Foolkiller VS ByakkosFollow

I know foolkiller's latent hasn't been found yet but how does this compare to Byakkos with it's acc/attk and delay? I'm currently working on perdu though but until then is it viable?

Thanks

Foolkiller sadly just doesn't compare very well if you have Byakko's.

And if you don't have byakko's anyway, berserker's is cheaper and equal to byakko's.

If you have a rajas berserker's is better than fourth because you are able to obtain a 6hit build. True though, without that they are more equal, and fourth is far cheaper.

I'm pretty sure milich or kenage or someone math'd out that berserker's and byakko's are pretty much even.

...then you should drop that other ring, talk to the Marble Bridge door, and suck up the 28-day wait if necessary.

Tamas is "save an inventory space" for mages, and Sattva has been confirmed to be trash repeatedly in the past. Neither one is an excuse for not having Rajas.

No, and that's not what I said.

What I said is that there are people who do think that, and unfortunately, they're fairly common. (Which is basically saying "there are a lot of people who play tank jobs that aren't actually worth inviting to tank things". If you disagree with that, there are bigger issues here.) Keep in mind that these are probably the same kinds of people who are liable to turtle up on PLD, or think that 'voke + Utsu is all that a NIN needs to do to tank.

As far as on mage jobs: I'm probably projecting my own tendency to pull hate more often with Enmity- gear on than without it onto other people as well, but I don't do it on purpose. I'm not sure if it's the back of my mind deciding to go a little more balls-to-the-wall than I would normally do, or if the Enmity- on a WHM is directly proportional to the square root of how sucky the tank will be. :-D

And I didn't say "minor uses" for Tamas. I said "minor exceptions to it being just a saving-you-inventory piece", which is also different. It's not useless, or even situationally useful (it's pretty much useful at all times) - but it does essentially combine three rings' worth of stuff into one slot (an INT+ ring, a MND+ ring, and an MP+ ring - of which Enmity- appears on both of the former). Of these, you generally only need one facet at any given time (with max MP, you're normally doing buffs; and as far as INT and MND, the only time you're needing both at the same time is pumping up Spirit Taker). Hence, it saves you inventory, but can generally be replaced with other rings (at the expense of both inventory and appropriate macros).

Not if you're using earth staff /drk or /rdm.

NINs tank?

It's strange, but I actually have not met a single NIN that can tank something efficiently. Maybe I should transfer to your server.

I've only met two ninja who were serious about /drk or /rdm tanking. One now has G-horn; the other is myself (if one can be said to have met one's self). There's plenty who will play a "voke bitch" style role on merit-type mobs or whatever, but needing whole new gear-sets, play-styles, and subjobs to tank HNM type mobs seems to put most ninja off the idea. Shame imo, as nin/drk is one of the job combos I enjoy most in the game (the other being war/sam).

Lonely night?

There was a time when EVERYTHING was tanked by ninjas, quite happy time if you ask me =D(I got nin to 75 around that time cuz, usually I needed a ninja for everything I wasn't able to deal by myself.)

Rajas VS Sattva VS Tamas.

I'm also with MDenham about Rajas, I usually recommend that, but is a fact that ppl with have different choices, and it's another fact that you can have only 1 of those rings at any give time.

My point: ppl with different choices need to be advised as well, cuz like it or not there are still a few(very few) valid reasons to pick the other rings.

Sincerely.

Ken.