| Re: Can PLD/DRK work in exp parties? A friend of mine is rather bummed about the lack of tanking in higher level parties as well. He goes the normal pld/war and tries to hold hold, but even with +28 enmity from gear and merits he can't hold hate long at all.
I would be less concerned about hate tools in parties, and just focus on what you can do to up your damage output. Pld/nin is a know combo that can work, and we often us it to take gods and such, and I've partied with number of them in merit parties that work out alright.
As for pld/drk, I would expect many of the spells to get resisted, but I could see a lot of good from soul eater+vorpal or what ever WS of choice plds use now. And you have MP to cure yourself so you wouldn't be a drain on the healers MP. Personally I'd throw defense out the window and go all out damage.
But I would say as said above, would pld/drk do better for the party than pld/war or pld/nin as a DD. As my friend experiments a bit more with pld/drk I'll let you know what he finds. |