White Mages, scary?

[Dux]

Originally posted by Stormwalker
I have my Protectra II and Shellra II on separate macros. Why? Because if Protect runs out for the party in the middle of battle and I need to recast it quick, I can't afford to have the delay of trying to pick the spell out of the menu or of waiting for Shellra II to cast also. In most cases, Shell can wait until after a battle to be recast, but failing to quickly recast Protect can end up with your tank taking too much damage too fast for you to heal. Likewise, casting both spells back-to-back in the middle of battle is going to result in your tank being at low HP and you having to bust out a high-end Cure spell (at my level, possibly DS+Cure III) just to catch up, and possibly drawing aggro...

At lower levels this is a problem but if you are on top of your healing the extra 6 seconds isn't a major problem. This problem also drops off very quickly at 45 ish as people start to earn more cash and don't always have underlevelled equipment when playing tank.

I remember a phase of about 2-3 levels in Kuftal Tunnel where I cast Cure maybe one or twice per fight on the main tank and that was it. I was basically a Regen II / Haste Protectra casting WHM.

Of course that is with a NIN as tank. With PLD well you can kiss that idea goodbye as they just can't compete with NIN for tanking.

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Of course that is with a NIN as tank. With PLD well you can kiss that idea goodbye as they just can't compete with NIN for tanking.

i much prefer a paladin tank. sometimes though, nin is better (like vs ifrit cauldron's bees). however, for general leveling, i believe paladin is superior. i've never seen a nin keep hate as well as a pld, and i've partied with quite a few good nins. sure, you actually have to heal the pld, but that doesn't take very much effort.