Ok, so as i promised, i tested this PLD/RDM out...

my brother went PLD/RDM, he was level 61:

Full AF, Body, Head, Hand, Feet, Legs.

Warrior Belt +1, Waist.

Knightly Mantle, Back.

A level 55 shield, the, uh, Ryl Knights Shield maybe?

Gluttony Sword, (sorry if i got this wrong, its the one PLD use at this lvl) Weapon

Pidgeon Earring... i think.. the stats were +20 HP or something.

Cassie Earring (although this earring doesnt help PLD)

2 Phalanx rings, the +10 Def >_>

Ryl Guards Collar, neck


ok, so we pt'd in Bibiki Bay, this was the setup:

PLD/RDM 61, tank
DRK/WAR 61, DD (me)
WHM/SMN 61, Healer
RDM/WHM 62, the usual RDM role, heal, refresh of course.
BLM/WHM 61, DD
BRD/WHM 61, Buffer

So we started, the PLD pulled a Bird, (I did this because i thought it would help better with the hate keeping)
I started hitting the Bird, hitting it, not missing too often.
The bird was still hitting our PLD, he kept enfeebing it, kept blink up too.
The mages were doing the usual, BLM healed the PLD along with the WHM a bit, RDM refreshed them, BRD did the same.
The PLD didnt lose the hate too often, maybe once or twice on me or the BLM.
Then, after maybe a minuete or two, i pulled the hate, after haven Double attacked the bird. And of course, my -200 Def kept me from staying alive long. the PLD got in front of me and started enfeebing it a
bit more, the mages kept me alive, the PLD still didnt have hate..
Finally the PLD pulled hate back, and i started attacking again.
This time i used Last Resort and Berserk, and used Guillotine, the bird took 700 damage, but didnt attack me, and i wasnt covered by the PLD at all, that was good i thought.
Then our BLM used Burst or Flood, cant remember, all i remember is it did around 600, (probably not burst, these a fire based birds so...yeah)
The bird went after the BLM, and the PLD followed, enfeebing it..
The Bird kept hitting the BLM, as is usual when a BLM does good dmg..
Then, after a good 20-30 seconds, the Bird pulled off one of those nice dive abilities, knocked our BLM out, did around 250 damage.
I used my Souleater (which i dont do too much) and Guillotined the Bird, it did about 650 damage, and the Bird had very little HP left, and started attacking me, now the RDM was helping us with MB's a bit,
The WHM started healing me, (i lost a ton of HP off that Souleater)
Our Bird friend decided to die after a few hits.

I decided to pull a few more Bird, as a test run.
Our WHM raised the BLM and we started again (after giving the BLM healing time of course)
we continued, the PLD pulled once more.
It all went the same pretty much, my Buffs (berserk, last resort) werent up, so i Guillotined it for about 400 damage.
It was going pretty well, PLD lost hate to the BLM and WHM a few times, but managed to get it back before too long.
Then, when the Bird has around 1k HP left i thought, i used Souleater+Last Resort+Berserk, it did around 850, the WHM healed my HP back in one shot, along with the RDM.
the Bird started attacking me of course.. PLD did the usual enfeebs, Blind, Paralyze, and others to pull hate back...
I disengaged, and used Defender.
the PLD did a WS, almost killed the bird... it was still attacking me..
The Bird killed me right before the BLM used Blizzard II to end the fight...


i stopped the PT and concluded that PLD/RDM might not be too good, not in Bibiki anyway.
And i had yet to try it out with our RDM actually enfeebing along with the PLD, our RDM was instructed to heal.

I had made our group mainly healing based on purpose, i didnt want to risk a WAR or BLU in our PT, dd'ing aswell.

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Well, maybe i'm a noob to you, but i tried this out, and saw how it went anyway.

After seeing PLD/RDM perform, it would seem to me that it just a RDM with a sword, can keep the hate maybe, but cant get it back, and our PT wasnt even DD based.

Sorry for any misspellings, i was ina hurry.