PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

[Celeal]

Since I have spend a lot of my PLD time in Campaign Battles, I am thinking about invest gear delicates for Campaign Battles. From my Campaign experience, I seen fellow PLD with very diversify gear + subjob, like /war, /nin, /dnc, /whm, /rdm, etc, weapon from sword + shield, sword x2, great sword...

Let me get to the point : How do PLD get reward from Campaign efficiently?

I will start with things I found in Campaign as PLD/DNC:

• PLD/DNC is very strong solo/tanking against the regular mobs in Campaign.
• PLD/DNC does not work well tanking against Boss in Campaign. However, it is fairly safe for PLD/DNC to DD the boss in a group without getting killed by AoE or special moves.
• Tanking seems result in more exp. points, even if got K.O. from the mob.
• Between traditional DEF+ tanking gear, enmity gear, party base Hybrid-DD gear, I get more exp. point by using DD gear consistently.
• Between Drain Samba II and Aspir Samba, it seems that Aspir Samba + using more Cure/Flash hold hate better and safer than Drain Samba II ---- better load balance between MP and TP, between Curing Waltz and Healing Waltz.
• When someone else is already tanking the mob, I found that it works better to let that person to tank instead of fighting for hate control (pull that hate off from the *tank*). Back-up heal that *tank* and save my JA for next mob ---- there are plenty of mobs around.

Any thought or opinion ^^?

[WishMaster3K]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

I'll post for the sake of you not feeling like you're yelling into the void.

There is a Wiki article on what actios cause what point bonuses. I'll pull it up after work.

PLD/RDM works fine for me solo and PLd/WHM is even better when I'm with my LS.

I just go to campaign for points, since I'm trying to get that Iron Ram gear. ; ;

[Callisto]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

I typically /WAR, mostly because I'm usually lfg and I don't want to deal with stopping to change subs if I get an invite. I'm also only 61 however, so I don't really get anything good out of other subs yet, and Berserk still goes a good way towards racking up more damage/points for now.

[LilithAngel]

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I've been getting into Campaign with PLD/NIN as of late. I really wanna hold off on using DNC as a sub until I hit 70 for Joyeuse, but each person has their own method of determining when they wanna use what.

I personally gear up in straight DD gear for my PLD, and go with a high DMG rating main hand sword, and a good-for-stats off-hand sword (currently, at 67, that combo would be Bastard Sword and Machuatil+1; at 70 I'll swap to Company Sword/Joyeuse) for a balance between a good WS/DMG output and stats. The rest of my setup is all DD gear; at 67, I don't plan on, nor am I realisticly expecting to, tank any of the mobs I come across in a CB. 75 BLU/PLD? Sure, I can tank all day, never run out of mp, and never really be worried. 67 PLD/Anything? No.

[Ameroth]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

I usually go /war these days so I can tank mobs easily, but /whm is was I used to use for the status cures and whatnot. I personally think PLD has one of the easiest ways of making EXP in campaign. We can take lots of damage, cure ourselves and others (cure bombing NPCs ftw), use many JAs, and still output relatively decent damage on normal campaign mobs.

Come to think of it, I've never really had a challenge making really decent amounts of EXP in campaign as PLD. I can easily get a full merit in 2 hours or less in campaign battle.

[Celeal]

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Thanks for your replies folks, that is interesting :D

Recently my SAM reach level 75. After some Campaign with both my SAM/DNC and PLD/DNC, I think I will try full DD gear-set for my PLD. It seems that good-dmg WS is reliable for hate control in Campaign, compare to other methods.

I will keep you posted ^^/

[tuggler]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

I love going PLD/DNC to Campaign. I take a full tanking set and DD set with me, but even in my tanking set I use a Joyeuse. I prefer to solo the normal mobs above anything else, but you can only do this non-JP primetime as Campaign seems really busy when there's more JP's on. I usually pick areas where the mobs are more DD-based than magic damage dealers (Passhow/Rolanberry/Grauberg/Vunkerl are my favourite areas). If I accidentally pull two mobs instead of one when soloing I use my tanking setup and simply allow one mob to beat on me while I fight the other. If I'm just fighting the one mob, then I'll wear my DD set.

[Hankthetank]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

I LOVE Pld/Rdm for campaign.

Keep your buffs up, flash when you need to recast Stoneskin and you can live on regen alone.

Cast barspells between waves and you can rake in the XP.

Normal mobs are very easy to solo, and I can tank most of the NMS as well this way.

Out of the jobs I have at 75, I get the most XP with Pld/Rdm.

Sincerely,
Hankthetank

[Celeal]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

Is high or capped Enhancing Magic skill needed for PLD/RDM in Campaign ^^? Mine is way undercapped... like around subjob level

[LadyKiKi]

Re: PLD Campaign Battles playstyle and gear?

Capped/High skill will make Phalanx absorb more damage, likewise Stoneskin will have more HP. Not really "needed", it's Campaign. It don't matter