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For the lazy Paladin(s)
By Raborn 2012-03-28 17:31:34
So I've taken an interest in Paladin recently but do not plan on going for Almace, Burtgang, or Excalibur.
I plan on leveling the job for the sole purpose of off chance having to have a job that you'd need a "blood tank" (yeah yeah that hasn't been used in a while right?) for.
The first problem thats popped into my mind, is that PLD without those weapons seems to not have a high enough rate of consistant damage generation to keep up enmity for such purposes.
So how would I go about keeping enmity best?
Vorpal, stick with Atonement, merit Req?
Or something else I'm completely missing (throw a great sword on and Res lol).
Outside of Abyssea.
Inside of Abyssea.
Thanks,
Rab
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By Cerberus.Tikal 2012-03-28 17:36:29
Props for the Blade of the Immortal avatar.
Carry on.
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By Fairy.Ghaleon 2012-03-28 17:37:13
if your not using almace, then your best bet would be throw a great sword on and res, but then why aren't you playing on warrior instead?
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2012-03-28 17:39:09
Anything that needs Paladin to bloodtank it, is probably out of a half-assed Paladin's league to begin with.
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By Asura.Kaisuko 2012-03-28 17:45:30
So I've taken an interest in Paladin recently but do not plan on going for Almace, Burtgang, or Excalibur.
I plan on leveling the job for the sole purpose of off chance having to have a job that you'd need a "blood tank" (yeah yeah that hasn't been used in a while right?) for.
The first problem thats popped into my mind, is that PLD without those weapons seems to not have a high enough rate of consistant damage generation to keep up enmity for such purposes.
So how would I go about keeping enmity best?
Vorpal, stick with Atonement, merit Req?
Or something else I'm completely missing (throw a great sword on and Res lol).
Outside of Abyssea.
Inside of Abyssea.
Thanks,
Rab Even walking into aby on pld other than to cap off for 99 is a waste of time, but if you're going to, Vorpal Blade is the obvious choice.
Outside of abyssea Vorpal Blade will be good on old content, but a little rocky in VW, Atonement will often times win in consistency. Requiescat might be decent on special defense type mobs, but the attack penalty seems extremely crappy to be good for anything else.
Without even dong Legion yet, I'd say Atonement will be useful unless the mobs have a resistance to it.
Thing is with all of this is you won't be keeping hate from any DD you happen to be with, with the possible exception of in Legion.
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By Fenrir.Minjo 2012-03-28 17:54:51
A paladin with Almace, Ochain, and Aegis is hardly useful. There's absolutely no reason to play the job without them.
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By Ragnarok.Nekonarf 2012-03-28 18:09:18
Requiescat would out perform both of those ws's on anything Lv.80 content or higher, cause they resist the *** out of Atonement, and Vorpal Blade is hardly impressive compared to it.
CDC tho being the best you could use.
A paladin with Almace, Ochain, and Aegis is hardly useful. There's absolutely no reason to play the job without them.
Legion and holding adds in Voidwatch, I'd hate to see the results of a group that would go into Legion without an Aegis PLD, considering everything in there casts nukes that near 1 shot any DD in a proper MDT set, at least that we experienced.
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By Phoenix.Evildemon 2012-03-28 18:09:35
If your going to be a "Lazy Paladin" then don't play the job at all, your only hurting yourself and everyone else you'd be doing stuff with.
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By Fenrir.Camaroz 2012-03-28 18:12:52
Phoenix.Evildemon said: »If your going to be a "Lazy Paladin" then don't play the job at all, your only hurting yourself and everyone else you'd be doing stuff with.
This ^^ what is it national retard day?
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By Asura.Fondue 2012-03-28 18:15:36
Ragnarok.Nekonarf said: »Requiescat would out perform both of those ws's on anything Lv.80 content or higher, cause they resist the *** out of Atonement, and Vorpal Blade is hardly impressive compared to it.
CDC tho being the best you could use.
A paladin with Almace, Ochain, and Aegis is hardly useful. There's absolutely no reason to play the job without them.
Legion and holding adds in Voidwatch, I'd hate to see the results of a group that would go into Legion without an Aegis PLD, considering everything in there casts nukes that near 1 shot any DD in a proper MDT set, at least that we experienced.
quite an exaggeration but you arent gonna hold these things with a seigeneur's shield :(
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By Bismarck.Markas 2012-03-28 18:21:01
Ragnarok.Nekonarf said: »Requiescat would out perform both of those ws's on anything Lv.80 content or higher, cause they resist the *** out of Atonement, and Vorpal Blade is hardly impressive compared to it.
CDC tho being the best you could use.
A paladin with Almace, Ochain, and Aegis is hardly useful. There's absolutely no reason to play the job without them.
Legion and holding adds in Voidwatch, I'd hate to see the results of a group that would go into Legion without an Aegis PLD, considering everything in there casts nukes that near 1 shot any DD in a proper MDT set, at least that we experienced.
quite an exaggeration but you arent gonna hold these things with a seigeneur's shield :( my seigeneur's shield looks like a hylian shield, what about that?
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By Asura.Fondue 2012-03-28 18:21:56
do you have a red tunic?
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By Phoenix.Evildemon 2012-03-28 18:33:40
Phoenix.Evildemon said: »If your going to be a "Lazy Paladin" then don't play the job at all, your only hurting yourself and everyone else you'd be doing stuff with.
This ^^ what is it national retard day?
Nope everyday is national retard day on ffxi. I had some guy in dynamis critiquing my bst(no perle) which I only use for dynamis farming. He's like blah blah your gimp and make us bst lovers look bad and other trash talking. He was just mad because he came to crawlers which supports one person and he had a mob and wanted a 2nd when it was only the two up lol.
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By Bismarck.Markas 2012-03-28 18:36:40
where do i get said tunic?
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By Asura.Fondue 2012-03-28 18:38:11
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By Bismarck.Markas 2012-03-28 18:42:48
i just cant see myself in taru...
By lilcratis 2012-03-28 18:45:30
i'm the laziest PLD...i want a rdm for refresh, whm for cures, and sum1 with voke to keep hate off me.J/K...but if you have no intention of making an almace,aegis, or ochain...then you're already a fail PLD...may as well not even bother leveling the job.
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By Carbuncle.Enuyasha 2012-03-28 18:51:34
i'm the laziest PLD...i want a rdm for refresh, whm for cures, and sum1 with voke to keep hate off me.J/K...but if you have no intention of making an almace,aegis, or ochain...then you're already a fail PLD...may as well not even bother leveling the job. working on both shields atm and i still do well with just a weathering and castellans :< cant wait for Adamas and crystal sword to come out :<
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By Cerberus.Tikal 2012-03-28 18:54:56
You're not fail, you just have even less limited utility. PLD as it currently is, is a safety net. Once you take the training wheels off, it's really not needed at all. It's situational based on the comfort level of the group and new content.
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By Cerberus.Drayco 2012-03-28 18:58:48
Anything that needs Paladin to bloodtank it is probably out of a half-assed Paladin's league to begin with.
This ^
I have Almace Ochain and Excalibur... and I never get to use my Pld for anything. I go into abyssea and solo NMs for fun, go into dynamis and kill things... slowly... Paladin will always be my first love, but everything is better than it now.
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By Fenrir.Richybear 2012-03-28 19:05:50
The obvious answer is to equip an Earth Staff, and rotate SMNs in for Aerial Armor.
/DRK so you can Stun to generate hate and keep yourself alive with a timely Drain.
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By Leviathan.Celille 2012-03-28 19:19:54
The obvious answer is to equip an Earth Staff, and rotate SMNs in for Aerial Armor.
/DRK so you can Stun to generate hate and keep yourself alive with a timely Drain.
2006 called, they want their strategy back.
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By Fenrir.Richybear 2012-03-28 19:29:13
Hence why I said it.
I figure if he's gonna half-*** it, we'll bring back some half-assed strats from the days of yore.
/getoffmylawn
edit: I can't spell and didn't realize you caught my sarcasm.
/derp
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By Cerberus.Tidis 2012-03-28 19:42:33
There was a time back in the day where you could PLD without a relic/emp w/e but now for the little things you need a PLD for they need at least an Ochain/Aegis and an Almace certainly doesn't hurt.
If you're gonna half-arse PLD don't expect to do anything remotely challenging and maybe just have a bit of fun with it.
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By Lakshmi.Rearden 2012-03-28 19:44:21
I laughed at getting 1-shotted by Legion in full MDT.
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By Asura.Fondue 2012-03-28 19:45:16
I laughed at getting 1-shotted by Legion in full MDT.
yeah the monsters magic wasnt a big deal at all, getting double attacked by the turtle with 2 unblocked hits for 700 each kind of was
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2012-03-28 19:47:51
I laughed at getting 1-shotted by Legion in full MDT.
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By Odin.Ladyrikku 2012-03-28 19:50:25
Stay in campaign is your safest bet.
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By Carbuncle.Enuyasha 2012-03-29 03:57:27
I laughed at getting 1-shotted by Legion in full MDT. how does one do such thing :<
So I've taken an interest in Paladin recently but do not plan on going for Almace, Burtgang, or Excalibur.
I plan on leveling the job for the sole purpose of off chance having to have a job that you'd need a "blood tank" (yeah yeah that hasn't been used in a while right?) for.
The first problem thats popped into my mind, is that PLD without those weapons seems to not have a high enough rate of consistant damage generation to keep up enmity for such purposes.
So how would I go about keeping enmity best?
Vorpal, stick with Atonement, merit Req?
Or something else I'm completely missing (throw a great sword on and Res lol).
Outside of Abyssea.
Inside of Abyssea.
Thanks,
Rab
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