Is Dnc A Better Tank Than Pld

Yeah, pretty much. They only really out-shine other jobs when they PLD/blu and turtle tank ***that hits too quickly and accurately (yet also not particularly hard) to shadow/evasion take. Which is basically, like...two or three VNMs and Charybdis. I understand that people enjoy playing PLD, just the same way I love playing BST, but that doesn't mean it's not an loljob.

Also this thread is completely HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE.

DNCs are way better healers than tanks lol. Mages have a hard time keeping up with a good DNC most of the time when it comes to healing. Mages get pissed at me all the time(specifically whms) because they sit on full MP the whole time. This is with an alliance btw. At no point do I try to DD or tank. I HOLD because I cure so damn much until the next DD does a big WS. Fan dance is not meant to be used to tank. It's meant for solo moments(or hours lol) and for when you take on too much hate(kind've like BLM's mana wall). Once again those kila would be good for if you were duoing or soloing something like Khalamari for a Charis Necklace. Please level dnc to 80 before you go making threads about it.

In order to get all the -PDT for DNC that you are talking about, you're giving up all of your haste for building TP to cure yourself with and real weapons to build your TP with (Auric+OA23/Joyeuse, whichever you prefer). In other words, you still need a considerable amount of assistance with cures (greatly reducing the amount of enmity you can build) since you'll be building next to no TP. So you have the choice between not being able curing yourself and not getting hit for 250+ damage every swing of the mob. That being said, PLD itself is hardly an ideal tank in many if not a majority of situations, anyway. Literally any NM you can land Slow and Elegy (a significant portion of the NM base) on should be tanked by DD/nin if there's any "tanking" going on. As far as out-dding a PLD on DNC against anything with relatively high DEF, a PLD will probably win with with joyeuse (or maybe OA23 Khanda?) and Atonement, since the damage on atonement is static based on enmity while the damage on dancing edge or evisceration are largely dependent on the mob's DEF. Next time if you don't want to get your thread flamed and derailed, don't try to debunk another job's established position in FFXI in the title of your post. Trust me, if DNC were a better tank than PLD, people would be using it already. I say by all means try it, though. Getting in a good HNM shell (you know, the ones that bots claim) and getting them keen on the idea of you doing something potentially fatal is another story, though.

What? Your PLD friends must all suck ***.

Jesus...***....christ. You really do fit right in with Covenant.

Go look up what a PLD can get for PDT. Fill the other slots with good gear and then try getting the hate.

lolol Nabis, I thought having a kid may have brought even a tiny speckle of intelligence and common sense into your brain, but apparently you're suffering worse than I ever could have imagined. My condolences to your family, and your Mom that you and your gf still live with.

ok logically a dnc/war could possibly hold more hate than a pld, but it doesn't make a great meat shield unless you /nin. blood tanking isn't something dnc is notoriously good at.

Either one could keep VE capped while half asleep, it's CE that's the issue and Provoke doesn't help with that at all.

More jealous than you could ever imagine, Nabis, I wish I looked like a sloth with a hat :/

do i sense jealousy coming from u? wish u had a family? or r u too much of a loser to even talk to a girl? when was the last time u got pussy? do u pay for it?

Dear Nabis, You make me lol, not in a good way. Love forever; Stikle

Dear Nabis, You make me lol, not in a good way. Love forever; Stikle

Jesus...***....christ. You really do fit right in with Covenant.