Savage Alexander and the Paladin Exodus

[Nadirah]

Failure to successfully complete one of the mechanics drains everyone's MP.

Well that kinda sucks. Ew.

[Kyne_Lyons]

Well in this strategy they don't always kill the doll, they let it Whirbelwind to put more DPS on the boss.

[Kyne_Lyons]

Live Letter come and gone, still zero news on Paladin. I was hoping we'd at least receive a timetable on when to expect job adjustments. Does this mean the developers think the job is working as intended?

[Brannigan]

Live Letter come and gone, still zero news on Paladin. I was hoping we'd at least receive a timetable on when to expect job adjustments. Does this mean the developers think the job is working as intended?

The live letter was on stage at TGS, so I think they wanted to show off flashy new features rather than balance stuff for the most part. I didn't watch all of it, though, so I could be mistaken. Wait for the next FATE maybe?

[fortuona]

it takes too long for the community team to pass on information to the devs, translate it both ways, and post a response. about the only thing that receives fast responses around here is when you report a tooltip typo or misspelling, those are things the NA team is equipped to handle on their own in a timely manner.

so don't draw any conclusions from lack of response.

[Kyne_Lyons]

Finally, somewhat of a response:

http://ff14net.2chblog.jp/archives/46326984.html

Per Yoshi-P, "I don't think PLD is weak".
- PLD will continue to be the best defensive tank.
- There will be adjustments to its skills in 3.1.
- Magic will never be able to be blocked.
- There will be more physical attacks in raids.

[Hioki]

Finally, somewhat of a response:

http://ff14net.2chblog.jp/archives/46326984.html

Per Yoshi-P, "I don't think PLD is weak".
- PLD will continue to be the best defensive tank.
- There will be adjustments to its skills in 3.1.
- Magic will never be able to be blocked.
- There will be more physical attacks in raids.

[Brannigan]

I think you have to actually be the best defensive tank in order to continue to be the best defensive tank. For what it's worth, YoshiP also said Warrior was strong in 2.0. He's overseeing the whole project, so the finer points of balance might elude him sometimes.

[Alahra]

I think you have to actually be the best defensive tank in order to continue to be the best defensive tank.

I've had a suspicion for awhile that the developers don't realize how strong WAR's defensive kit is--in fact, I don't think a lot of the playerbase does, either.

[Kyne_Lyons]

Please look forward to 3.1 when Paladins still do the least DPS of any tank class, and can't clear the content without literally months of extra gear.