Who would want to tank? Me. Check my PLD, they are built for tanking normal IT monsters. *points a Leonine char in sig* i like what i do, and i might go NIN with my taru too. Tanking with a NIN is much more strategic than with a PLD however. Some people love to tank. Tell me one thing that NINs do that other people cant do better besides tanking.

First if the WHM fell asleep then that WHM sucks...and/or they should go. And second i dont know what server you are on..but it seems to suck quite honestly =/. And third if the WHM has to benediction then at low lvls he signed a death contract unless the PLD does Invincible or a RNG busts out EES. Thats just something in which the WHM should know came with the job. Tell your n00b NINs and WHMs to do things right and join another party, shouldnt be hard at lower lvls.

Every cast consumes tools, thats why n00b NINs are all about in the lower lvls, they stop appearing in the higher lvls because it would mean absolute death. A NIN that doesnt tank rarely can do much else the other party members cant. Every NIN carries multiple sets of tools(especially Utsusemi) at higher lvls, my lvl 60 NIN friend spends lots of time farming and working on his NIN and he is well respected by us for having the best gear and all the tools and costs figured out. Prolly over 3 million gil he spent on his NIN (not surprising).

And BTW a lvl 30 NIN compared to a lvl 12 NIN (when they learn Utusemi Ichi) has nothing different in terms of tanking besides a few elemental Ninjutsu which wont make an extreme ammount of difference...so i dont see why you keep saying at lvl 30 NINs dont suck at tanking when they are pretty much same from lvl 12-36 (where they get Utsusemi Ni).