What Makes a Paladin? An Essay on Paladin Identity

[PogueX]

The paladin identity in FF is that the paladins are the sultansworn...who protect the sultana, but because the game doesn't want to pigeonhole you into serving Ul'duh you are a "freelance paladin" which is really bizarre story and although you aren't managing MP like a DRK, you still have to manage your defensive CD's so that your healer is banging his head against the wall trying to heal you, so i feel their is something there but because paladins are meat shields and not damage focused class people don't like them. I love the class...when i am doing a trial, i am the least concern of the healers cause of my defense.

Likewise playing an alt healer i have become VERY frustrated at the DRK's who use darkside constantly and their HP goes down faster then a noob with squishy gear. I have quit quite a few dungeons because of reckless DRK's...rarely do you see healers leaving dungeons because of a paladin. To me the DRK is like the anime/manga character who is so consume with power that it eventually consumes him

But it would really be cool if we paladins were more like the magitek knights of FF lore who are able to cast offensive spells as well as tank