Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
Which is not a bad thing. The utility PLD was given is not the type that is or should be needed all the time.
The problem is that almost every PLD's utility is situationnal, or unreliable.
Clemency is far too long to cast to be an emergency heal, and no healer will really count on you for healing someone else.
Awareness was...useful (I guess) in T11...except than since the ensured critical hit was an AoE, the party had to mitigate the damage anyway, and it was after an add phase, not really damage heavy on the tank.

And you can add to it that a lot of content just plain negates some of PLD's skills.

Blind ? Most bosses are immune. Pacification ? Same. Chain Stun ? Either immune, or only requires one precise Stun less often than 30s, so other tanks are better since they're not delayed by GCD.
I didn't play PLD on A3, but I wouldn't be surprised if Ferrofluid just plain ignores Tempered Will, like Typhoon does.