PLD 4.0

[Kosmos992k]

PLD 4.0 changes? Interesting.
here is my 2cents...

No new attack or support skills
New trait for Sword oath (acquired through job quest), trait reduces defense by 5%, but increases Auto attack potency by 60.
Reduce recast timer on Shield Oath and Sword Oath to 1s
Sheltron ignores auto-attacks
Shield Swipe becomes available with a successful block has a 2.5s timer, has a potency of 210, and does not interrupt a combo.
When in Shield Oath, Shield Swipe becomes a short rage, frontal cone AoE, with a 90 degree arc. In Sword Oath it remains the normal Shield Swipe.
Slight enhancement to the strength of PLD cures so that they can at least heal marginally more than the auto-attacks we receive...
Battle Raise with an 8s cast time and 600s recast timer
Alter tank damage formula for damage dealt, reduce the impact of STR, increase the impact of Vitality *and* determination (affects all tanks).
Strengthen the impact of Parry, make the strength of a parry depend on both STR and DEX (affects all tanks)
Include blocking as a secondary stat on PLD gear so we can build to increase it
Change block strength calculation in line with the tank damage calculation changes.
Add a trait to Tempered will that reduces the chances of being interrupted while casting, and increase the re-use timer by 10s.
Very mild buff to CoS aggro, and the aggro multipliers on RoH and SS.
Allow Clemency to trigger Devine veil (there should be no skills on any job that require another player to activate them)
When PLD reachs the 4.0 level cap, they gain an additional Cross Class skill slot(*), and the ability to use cross class skills from DRK.
Status effects from our attacks become worth a damn again (same for all jobs/classes).
Last but not least add a trait (acquires through job quest) to Bulwark that restores 5% of our Max TP for every block while Bulwark is active.

* - I would do the same thing for all jobs. When they hit the level cap, each gets one more cross class skill slot and one more class opens up that they can borrow from.