Originally Posted by
Sonomaa
Originally Posted by
Fusional
i really don't trust many tanks other than myself much to begin with, so that's hardly comforting. :/
then help them be better tanks? honestly thats all you can really do, rdm would work best for you in this instance I believe
that's never a problem in my NA LSs, but in my JP LS they're either too stubborn/traditional or the language barrier makes it difficult to communicate the subtleties of certain tactics. i think mostly it's the stubborn/traditional part, though, as i'm still in the process of showing them the power of pld/nin and only very recently got them to give nin/drk a try.
even then, the plds still gravitate mostly toward +HP on stuff like ouryu and bahamut rather than using a lot of equip macros (<3 windower macros) to swap out resist/haste/enmity/shield skill sets. i think only one of the JP PLDs in my LS even has capped shield skill.
they're a stubborn lot. and they're not bad players, either. quite a few of them are from the server's oldest two and most dominant JP HNMLSs. i think they just are afraid to try any of this "newfangled" stuff because they found something that worked a while ago and are reluctant to change their routine.
amusingly enough, though, while the tanks don't want to change and try to things, the LS RDMs have been jumping all over the idea of RDM/NIN tanking.
anyway, what it all boils down to is i could stick with my frontline jobs forever, but i'd like to have at least one backline job both to "expand my horizons" and so i can be useful to the LS in any situation. i was just curious if any other tank/melee-oriented people have played any backline jobs endgame with capped enmity merits and what kind of advice/suggestions they'd have.