Quote Originally Posted by aodhan_ofinnegain View Post
Paladin already has enough utility as it is, it does not need a raise, nor do I want to see the raise tax be thrown onto Paladin, let alone have people use that as an excuse to lower Paladin's overall damage output. "Paladin has a raise so should do less damage than all the other tanks" for a situation that may or may not occur, even though mp and GCDs lost isn't enough of a cost. Granted SMN and RDM have finally started moving away from this design choice thankfully, much of that mindset still is here.

As for Clemency, in normal content, I find it is extremely rare that I ever have a need for it, much the same in Savage and Ultimates, with the exception of prog. Sure, there are times when healers go down and you might have to use it. Overall Clemency is very situational in nature, great prog tool, great solo play tool, terrible normal play skill.

But adding Clemency to oGCD will very much remove it's ability to spam, if oath gauge is the cost, if mp is still a cost a potency nerf would be required, and lastly as an oGCD it would be moved into the ability category instead of a spell so would not gain any effect from Requiescat.
I think PLD should have the lowest damage as utility should be traded for damage. Thematically speaking, PLD should have most utility and should be lowest DPS of the four tanks. This is good, healthy, proper game design in my opinion. RDM and SMN should have lower DPS than BLM since BLM offers no utility. Having a Raise would be massive utility when pugging, and save a lot of wipes.

Clemancy is never used because it's GCD and MP, making it a massive DPS loss. Adding it to Oath Gauge, no MP cost and OGCD means it's actually usable without lowering DPS, and giving you a fourth tool to use Oath Gauge on: Sheltron, Intervene, Cover, or Clemancy. I think this would make PLD a lot more enjoyable and better for utility. It shouldn't be affected by Requiscat as that should be for DPS rotation only, not utility, in my opinion.