I am planning to do some raiding in FFXIV so in this video I am checking out tanks to decide on which job to play!
Videos I reacted to in order:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a62My52Q4So
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccbDLeIWsJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4rDcnZobqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhwT5nVgEg
00:00 Intro
01:25 Dark Knight
06:29 Paladin
15:03 Warrior
20:44 Gunbreaker
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I hope you have fun with this! Would definitely follow any content. The biggest issue with me playing FF is that it felt unresponsive (like shouting orders down the corridor at my guy instead of controlling), and the server infrastructure and net code being truly awful. That all being said, in know these things don't bother many, and I am sure you guys will have a great time regardless
Definitely go for dark knight (or gunbreaker). They're the highest APM tanks and the smoothest to play. Warrior is only fun in dungeons because of the crazy self healing during aoe and paladin is only fun if you want to be a 'support' tank.
Dark knight is "themed" like a BDK but warrior is actually a BDK.
Hope you enjoy your dive into FFXIV! Look forward to watching! I'd like to point out though that the Paladin guide in this video is out-of-date and inaccurate. You might want to look for a newer one. The entire damage rotation was changed in patch 6.3 and it functions almost completely differently than how it's displayed here. Most notably they don't have to manage DoTs anymore.
You can use Holy Sheltron about every 25s. You get 5 gauge every auto attack, and you need 50 gauge to use it. But if you have 100 gauge, you can use it back to back.
Any lala class…your sorted!
Looking forward for this series, also, just play them all every single tank it's unique in a way
as a tank main Warrior or Paladins are the best but Dark Knight and Gunbreaker are the coolest. Gun breakers are good as well and Dark Knight being the weakest
Paladin invuln is used in dungeons a lot on the first pull so healer doesn't have to worry about healing and tank doesn't burn through any other CDs on that pull. Then they usually get it back for at least 1 more use by the end of dungeon as well
Hi! Tank main here! Paladin was my first tank that i picked up and PLD's Magic sword combo was what kinda got me into 14 (like Archer's unlimited blade works!!)
PLD is hella comfy and has the job fantasy i really enjoy
WAR is fun as hell and you can get away with a lot of things.
GNB has a stellar rotation and plays similarly like a DPS.
Then, theres DRK. Hella busy, hella fun, and The Blackest Night (TBN) is one of the best skills a tank could ever ask!
If you don’t mind picking up all of them, then go for it! You can figure out which job you prefer
Most of the tanks are pretty easy to play, apart from differences in apm. If you want some more complexity I'd recommend monk or ninja, they feel very rewarding to learn.
You can make mouse over macros but they only really work well if you use them with ogcd skills, trying to tie gcd skills to complex macros screws your gcd and cd timers up.