Savage Alexander and the Paladin Exodus

[Dante_V]

SE still has to design encounters in a way that all 3 tanks are viable to be MT or OT. So while PLD might be able to take the least amount of damage from the tank buster, the other 2 tanks will be able to survive it as well while still doing more DPS.

All the tanks are viable, just not preferred. Viable just means capable.

[Ashkendor]

All the tanks are viable, just not preferred. Viable just means capable.

I guess that's why we've seen so many Paladins clear A4S.

[Souljacker]

I guess that's why we've seen so many Paladins clear A4S.

The playerbase collectively has to decide what they want:
No homogenization
Bring the player, not the class


Right now it's bring the class. Level the job that has the critical skill\mitigation\dps we want or you are getting benched. However, if they change that so that all tanks are viable in all content and you level the job that has the playstyle you like, people get upset that things are just too homogenized.

There's a lot of design choices that could be changed, but they are in a spot right now that I wouldn't want to be in as a designer. The playerbase is going to crucify them no matter what they do, especially since paladin enjoyed the top of the pile in so much content in vanilla and the game has reached a point where DPS is king over all else.

[Erim-Nelhah]

I guess that's why we've seen so many Paladins clear A4S.

Viable does not necessarily mean "capable doing the content with less than the expected ilvl", it just means "capable of doing the contetnt at the expected ilvl" (quite a difference there). And with that said, I think the "expected ilvl" for A4S is likely about i205.

Note: I still think PLD needs some sort of buff.

--Erim Nelhah

[Kikosho]

All the tanks are viable, just not preferred. Viable just means capable.

I know all tanks are viable, they are all viable even now (just one tank has the encounter design stacked against them). The poster I replied to made it seem like if a PLD was able to mitigate tank busters better, people would flock to it. It's a very premature assumption. People will generally flock to whichever job will make the encounter easier to clear earlier than intended or just clear in general. In PLD's case, until it's "beefy" physical mitigation (it's not even leaps and bounds better ignoring HG) allows for more raid DPS, it's utility just negates or trivializes a mechanic, or as was the case in 2.0 Coil, survive encounters while being very undergeared, it'll be overlooked.