FINAL FANTASY XI Job Adjustments Manifesto: Paladin

[Rorrick]

To edit my earlier post, or just level whm? What is the problem with just playing a different job if pld isn't needed. It's still your character

Because it should be useful or not exist. Telling me to play a different job does nothing to solve the problem of a class with no job to fill.

And I do play different jobs. I'd like to break out the heavy armor every once in a while. Paladin is easily the best-dressed job in the game, but there's no reason to pull any of my gear out of my locker. This is a problem.

You still don't seem to understand that "play a different job if pld isn't needed" means you'll never be on Paladin. There's no reason to play it, outside of unfamiliar T4 Voidwatch NMs. Once people figure out the gimmicks to those enemies, that too will be an event where Paladin is shelved in favor of SAM, WAR, DRK and MNK. This cycle of figuring out new content will continue until there is no more new content on the horizon, and then Paladin will be permanently out of a job. This is what needs addressing. All the short-sighted people on here barking about Voidwatch are obfuscating the underlying problem.

[Ashael]

Agreed. I've got PLD, WAR, WHM, THF, BLU, SAM, RDM, COR, RNG, NIN levelled. I pride myself on versatility. For whatever event I go what's needed. The problem is, PLD is never really needed. PLD is the first job I levelled, it's the job I tanked gods with at 68 waaaaay baaaack in the day.
I love the job change function, it's what makes FFXI unique. But I would like for there to be a role PLD can fill in parties where I can be useful when the mob isn't spamming Tier VIII -ga spells and hate resets on a 5 minute timer and the only smart damage is an ally of BLMs. I don't want to go back to those days.
Other games allow tons of jobs to fill different roles with different specializations.
WHM unfortunately has stolen all the roles of healing (best single target healer, best AoE healer, best HoT healer, best pre-emptive/shield healer (Cureskin) along with with better buffs and with 95, can cover all RDMs enfeebles adequately.
SE has flatly stated that they will not increase PLDs offensive abilities.
So that leaves us with tank, which PLD does adequately, but due to the initial mechanics not planning for DDs dishing out 3-7k WS every 10-20s, we get dusted. And it's not like our mitigation abilites are the best, we're dusted by one of the DDs that can out damage us as well as out mitigate us.
Or support, which I'm sure RDM, SCH and COR would like to be buffed there first.
Can anyone else think of a role for PLD to play?

[DebbieGibson]

Because it should be useful or not exist. Telling me to play a different job does nothing to solve the problem of a class with no job to fill.

And I do play different jobs. I'd like to break out the heavy armor every once in a while. Paladin is easily the best-dressed job in the game, but there's no reason to pull any of my gear out of my locker. This is a problem.

You still don't seem to understand that "play a different job if pld isn't needed" means you'll never be on Paladin. There's no reason to play it, outside of unfamiliar T4 Voidwatch NMs. Once people figure out the gimmicks to those enemies, that too will be an event where Paladin is shelved in favor of SAM, WAR, DRK and MNK. This cycle of figuring out new content will continue until there is no more new content on the horizon, and then Paladin will be permanently out of a job. This is what needs addressing. All the short-sighted people on here barking about Voidwatch are obfuscating the underlying problem.

Well how do you play a tank class in a game that doesn't need a tank? Maybe you're right, the best thing to do is just eliminate it.