There are already two dps-tank jobs, please don't make Paladin the third.

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I don't completely disagree with the OP. I think its senseless to just hand-out WAR/DRK-level DPS to PLD, especially since the job has no semblance of a DPS-related playstyle mechanic around which optimal play would revolve to provide that DPS (like stacks for WAR or mana for DRK).

Not necessarily.

The original kit for Gld seemed to be geared towards much higher Dps than they ended up with. Fight or Flight is a fantastic offensive Tank buff, the original Shield Swipe had a much higher potency and was designed to be proc'd by shield defense (combined potency of GCD Shield Swipe actually surpassed the RoH combo potency if used consecutively via Bulwark), and Gld has the highest auto attack and skill speed of all the tanks.

If you look at the way the Gld class was being made, right up until lvl 30 it actually looks as though the Gld was going to be the Mnk of the tanking world (lighter hits, but very quick). In some ways, SE has still continued with this build. Sword Oath, for example, takes advantage of Pld's high auto attack speed to dish out more Dps, and a lot of Pld gear grants additional Skill Speed over the other tanks. It would not have been too surprising to see SE utilize this in the game play.

In that regard, War's have Wrath stacks. Drk's have mana management, and Pld's would/should have had Tp management ... Obviously this did not happen, as Pld's ended up with no way to manage their Tp whatsoever (short of not attacking at all).

It's really weird, honestly. It's almost as if SE started with a completely different concept for Gld and switched gears when they started designing Pld.