Lets Talk PLD Add Tanking

[Jediman]

i was thinking the same thing you don't need to do all that just to get enmity O.o
"Shield Lob" all targets on your way till you are ready to round them up and AoE them down
"Rampart" > "Flash" > "Fast Blade" > "Circle of Scorn" > "Flash" > "Riot Blade" > "Flash" > "Fast Blade" > "Flash" > "Riot Blade"
then from there its a simple ( "Flash" > "Fast Blade" > "Riot Blade") till the mobs go down to manageable numbers.

[caspergrey]

PLD can easily AoE tank if you know what you are doing.

Agree with this. Have done CM add tanking duty and the only ugliness usually comes from trigger happy DPS. Basically doing the same thing. Also for the boss if you're on add duty and you feel like being liberal with flashes, you can always refill mana FB > RB on the boss before the next wave.

That being said with any and all AoE tanking, not all mobs are created equal. So if you do lose aggro, know which mobs can be healed through, and which mobs can one shot your party members. If you lose a magitek in CM, don't spam flash and chase the human mobs, get aggro on the magiteck and then gather whatever mobs you need to gather after that, casters being your last priority.