PLD synergy issues

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It's fun to play as OT because you get to use blood weapon more often which helps it's overall damage output. But I don't think anyone would argue that it lacks raid utility, much like MNK.
Hell, PLD at least brings a group-wide shield to the table.

I agree with you on the controlled chaos. I like DRK's ability to have a hectic handle on the battlefield. But as you say in the future expansion coming up I AGREE about your concerns with the current state of PLD. Are they going to allow certain tanking skills available to ALL tanks? And how is this going to effect certain tanks?

Can I expect "Thrill of Battle" on my PLD? Which would be amaze-balls honestly! Could I expect "Dark Dance" on my PLD? I feel that this could really change the way the game is played if what SE says is true.

Thoughts?

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Since the conversation is shifting more I'm going to offer some speculation to the next upgrade for the skill system in stormblood.

PLD must haves: Thrill of Battle- perfect for large grp bulls and getting HP up to WAR heights

Vengence: 30% lower Damage taken and thorn damage. Perfect with Bulwark or sentinel paired.

Blood Weapon: Honestly this would be OPAF, but the dps increase and MP regain would be amazing for PLD. Don't you think?

Dark Mind or Dark Dance: This would really help out the with more CD's to burn for the PLD and dark mind would help out with Magic defense. Absence of Dark Arts makes it more unique for DRK also which makes one want to play DRK even more.

I.E. swap a current PLD skill for another jobs skill, and you won't be able to use that skill unless you respec again.

Thoughts?

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Can I expect "Thrill of Battle" on my PLD? Which would be amaze-balls honestly!

I agree with you on this. Thrill of Battle is an ability that I think would be a good fit for all tanks. Dark Dance is a bit questionable just because Parry itself isn't all that great. But I see it like another Foresight. It's not great, but it's good to use just so you can say you have a CD up. Blood weapon would be awesome for PLD because I often see PLD's who run themselves dry on mp in big pulls. For WAR, the increased skill speed would benefit their damage output, and for those WAR who use flash, it could be a good alternative for aggro generation if they're low on tp by allowing them to use flash a couple more times. And Dark Mind is so situational that I feel like giving it to other tanks wouldn't really hurt the DRK identity too much.

But on that note, I think the community is worried about the identities of these tanks being muddled with the upcoming changes. I'm not overly concerned about it because as long as DRK has Dark Arts and Blood Price, I will continue to play it. I actually welcome the prospect of maybe getting to use CD's like ToB on all tanks.

What PLD really needs, imo, is an aoe enmity ability that does damage besides CoS. Hell, make Flash deal unaspected damage like Unleash and at least some of the tanking community would be slightly happier with it.

Tl;dr- I like your ideas, but some of the community won't because a lot of people like the separate identities that the tanks have. We'll just have to wait and hope that SE doesn't screw it up lol