3.1 PLD changes look good

[Reynhart]

Scratch that, I think what Square is changing it to is a somewhat right move. It's just too much to resist altering to be like my suggestion.

It's a right move if they intend Shield Swipe to be a DPS gain, like it was in 2.x when our most powerful combo was RoH...probably because it was the only one
Now, Shield Swipe could have a totally different purpose, and giving it a 15s cooldown would still result in crap AoE dmg.
The fact that it requires a block already make it worse than Overpower, so, it's not like we'll gain the upper hand on WAR or DRK, anyway.

[Shining_Tiger_Excalibur]

It's a right move if they intend Shield Swipe to be a DPS gain, like it was in 2.x when our most powerful combo was RoH...probably because it was the only one
Now, Shield Swipe could have a totally different purpose, and giving it a 15s cooldown would still result in crap AoE dmg.
The fact that it requires a block already make it worse than Overpower, so, it's not like we'll gain the upper hand on WAR or DRK, anyway.

Yeah, I vehemently hate how lazy Square was with this sideways movement on changing Shield Swipe. We're not even marginally better in raid DPS and are somewhat weaker in dungeons because of it now.