The last, great hope..

[Malamasala]

I still don't see the problem with PLD.

So you aren't the top choice for killing Serket? Well, how do you expect to code a game to make it impossible to kill level 60 NMs without a specific job at level 90?

So you aren't the top job for Abyssea? Well, as long as WHM can keep a WAR alive, you won't be until you out-DD a WAR, which will never happen.

It seems to me like the only complaints PLDs have are that they aren't 100% obligatory for a party's success at EVERYTHING. I suggest you swap over to PUP or some other job that has it worse so that you can enjoy the bliss of PLD again.

[Leonlionheart]

I still don't see the problem with PLD.

So you aren't the top choice for killing Serket? Well, how do you expect to code a game to make it impossible to kill level 60 NMs without a specific job at level 90?

So you aren't the top job for Abyssea? Well, as long as WHM can keep a WAR alive, you won't be until you out-DD a WAR, which will never happen.

It seems to me like the only complaints PLDs have are that they aren't 100% obligatory for a party's success at EVERYTHING. I suggest you swap over to PUP or some other job that has it worse so that you can enjoy the bliss of PLD again.

Whenever Malamasala posts all that really comes of it is

"Well, someone else has more problems than you"

When that has nothing to do with anything

[SpankWustler]

Paladin performs phenomenally within it's niche of tanking very difficult monsters. Paladin has super-excellent methods of mitigating damage that far surpass anything available to any other job.

It's also true that such difficult monsters aren't that common, and those methods are "obtain an Ochain" and "obtain an Aegis".

I think if SE finally caves into the sanity of it's player base and makes Colorless Souls more obtainable, it will be easier for folks to perform at near-ideal levels on Paladin. I think that more difficult monsters being added over time will provide people with more opportunities to play Paladin under ideal conditions. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty confident in these things.

I don't see what adding a glut of spells and abilities to Paladin would do compared to universal changes such as the two I mentioned.

Also, most spells and abilities that would be socks-rocking for a normal Paladin would either be overwhelmingly powerful or totally pointless for an Ochain operator.

[InfiniteKarma]

Whenever Malamasala posts all that really comes of it is

"Well, someone else has more problems than you"

When that has nothing to do with anything

Things are geting spicey in this topic.