ok im going to make a dragoon and i want it to be a tank so would warrior be the best job to make my dragoon a tank and im choosing hume as my race
ok im going to make a dragoon and i want it to be a tank so would warrior be the best job to make my dragoon a tank and im choosing hume as my race
Last edited by Brendon; 07-30-2006 at 01:44 PM.
Umm you'll never tank as a drg, never. There is really only 2 main tanks that people choose, and that is :
Ninja
Paladin
Ninja "blink tanks" which is basically, he takes no damage, assuming he/she is good at counting their shadows, unless of course theres an AoE(area of effect).
Paladin is all about defense and damage reduction, they take hits head on with a shield and heavy armor, they can also cure themselves to keep the focus of the monster on you.
warrior is a needed subjob for any tank simply because of provoke, but, sorry to tell you, dragoon simply won't ever be a tank, the healers would be healing you way too much, wasting their mp, causing huge downtime compared to a nin or pld.
Ninja is the ultimate tank! If past level 37, before they need a second voker but at 37+ they're probably better then paladin.
(warrior can tank too...)
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Ultimate stationary endgame tank mostly for indoor use is BRD/NIN but that's a whole different topic.
No... you will never tank as DRG, sorry.
The best Tank is either one on three choices Warrior/Palidan, Warrior/Ninja, or Warrior/Theif any other job subed with Warrior isn't the best choice... You are talking about Final Fantasy XI Online right?? lol
Cloud and Rikku
Um, uh. No. I'd prefer a PLD over a NIN tank any day. Because they can actually hold hate when the going gets rough. Also, alot of NIN tanks I've had had no idea what they were doing. WAR could possibly tank, yes, but alot of people choose not to at 40~50+, even when they're the only one seeking. I've actually had WARs disband when they were told they were the only tank-type job around the parties level.Originally Posted by No.78
Thanks to Sagensyg for the sig!
I saw a video on youtube showing that Bards can make kickassssss tanks endgame, apparently.
edit: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tgz34-fv9...ch=Bard%20Tank
excuse the bad fraps capture.
Last edited by Markus. D; 07-30-2006 at 08:36 PM.
If I would've said that Lionx would have something to say about it then.
Personally i dont see how WAR/PLD is any worth to a tank...WAR/NIN post 50 with a BRD is possible(Elegy is very strong), and of course post 74 with Ni is possible with WAR/NIN. But WAR/THF lacks the tools a WAR/MNK has and is mainly a damage dealer in my opinion.
For me personally, i see 3 main top tier tanks until 74:
PLD/WAR or /RDM(post refresh only please) and possibly /BLU
NIN/WAR
WAR/MNK (just wear AF to tank..)
post 74: WAR/NIN
I am still somewhat believing that MNKs and SAMs can tank in their own ways....if only Guard/Parry fired off more respectively.
I havent seen a BRD tank before honestly, but i do know that BRD/NIN is used quite often in merit-pts to pull. But i have never seen a DRG tank. @@ Their armor selection is always on the light side...
No, you'll never tank as a DRG. You can solo though.
If you want to tank I suggest being a Paladin or a Ninja.
Having leveled Ninja to 40 and Paladin to 75. I can say that I really do like Paladin a lot more, but then again, level 40 isn't a huge number to be able to have a defenate opinion on the class. I still couldn't imagine how it'd work if they chucked in a couple of Ninja to replace the Paladins in a fair few end-game situations.
I couldn't see it working as well or as effective. Although the advantage Ninja seem to have is the amount of damage they can do, due to them being able to equip attack-kind of gear.
There are so many unskilled Paladin's and Ninja though, so whichever one you choose, please learn to play it well so as to actually benefit your party.
Edit: Either way, level Monk to 20, then level Warrior/Monk to 30. That'll get you started on either Dragoon, Ninja or Paladin -- whichever one you choose.
"... and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written."
anytime i look for a tank for a party i look for a Pld or Nin ... never has a Drg cross'd my mind for competent tank ... sorry not to be rude ... but i agree it would take alot of healing to keep a drg tank alive and pld has cure spells which is a god send for Whm ... to cut down on the hate they (WHM) take .
Chuck Noblet: Can anyone tell me the tragic irony of the Trojan War? Tina? Tina: Um, that horses are friendly creatures yet a hollow, wooden one was used to destroy Troy? Chuck Noblet: Wrong and no. Anyone else? Chip? Chip: That the mighty warrior Achilles was killed by a small cut to his ankle. Chuck Noblet: Chip is wronger. OK, here it is. The tragic irony of the Trojan War is that though it was fought over Helen, who was young and beautiful, by the time they rescued her ten years later, she was old and ugly. Tina: But wasn't recovering the king's wife reward enough for the Greeks? Chuck Noblet: Tina, an ugly woman is never a reward.
BRD makes an incredible stationary tank simply because they can hold more hate than any other job in the game. If they have support enough to keep their shadows up (2xMarch+Haste+good gear etc) and can spam Mazurka (and now Sirvente+Raptor Mazurka) hate isn't coming off of them. After several rounds of Mazurka (especially now with Sirvente) even a PLD 2hr will not pull hate.
Last night I kited Kirin while the rest of our alliance fought demis. The PLDs would voke (mostly to make sure there was strong hate on a backup tank if I died) but their vokes wouldn't make Kirin even think about looking at them.
That's a very specialized situation for people with very specialized gear though. For XP you're gonna look for NIN/WAR, PLD/WAR and ocassionally WAR/MNK (usually more fit at lower levels). I'm finding that BLU/WAR makes an outstanding tank pre-30 because Cocoon makes them have out of this world defense and they have more than enough hate generation methods.
I really like the Bard.
so versetile and potent in many many many sexy ways.
what does the sub job do
As a WHM, I like PLD tanks, as a SMN I like NIN tanks.
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