Please consider giving PLD a way to generate Oath gauge outside of auto attacks.

[Saeno]

Can WAR generate rage during downtime? No.

False. They can with Infuriate. They can also ignore their gauge with Inner release.

Can GNB generate cartridges during downtime? No.

True, however the job completely fills its gauge with Bloodfest and also generates gauge faster than any other tank by simply ending their Brutal Shell combo.

DRK MP regen is so slow and the cost of abilities is so high that you'd need like 30 seconds of downtime to get 1 skill out, because they can't use Blood Weapon or Carve and Spit (600 mana 60 sec CD...) without a target and even then those abilities are really weak.

The thing with DRK is that they do start encounters at maximum MP and can also remain above 3k MP at any time to ensure they always have The Blackest Night available. Just like WAR, they can also cheat their gauge with Delirium. However, in the case that they do dip below 3k MP, they have things for when a target is present to accelerate their MP gain slightly to help with them getting Blackest Night in time for whatever they need it for.

As for PLD however, you start with 0 gauge. You only gain gauge from auto attacks and it takes 10 auto attacks (21-22.4 seconds) to gain your first 50 gauge. This means that the PLD, for any tank damage early into the fight, will have to pick and choose between Sheltron and intervention unless the damage happens even sooner than 22s, in which case you have to go without a short CD unlike the other tanks.

I think considering how PLD cannot cheat its gauge, or how you cannot built gauge without a target, there should be some other means of building gauge or cheating it to ensure you have the ability to block early on or in a pinch. You can use Passage for the block, sure, but this is assuming you're ok with a single block or ok with losing some damage. By using passage as a personal CD you also forgo the advantage of having two raid shields which then puts you behind one CD from the other tanks. You have a 2 minute personal that you are not using for raid damage that blocks a single hit. It seems silly to rob your team of a raid mitigation tool just for a personal CD, which you can just have your sheltron available instead.