PLD a tank?

[Arkine]

Rage of Halone combo all the things.

[Sinfulhalo]

I have been! I have been doing the combos, flashing everything. And no I am not trolling just highly annoyed! I don't consider myself the best tank but I know I am not a bad tank. I do not loose hate in instance I have just been seeing the higher the instances and in the bigger groups it is impossible to keep hate over the DPS.

[Sinfulhalo]

I use provoke as a mob turns for whoever it is they are going for, once they are back to me I flash and start my combo. Even as I start my combo they have turned and ran off.

[Sephirah]

I use provoke as a mob turns for whoever it is they are going for, once they are back to me I flash and start my combo. Even as I start my combo they have turned and ran off.

You won't get their attention that way. Flash, while helpful, is pretty much only good for holding the attention of things that NOBODY has touched (or touched very little). You need to follow your provoke up with a shield lob, or a combo'd rage of halone if it's up. Or you can also hit Spirits Within for a nice boost if you're still having trouble just with shield lob/halone)

Don't get me wrong, we all feel your frustrations when we get into a group where the DPS refuses to communicate and cooperate, it really is a group effort. I was in a dungeon the other day with a totally overgeared group, pretty sure I was the only member pugged, they all had Relic+1 weapons. They pulled everything before me and I swear the mob I marked as 1 was always the last to die. But the healer was just as overgeared, so all I needed to do was make sure nothing touched her (that and tank the bosses) and we made it through just fine.

[Sinfulhalo]

For me I guess I feel like I failed as a tank when a few mobs become loose and are hitting other players. I get them back quickly but I hear so many people down tanks for not being able to hold hate that ONE moment in time.... I am trying my hardest to keep them there. I know it is a group effort on the party but most don't listen and just go nuts then point fingers. I was hoping to find something to solve an over dpsing person.

[Sephirah]

For me I guess I feel like I failed as a tank when a few mobs become loose and are hitting other players. I get them back quickly but I hear so many people down tanks for not being able to hold hate that ONE moment in time.... I am trying my hardest to keep them there. I know it is a group effort on the party but most don't listen and just go nuts then point fingers. I was hoping to find something to solve an over dpsing person.

Unfortunately there is no cure for stupid. Granted I've never seen you tank so I can't say who I think is right, you or them. But for arguments sake, if you're a tank doing everything you should be doing and the party is not listening to you, not following marks, not watching their enmity, and then call YOU a fail tank, remind them how long you waited in queue compared to them, and if they don't working with you rather than against you, leave. Even with the 15 minute debuff you'll be in a new dungeon before any of them, lol.

[Ruminate]

You're weilding a weapon with 30 damage at level 50.
Anyone weilding an Ifrit's weapon or above will do more than +30% of that.