Talk:Mystic Knight/@comment-16191989-20150301044800/@comment-23878607-20150302030639

I had an incredibly bad experience with a Fighter and Shield Drum when I was leveling. I hired a famously popular Fighter on the recommendation of my friends-- who proceeded to get me killed from almost the moment of hire to the point where I pitched him off a cliff (and this was the only pawn I have ever deliberately murdered, ever). I was still a Sorcerer at the time, which meant that Guardian made him glued to my side, and with Shield Drum, he was actively drawing enemies directly and straight on me while I was casting. For an MK, this is not much better, though I am a skilled MK and have no problems with perfect blocking.

I was so negatively impressed I did not hire another Fighter until long after I'd gotten to 200, and I still think the Shield Drum skill is useless-- for me. I don't need a Fighter (or a Warrior, for that matter) to stand around and draw enemies. I want a Fighter to FIGHT in the thick of the fray.

At any rate, that experience was also a big impetus to figure out why inclinations work the way they do with respect to tactics. Back then it was OMG Guardians suuuck! and no one had figured out exactly why Guardians suck the way they do.

But hey, if it works for you, more power to you. However, no player plays the game alike, so making a general statement and expecting 100% agreement is an unreasonable expectation. Different is not necessarily synonymous with wrong or bad. ;)