I’m returning from 2.1 as a level 50 PLD. (I quit from burnout after I spent two months putting together daily PUGs for Titan EX without getting a clear, due to the brutal check that was in place for DPS at the time.)
Three expansions later I’m back, and many mechanics of the game appear new or different now. As for all that has remained the same, it’s also been 6 years for me, so my memories of everything aren’t very clear.
I jumped right back into the MSQ today, and just reached the Leviathan story fight. I cycled through my three weaponskill combo, popping Fight or Flight and Circle of Scorn on cooldown. But the other tank was a WAR, and I couldn’t help but notice that they were the only party member to ever have any visible threat on the party list — myself included. It was then that I realized: I must have no idea how to play my character anymore. (We still won though, so yay for that.)
I know that the basic-mode story Primals that I’m facing now will eventually progress into full dungeons as I continue to play, and that I’m going to need to step up as a main tank for a party as I start to reach those story beats again. I’ll need to drive in that role soon, and I’d prefer to learn how before I’m handed the keys and entrusted with the safety of passengers. But as I search for PLD guides that are up to date with 5.0’s current gameplay mechanics, all of the modern guides out there seem to focus on how to play at level 80 with a bunch of skills that I don’t have yet.
Is there a good PLD guide out there that actually addresses how to tank through the -leveling- of the job? One that discusses what I should be doing in a fight at level 50 now, and how my rotations should evolve as I learn new skills? Both in single-target and in multi-mob scenarios?
Or can anybody share advice on those things here?
I look forward to enjoying Eorzea again, rather than being fearful of it. Any help with getting there would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Three expansions later I’m back, and many mechanics of the game appear new or different now. As for all that has remained the same, it’s also been 6 years for me, so my memories of everything aren’t very clear.
I jumped right back into the MSQ today, and just reached the Leviathan story fight. I cycled through my three weaponskill combo, popping Fight or Flight and Circle of Scorn on cooldown. But the other tank was a WAR, and I couldn’t help but notice that they were the only party member to ever have any visible threat on the party list — myself included. It was then that I realized: I must have no idea how to play my character anymore. (We still won though, so yay for that.)
I know that the basic-mode story Primals that I’m facing now will eventually progress into full dungeons as I continue to play, and that I’m going to need to step up as a main tank for a party as I start to reach those story beats again. I’ll need to drive in that role soon, and I’d prefer to learn how before I’m handed the keys and entrusted with the safety of passengers. But as I search for PLD guides that are up to date with 5.0’s current gameplay mechanics, all of the modern guides out there seem to focus on how to play at level 80 with a bunch of skills that I don’t have yet.
Is there a good PLD guide out there that actually addresses how to tank through the -leveling- of the job? One that discusses what I should be doing in a fight at level 50 now, and how my rotations should evolve as I learn new skills? Both in single-target and in multi-mob scenarios?
Or can anybody share advice on those things here?
I look forward to enjoying Eorzea again, rather than being fearful of it. Any help with getting there would be appreciated. Thank you!
Continue reading...