Thoughts on PLD changes

[Shurrikhan]

Okay, I get it, doing damage is cool, but enough already. You're taking this way too far. Stop trying to treat dungeon mobs like Innocence Ex. A Tank choosing to do some CC to make the group more comfortable should be encouraged, I know that as a melee dps, I totally appreciate not needing to run away every 6 seconds to dodge an aoe.

A few secs of not doing "optimal" damage isn't that big of a deal in a dungeon dude. Chill.

Option 1: Hit button A, then button B. Repeat. You do something of worth.
Option 2: Tab through all available enemies hitting button C, swapping back and forth as they make "large orange AoEs" rather than dodging, to Shield Bash them. You do nothing of worth.

The issue isn't "optimizing" in the way you're suggesting when the difference is between a simpler procedure that has very significant value and a more complex procedure that has virtually no value. In the later case, if with an WHM, you might as well just stand there, and when stunning dodgeable AoEs you're actually costing yourself mitigation.

This is me suggesting not to shoot yourself just because it's an option available to you: "Look at what my toolkit can do! Aren't I quirky and innovative?"

We were given tools but not meant to use them. Something is wrong here and we're basically the only job left in the game that still has this problem.

Okay maybe not but I can't think of any other class that gets you yelled at for actually using parts of their kit. Well maybe WHM and the actual Cure spells.

You were given a situational skill. It still has some situations of potential use. I just hate how few and far between they've come, given that a skill-space is still being used on it.

And, you make a good point. Tornado Kick's another obvious example, but even it had real use until Riddle of Wind was stripped away from the job with ShB and Perfect Balance's cooldown was doubled. Were I less tired, I could probably think of a... couple more, but that's it.