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(06-02-2015, 01:32 PM)Aaron Wrote: You grab a tank knowing you're meant to holkd aggro from the others. Not DPs, or heal. But hold aggro.
A brand new DPS switching to a tank and expecting to be as good tanking as they are dpsing initially is in for disappointment because they need a entirely different mindset.
A dps ignorant of anything tanking if they picked up a PLD would spam riot blade combo and sword oath. Not saying you can't be an even better tank than you were a DPs. But it helps to have some knowledge.
You will still be able to do this, though. What's preventing someone from leveling... let's say, a DRG to 50 and completing the MSQ... and then picking up DRK? You got someone who could just as easily be expecting to be as good as tanking even though they were a DPS for 50 levels.
A DPS ignorant of anything tanking because they spent 50 levels spamming DRG rotations and moves.
At least with my approach (level a matching role to 30/40), you're doing roughly the same amount of work you would be for any other job (maybe a little more, the 40 option is like the 10 levels needed for unlocking ROG you see), and it would be in a class where you'd be learning the basics of that particular role. Then, you can switch right over and start learning the new job and all the new stuff it brings to the table, same as a level 50 would be doing.
Just sooner. With less time and energy wasted that doesn't need to be. The only drawback is the whole "these are Ishgard jobs" lore issue... but DRG is an Ishgard job and you got to pick that up just fine once your Gridanian-trained Lancer hit level 30.
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