By Asura.Karbuncle 2010-06-20 13:09:49
The Basic functions of tanking are mitigating damage entirely not blood tanking and praying for the best, WAR/NIN or WAR/SAM will remain the best in terms of DD and Tanking, and WAR/DNC probably best for soloing... So im pretty much agree with you here Neph.
Unless Fencer is unnaturally powerful, its at best going to be a toy to play around with since the requirements are Single Wielding with a Shield.
BST/DNC will probably get the best use from this.
I know all you WARs are going to whine but why would you even want to consider filling a tanking role? WAR/PLD was good, maybe, in 2003 When you had 3 WHMs per party, but its not coming back, it never is... its at best a toy when soloing, which is obsolete thanks to /DNC.
Anything you can do on WAR/PLD that would be remotely useful can be outdone by just about any main-stream "Tank" jobs.
Harsh words but this is silly, WAR/PLD...
Even at level 45 when WAR will get Fencer its very unlikely to become a tank job, and if the role does fall back onto WAR as a main tank, You're going to be better off Eatin' Some Sushi or Pizza, and going WAR/DNC, at those levels your Damage + Curing yourself/others and Voke/Warcry will be enough to keep you hate, and if not your other DD can sub NIN, or /SAM...
Its optimistic but unlikely, Fk i wouldn't want to tank at those levels, if i wanted to be invited to main tank in an exp party i'd level PLD or NIN.
Oh wait.