Thread: [Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium 2.0

Originally Posted by Basilisk

Just Bought the HQ Darksteel Legs for Pld Just curious of What the proper Way of Melding them are pleae and thank you

I would use the formula on the gear post. There is a section where it says determ=parry, thats a point where you can choose threat over mitigation. Both work so it's up to you.

I'm sad to hear you're going. I just wanted to take the time to thank you. Your posts on PLD have single handedly increased my skill and ability 10-fold, making my experience and that of the people I've had the pleasure of partying with, a more enjoyable one. Your efforts and willingness to share your knowledge have been much appreciated by those, like me, who lack the time and/or skill to do the math! Thanks again!

Originally Posted by Xarlan

I'm sad to hear you're going. I just wanted to take the time to thank you. Your posts on PLD have single handedly increased my skill and ability 10-fold, making my experience and that of the people I've had the pleasure of partying with, a more enjoyable one. Your efforts and willingness to share your knowledge have been much appreciated by those, like me, who lack the time and/or skill to do the math! Thanks again!

Thank you for the kind words! Yeah I was really excited about this game, but it appears all it had going was FFXI nostalgia. It has quite a bit of work to keep up with current mmos and especially if it wants to survive the onslaught of the next gen ones coming up. I hope someone will continue my work when I leave as well. FFXIV does have a really cool community and I will miss it, but as I said in my announcement I was losing quite a bit of skill as a player due to the simplicity of the game.

Originally Posted by Segoris

Dibs on your Coeurl gils and mats!

Actually, thanks for the efforts on this as it has been helpful while I was playing catch-up to friends since I started the game well after they did. It's also the only bookmark to the official forums I've made.

I definitely agree about this game and its simplicity though. The toughest challenges so far have been combating lag, dealing with the tedium of the fate grind, and an awful, *awful* UI, which are not the places where the challenge should be. I have no faith that PVP will be any good, but I have no faith that the upcoming MMOs you mention will be any good either. The MMO genre is completely f'd, sadly.

Haha. Doesn't look like you're on my server sorry.

As for the comment of mmos in general, I couldn't disagree more. There are some really awesome mmo's on the horizon. Especially the one I'm beta testing right now. In regards to FFXIV, it's not a bad mmo, its actually one of the best ones out there currently. I just find it to slow and it doesn't suit my taste. It sounds like you are burned out on mmo's in general, so rather than disrespecting devs I would advise you take a break from mmo's. They put a lot of hard work into what they create and it's hard to compete with seasoned and well known mmo's. It's very comparable to music. Some may not like your sound or you may be a one hit wonder, but if you dont like it don't be listen to it. There's absolutely no reason to trash talk it especially on their official boards.

Originally Posted by Sinhalo

Please dont leave! I just started playing an your guide has brought major interest to tanking! If anything what game you playing next?

Haha. Thank you for the kind words, but I really can't stay. The fundamentals of the combat system are causing me to lose my edge of having high reaction time and rapid eye movement.

As for where I am going, I feel it would be unfair to the developers of this game to advertise for a game I plan to go to, but on my channel you will see some new videos of me tanking.