Quote Originally Posted by bswpayton View Post
Rampart would only be better if defiance worked like shield oath and grit
Rampart would be worse if Defiance worked like ShO/Grit. ShO/Grit + Rampart is 36% damage reduction, Defiance + Rampart is (functionally) 40% since there's no stacking of %-based defensive CDs. Not having Bloodbath sucks, but it just means we have to be healed sooner now which isn't that big of a deal and only realistically applies to dungeons. I'd rather have Bloodbath than not have it, but w/e we were bound to get nerfed anyway. I'm more concerned about the fact that we bring nothing unique to the party since we lost Path's debuff and NIN/SAM can use Eye without a DPS loss. I guess we have the best burst damage? And maybe best personal damage overall? Maybe? Idk, I guess we'll see when the expansion drops.