[Guide] Paladin Tanking Compendium (Last update 11/13/13)

[Seravi Edalborez]

Can use Surecast to not get interrupted by Fireballs, or you can be badass and precast such that your next cast finishes at animation, ala Titan stomps (for efficiency, not as a "this interrupts" relation. See Aerial Blast for that I guess)

[Exoduso]

The RNG in this game, man.........
More than 2 months in coil, and I still only have 1 item from there that is BiS (belt) and 2 items that I no longer need because I'm already sitting on FULL AF2 to make up for the Acc. issues I would have in there otherwise (allagan hands and legs are basically purely for my WAR now...)

Still all ilvl70 jewelry.... fuck this game. I'm seriously thinking of just buying all the hero accessories at this point even though none of them are BiS, just to get the VIT for now. With full AF2 + maybe switching to allagan hands I can still be above the Acc point required for coil. But it's such a waste of mythology!!! I was wanting to start gearing up WAR. =/

[Obsidian]

Hero's ring is best in slot.

[Jem]

There's nothing wrong with using quint melded ilvl 70 accessories either.

[Raldo]

Once you're decked out in iLv90 stuff everywhere else, as you are, you probably don't need the extra HP that iLv90 accessories give anyway so I'd argue that the iLv70 overmelded stuff is actually better (particularly earrings, since you mentioned accuracy). No, I haven't done turn 5 yet, please don't kill me.

[Brimah]

The RNG in this game, man.........
More than 2 months in coil, and I still only have 1 item from there that is BiS (belt) and 2 items that I no longer need because I'm already sitting on FULL AF2 to make up for the Acc. issues I would have in there otherwise (allagan hands and legs are basically purely for my WAR now...)

Still all ilvl70 jewelry.... fuck this game. I'm seriously thinking of just buying all the hero accessories at this point even though none of them are BiS, just to get the VIT for now. With full AF2 + maybe switching to allagan hands I can still be above the Acc point required for coil. But it's such a waste of mythology!!! I was wanting to start gearing up WAR. =/

At least you have gotten more than 1 tank drop, I have been doing it for that long and only have the earring so far. Only i90 are weapon (kind of regret now) shield, body head and earring.

[Kipling]

In what situation do Healers ever use Surecast? Swiftcast, sure, but Surecast I have never one used. Please enlighten me :3

Fireball from Twintania interrupts casting. Use sure cast and then time it so it goes off right as you take damage.

[Exoduso]

Hero's ring is best in slot.

I'm obviously not referring to the ring, but to the other 3 jewelry pieces.

And yes, I don't need the HP technically, not even for turn 5 (with HQ la noscean toast I'm sitting at 6.7k), but it just feels dirty having 4 darklight pieces on the right side. Yes, I could go make the crafted gear and overmeld the crap out of them, but the overmelding will cost so much that I'm just not interested in it.

[Nicostrato]

You're getting into Sex Panther levels here and it would be nice to see an extensive parse proving what you claim. Also, it's relatively unlikely someone on your server hasn't cleared Twintania at this point for the simple reason that things like that are a bit harder to track than they were on XI servers.

Well 15 seconds worth of attacks, if one gets through it is rare. Not saying it is 100% but chances are so high that usually each results in the block based on pure chance.

I guess I will manually parse a log from WP when there are multiple mobs attacking me...

Also there are zero FC's claiming to have beaten it over here, so I would think that people are moist and ready to announce their victory.


Current Gear:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/2966277/

[Eanae]

Hero's ring is best in slot.

At this point I wouldn't get he heroes ring until we find out what ilvl the extreme mode primal accessories will be.

[Obsidian]

You still need another ring, unless you're committed to a Gryphonskin/Astral ring.

[Eanae]

You still need another ring, unless you're committed to a Gryphonskin/Astral ring.

Allagan+extreme mode primal ?

[Avarice]

I have a pretty good feeling that the only thing that we're getting in 2.1 that's above iLvl 90 is going to be the improved Allagan weapons. What I'm more interested in is if the Allagan Round Shield will get classified as a weapon too and have its stats buffed as well, or if it'll be left alone; I can kinda see it going both ways.

[Obsidian]

Allagan+extreme mode primal ?

Allagan has no accuracy on it. I guess if you're determined to use the Allagan Cuirass you can afford to dump the accuracy, but I prefer the leeway Hero's provides, and I also don't need to deal with the Coil RNG to get a hold of it.

[Eanae]

Allagan has no accuracy on it. I guess if you're determined to use the Allagan Cuirass you can afford to dump the accuracy, but I prefer the leeway Hero's provides, and I also don't need to deal with the Coil RNG to get a hold of it.

If the primal ring has accuracy why does that matter though since Allagan ring is already in bis sets.

[Obsidian]

I'd rather use Hero's/Primal and switch my hands from Allagan to Valor to get more Parry.

[Avarice]

Allagan being in BiS sets is mostly due to not being able to have two of the same ring and also dependent on where you're allocating your accuracy from. I certainly think it's possible Hero's/Primal may be the best combo, but until we actually know what stats are going to be on it, it's just speculation. Hell, the Extreme accessories could be shit for all we know.

[Ratatapa]

wait EP can have accessories?

Drop or 'quest' like the weapons?

[Gokulo]

wait EP can have accessories?

Drop or 'quest' like the weapons?

Drops from what they said

[Limlight]

for turn4/5 should I shoot for 480+ acc or will 475 be enough? I don't recall missing in turn4 yet.