Trial Roulette -- Titan HM. No Poetics bonus.
Tank 1 was a PLD, had i55 Sword and Shield. (The one you get with GC seals.) Had an assortment of gear from i110 to about i125.
Tank 2 was a DRK, had i60 greatsword that drops from Ifrit HM. Highest gear at i120 (Ironworks), with an assortment of i110 (soldiery gear) and i90 (myth gear)
DPS was MNK, NIN, BLM, and BRD. Most were at least lv 59, some were at 60 with gear and weapons appropriate to their level. One was lv 53 or 54. (Can't remember which.)
Healer was a WHM and myself, an AST. We were both 60 and had gear that was at least i170. WHM had the i200 cane from Esoterics, and I had the i180 upgraded Law weapon.
The tanks could not hold aggro even if the PLD who was MT'ing was doing his rotations properly. Every other second, someone else was taking off aggro. The WHM did Medica II before every jump, and after every jump. I told them to stop doing that, and they did. Still, us healers and the DPS were taking aggro off the tanks. We wiped twice.
I could not understand why any of this was happening until I checked everyone's gear. I explained to the party that the tanks needed higher gear/weapons to hold hate, then the lv 53/54 DPS told me we were sync'd. Which we were, duh. I further explained that lv 50 can get gear and weapons up to i130-135 so I advised the tanks to get better gear before coming back in Titan HM. After that, everyone started leaving.
Half an hour of my life I'll never get back.
Tank 1 was a PLD, had i55 Sword and Shield. (The one you get with GC seals.) Had an assortment of gear from i110 to about i125.
Tank 2 was a DRK, had i60 greatsword that drops from Ifrit HM. Highest gear at i120 (Ironworks), with an assortment of i110 (soldiery gear) and i90 (myth gear)
DPS was MNK, NIN, BLM, and BRD. Most were at least lv 59, some were at 60 with gear and weapons appropriate to their level. One was lv 53 or 54. (Can't remember which.)
Healer was a WHM and myself, an AST. We were both 60 and had gear that was at least i170. WHM had the i200 cane from Esoterics, and I had the i180 upgraded Law weapon.
The tanks could not hold aggro even if the PLD who was MT'ing was doing his rotations properly. Every other second, someone else was taking off aggro. The WHM did Medica II before every jump, and after every jump. I told them to stop doing that, and they did. Still, us healers and the DPS were taking aggro off the tanks. We wiped twice.
I could not understand why any of this was happening until I checked everyone's gear. I explained to the party that the tanks needed higher gear/weapons to hold hate, then the lv 53/54 DPS told me we were sync'd. Which we were, duh. I further explained that lv 50 can get gear and weapons up to i130-135 so I advised the tanks to get better gear before coming back in Titan HM. After that, everyone started leaving.
Half an hour of my life I'll never get back.
