Is Paladin in a Bad Spot?

[NFaelivrin]

To add to the above post, it doesn't help at all that the design of Alexander Savage effectively works to undermine Paladin's defensive superiority by rendering Bulwark, Sheltron and passive shield mitigation nearly useless in every fight but A2S. It boggles my mind that they'd add Sheltron, a fun skill that finally gives PLD something of a skill ceiling with its need to be timed somewhat precisely, and then make it absolutely and completely useless in the current raid because there isn't a single big tank hit that Sheltron can do anything for.

[SirTaint]

To add to the above post, it doesn't help at all that the design of Alexander Savage effectively works to undermine Paladin's defensive superiority by rendering Bulwark, Sheltron and passive shield mitigation nearly useless in every fight but A2S. It boggles my mind that they'd add Sheltron, a fun skill that finally gives PLD something of a skill ceiling with its need to be timed somewhat precisely, and then make it absolutely and completely useless in the current raid because there isn't a single big tank hit that Sheltron can do anything for.

Sheltron is very good.

The downside is its too good versus a 1 hit physical tank buster.

[Adrasteia]

To add to the above post, it doesn't help at all that the design of Alexander Savage effectively works to undermine Paladin's defensive superiority by rendering Bulwark, Sheltron and passive shield mitigation nearly useless in every fight but A2S. It boggles my mind that they'd add Sheltron, a fun skill that finally gives PLD something of a skill ceiling with its need to be timed somewhat precisely, and then make it absolutely and completely useless in the current raid because there isn't a single big tank hit that Sheltron can do anything for.

Exactly. They're going to either have to dumpster Dark Mind or figure out more ways of representing physical damage tankbusters, or no one will ever take anything except a DRK for MT.

[Faytte]

Exactly. They're going to either have to dumpster Dark Mind or figure out more ways of representing physical damage tankbusters, or no one will ever take anything except a DRK for MT.

A better option is to step away from the idea of having physical and magical tanks, since that means that one or the other tank will be good/terrible on either fight.

I think it was a terrible idea from the very start. All tanks should be pretty close in tanking each set of content, and their differences should lie elsewhere. I.E Paladin having lower damage but better group effects and healing, warriors excelling in damage and personal effects, dark knights excelling in debuffing, stealing enemy stats and the like.

Sadly its not how it came out. Having a physical and magical tank was the silliest thing they could have ever have done.