3.1 PLD changes look good

[ManaKing]

Honestly this is the first time I've they've missed their mark entirely with a change.

I play with several tanks that primarily want to play PLD and feel they can't and that S-E isn't really in a rush to resolve that (or even validate the feeling). After seeing the 3.1 changes I'm legitimately worried that the trust burned here may cause them to churn. It's unfortunate, and was avoidable.

Bold: Really? you think that AST hasn't been SE fumbling and tripping over itself? SE has messed up before, just not on a job that is super popular like PLD. PLD is off by an insignificant fraction that is highlighted by number chasers that don't like that PLD can't win the pissing contest against either DRK or WAR. AST on the other hand is 2/3rds of a job at best.


Trust wasn't burned here, SE said we are going to give PLD small upgrades but they aren't going to make it the same job as every other tank. They take our feedback seriously, but it's still their game and they can design jobs however they want at the end of the day. The only thing that got broken was people's expectations for PLD to come back into the status of being the dominant tank in the game. They've made it pretty clear the content will wax and wane each tank's usefulness. Once we hit the raids that have nothing but physical bruisers, you will be happy to have a PLD as a MT. With the changes they are making in 3.1, it should be easy for them to keep hate while still using higher DPS rotation.

The transparency of this game is miles ahead of almost any other online game.