Paladin: Designing for One resource, streamlining and a dedicated offtank role @70

[Lambdafish]

I mean, isn't that a bit deceitful that... "The wall", the "protector" the freaking heavy armored holy knight with a shield is best as.... the off tank?
On the other hand, the warrior whose whole identity for a long time has been "the DPS tank" is... (alongside DRK) the MT? (I mean, I've met my fair share of WAR thinking they were dps in the novice chat.... I've never encounter a single PLD thinking he was a DPS)

PLD off-tank isn't about dps, its about support. I hate the identity of PLD being a wall, thats more GLA than PLD. PLD is a protector as a supporter, and as with previous games, is almost like a hybid of a healer and a tank. We protect using skills like divine veil, cover, intervention, passage of arms etc. which is much more suited to than off tank role in the same way the SCH is an off heal role.

It also makes sense that the DPS tank is an MT, because there it has less loss of DPS when switching role, whereas PLD and DRK do (though DRK only technically loses damage due to how its stances work).

While I do love the PLD cooldowns, I would love for some more variety. Imagine if Bulwark was changed simply to give a debuff to the boss that reads (the next player to take damage from target gains the buff "bulwark"). This would allow it to be used in both an MT and OT setting. (Yes I know this makes PLD really powerful, but its more showing the direction I want PLD to go)