Does PLD Feel Shafted?

[Kelg]

PLD is fine as is... The only reason it seems weaker at the moment is because:

1 New raids just came out, and the DPS checks are extreme. People are doing them undergeared.
2 The newest raids are being designed with the use of DRK in mind, so of course it will be used.

Paladin can tank these new raids just as good as a DRK can. If Paladin did as much DPS as a Dark knight, then the Drk would never be used. People need to stop asking for this. The only thing that could use a change on PLD is clemency to be more usable as a MT(as it was pre-ARR).

[Duelle]

The only thing that could use a change on PLD is clemency to be more usable as a MT(as it was pre-ARR).

I'd rather those resources be put towards improving Shield Swipe in some way. I hated Holy Succor because groups I ran with in 1.0 for some stupid reason expected me to throw out heals when I was busy holding aggro or reacting to things. There's simply no time to off-heal while MTing, and (in ARR context) the time spent casting could be spent doing an enmity combo or getting in another Royal Authority.

As I keep repeating, Clemency is to be used whole off-tanking and in situations where you catch someone that's not getting healed because the healer is healing someone else or the person is out of range (or there's simply lots of splash damage). It's utility in the "nice to have" category rather than "this is pretty damn good and you should use it", which is where we file Divine Veil.