PLD GCD now has low GCD manipulation? i dont get it, thanks to Atones and Req realying on 30secs stacks you can shift your rotation easily w/o losing uptime at all.You may break a combo but never loss a GCD.

Lack of damage is easily solved with some balance and having the most versatile kit between all tanks, having it deal more damage than most of them would be unfair to say the least.
I do believe the discrepancy rn is a bit too much but also this is an easy fix

4 atonements was clearly not intended, it was just something that ppl figured out trough out the expansion. PLD has ever have been a tank that dont relies on big bursts but on consistency, this a reality since ARR.


Rotation wise with only 2 primals to experiment and few normal raids for now we can already see that the real problem is that, due to the downtime the optimal rotation starts with a -16 secs FoF.
BoV starter combo feels underwhelming for sure, but it's not a big problem for me at least since is just a filler to replace the buffless Goring.

To wrap it up i realize most of the point you bring are related to the ability to raise your damage, and its fine to want that, but if damage is what you're focusing on there's a role for that. The QoL aspect that PLD and WAR received are extremely good compared to ShB, but of course you're free to disagree.