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PLD played at its most basic is boring, I'll admit it straight up. Shield Oath+1,2,3+some flashes gets old fast, but from what I've seen in-game this is the way a lot of people play PLD and then they complain its boring.

PLD has a lot of other things to make it more interesting, like oath dancing to maximize dps and utility skills that can potentially be used in interesting ways, like Cover. However, its these exact things where Squenix dropped the ball on class/ability design IMO. The very things that can make PLD interesting to play are neutered to where their effectiveness and usefulness is debatable. Perfect example is Cover, seriously physical damage only wtf.