PLD is a very boring class compared to WAR.

[Instrumentality]

The complexity of being a Paladin has nothing to do with your damage output and everything to do with how you use your defensive abilities to nullify the boss doing damage.


The easiest example to point out would be on T13 and when to use Rampart during phase two. Just use it for Flatten, right? No big deal. But if you pay close attention to what happens during that entire stretch of damage outgoing from Flare Star being cast until the Flare Breath after Flatten heading into Megaflare, you can intuit/time out the absolute maximum amount of damage you can mitigate (within reason for auto attacks). If you wait for two auto attacks after Flare Star is cast and pop Rampart at the end of the second AA animation you'll cover the Flare Breath - Flatten - Flare Breath combo.

"But Eureka that's not much damage?" It's an entire extra healer GCD, which is pretty precious in progression. You can repeat the same thing with Foresight/Convalescence(5s pause) Bulwark for extra Flattens if your group DPS gets messed up due to deaths, as well.

Maximizing those moments in fights where CD timings are critical on putting dampers on boss outgoing damage to lighten healer load for increased group efficiency is really where Paladins shine. Will I ever be super engaged by hitting the RoH combo or timing my Circle of Scorn for FoF? Nah. But I can be endlessly engaged during progression hunting those moments where I can save GCDs for the healers so that they can handle other things.

But in farm both tanks are completely boring me to death. Nothing at all interesting after you've figured out the best possible combination for your group at maximum ilvl for the content. Echo just makes it mostly unnecessary, too. I hope Dark Knight will shake things up a bit for me in 3.0.