PLD is just boring

[gehrtalert]

[QUOTE=IndigoHawk;3429016Stuff and things[/QUOTE]

Being able to heal myself and only relying on myself to heal are 2 different things. I'm not guna level MRD just because they have more self heals. I Might play it down the road but today isn't that day.

Back to Clemency, As for the argument of not being able to use it as MT, You're wrong to some extent. I used it all the time while running The Vault in DF when trying to top off my exp. Trash mobs while the whm holybombed the trash. During the boss fights when the healer would be CC'd or have something else going on. It's a long cast time but it can still be weaved in the rotation without being interrupted. Now I didn't play any Alex as paladin but I cleared them all with my white Mage main. I'm pretty sure there were times when a paladin could have used it.
Oh, And I'll use the hell out of Stoneskin too. My job is to take and mitigate damage so that's what I do. I don't care about doing dps on DF runs. That's what the dps do.

[Hayward]

He must be that full VIT guy who tanks with only Grit on and no Darkside, and only uses Power Slash combo.

Wrong answer. Darkside's on as much as MP will allow it. Try conveying an original thought next time instead of parroting talking points from that other forum.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Just gonna add on that Dark Knight feels like the least involved job to play. There's much less to think about then any other job, even paladin, imo. Just pop stuff on cool down, and not much else.

I find PLD, especially after its changes, a lot more engrossing.

[kensatsu]

Thunda_Cat_SMASH, i think the pld feels like the least involved job to play,
I find the dark knight, like a pld with more stuff to do.
Or we don't play the same job maybe ? XD

I played Pld in 2.1, i switch to war in 2.2 because i find Pld very boring, i tryed the 3 tanks in 3.0.
I like the war and the dark. The pld is better he juste have 3 combos now ,but
what i feel with the pld is like he have a gameplay very simple, you can't miss your rotation or be a little late with something exept brain lag on defense Cooldown, it's so simple you just do your rotation blinded, just see if you have shield swipe procc and focus on your defense CD.
yes it's too simple. Dark feel more nervous, and you are checking a little more if your CD is back, you are not only focusing in your defense CD.

[Jim_Berry]

To each his own.

Before Heavensward, I had both WAR and PLD at Lv50. I leveled PLD first, then WAR. I am more confident as PLD and I feel safer with it, too. As WAR, I died a lot. When I did new content as WAR, I was nervous. As PLD, I have no worries.

[Lyth]

Part of the aesthetic issue that I have with the tanks from 2.0 is that the animations for the initial combo moves don't fill the GCD (i.e. fast blade > savage blade). As a result, you end up with short pauses after each swing, making your character look and feel turn-based.

I was initially a bit thrown off by how DRK's animations filled the gcd, but with a near constant stream of oGCD moves in the mix, it's pretty good at creating the illusion of fluid movement.

I think that switching shield swipe to oGCD has helped PLD with this, and I'd like to see the job get more moves like this in the future.

[kensatsu]

Jim Berry : this mean pld is more simple also, it's what we say in this tread

[PogueX]

is it just me or does flash do so little to get agro compared to the DRK's unleash, my isn't in high level dungeons so i don't know whats it like in level 60 dungeons, but it seems like whenever i play DRK in low level dungeons he can easily get agro by spamming unleash a bunch of times?

[Brannigan]

Should be about the same. The difference is that Unleash takes HP away from the monster, so the maximum hate the other party members can generate is lower. Drk also has a bunch of aoe damage they can add on top of that for more hate. Unleash can also crit.



Could also be that level 30-39 is stanceless territory for paladin but drk has grit.

[yondaimeflash]

OK before anyone goes off on a tangent because ive lvled every job to at least 50 and can say im a decent Dark Knight, I am a really good Warrior, But Paladin OMG was so boring in every aspect. But (here comes the haters) I found that Paladin to be the most boring job the only thing that got me through it was either my friends or the insta que's that they get, and out of all the jobs out there Ppl who play Paladin complain the most. I have quiet a few paladin friends and they see some issues that need to be fixed im sure there are but they do there job just fine in sword oath or shield heck half the time they don't even shield oath there that good. You know what I think it is that they'll never be happy. Be happy you have your insta que's and that you will and have always been wanted in pretty much all end game content. Just think how bad it was for Dragoons and other jobs in 2.0-2.5. AnyWay all Have a good day ^^.