have more useful stats such as MND rings (which directly affects flat blade combo) or STR rings to increase those certain bases.

Though even with losing HQ electrum rings x2 and an Explorer's Choker, you still have more acc with just the sword. So not only can you increase your damage with accessories but you still have a bit more acc than an all out ACC build.

To show how it would work-
1) Being able to increase your accuracy lets you open up damaging/enmity accessories (Stat Rings or Militia Choker).
2) Having accuracy lets you deal damage more often.
3) Damage directly affects enmity, which enmity + is a % bonus that is affected by that base.
4) PLD has two skills that are greatly affect by that base (Spirits Within and Flat Blade).
5) Increasing this base directly affects not only the effectiveness of enmity + and enmity itself.

Why do you think Warrior is affected by enmity + more than PLD is? Their base ENM is higher than a PLD's.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-(Translation)

Flat blade's enmity bonus is also affected by mind, which is another reason why having stat rings available can affect enmity.