PLD highest DPS tank single target

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You're ignoring all the objectively bad aspects of PLD compared to DRK and WAR. The boon of PLD is supposed to be better mitigation because of shield block, but it seems to matter less and less as DRK and WAR are just as easy to heal. Add to that, that our "not dying right now" CD is completely overpowered, and gets slammed with a 7min CD because of it compared to WAR and DRK who only see a 3/5min CD on their anti-death CDs; there's pros and cons obviously, but the availability within a single run is nothing that should be overlooked.

Down to brass tacks though, Clemency is a travesty, Cover could disappear for a patch and nobody would notice, and Bulwark/Sheltron need encounters designed for them to be useful.

Then there's the QoL issues as well. PLDs have almost non-existent AoE damage, both stances are on the GCD, no buff built into our class to mitigate tank stance damage reduction (no maim or Darkside equivalent), 3 GCDs to apply a DoT, and our stun is on the GCD and costs a bucket of TP.

There's no pragmatic reason to take the PLD over a the WAR or the DRK. The shallowness of the class is catching up with it at a greater and greater speed.