How to generate more hate than a healer?

[Rajah]

Halone this Halone that

Let's see what you do when you need shield oath to even keep hate.

[Poulpy]

As a healer I can't give you advice on to play a Tank, but I've seen many situations where I've grab the aggro.
To avoid this I simply try to sleep at least one monster.
The tank will take less damages and the healer will have to do less heal.

You can put a specific mark on a monster and tell your WHM or BLM (or other class that can cast a sleep spell) to sleep him.

[Themis]

The fact that in your OP, the only thing you did to gain threat on the other enemies is use flash shows that you are not suited to be a tank. Just play lancer or something like 100,000 other players honestly.

Take no notice of this. Some people prefer to throw this kind of remark around rather than offer any kind of constructive feedback.

The fact that you come here to ask for assistance and are willing to grow and learn, is exactly why you are suited to be a tank. It's those that think their way is the only way that aren't suited to it (and the same goes for any class).

Halone this Halone that

Let's see what you do when you need shield oath to even keep hate.

When you do get Shield Oath, it's an incredibly powerful tool and you'd be stupid not to use it. Prior to that, Gladiator is probably a better choice over Paladin because you have twice as many cross class skills to draw from, many of which can increase damage output (which results in better enmity gain from damage). Interestingly enough, though, the OP isn't asking for information about keeping enmity post 40 PLD.

Of course, this isn't an unexpected statement from someone such as yourself.

[Zoeila]

does paladin have an innate enmity boost? i noticed its easier to hold hate even with flash since i unlocked pld. maybe its due to sword oath? also equiping the paladin crystal increase your hp/mp. since i like to try to DD when hate is secure i equiped the paladin gem for sword oath.