Paladin Redesign Theorycraft by Miyoru Utadaeshi

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Personally, Fight or Flight is no longer a skill but a buff you get from Royal Authority when combo is complete. Lasts for 20 seconds.

Also

Atonement is now oGCD with 1s recast. Atonement refreshes Fight or Flight buff to max 20 seconds. (Each atonement refreshing should help with uptime if you peal off to long and keep you from drifting really bad, even though it's over kill to keep refreshing...so is 5 Edges during DRK's opener overlapping your darkness buff)

Now you can weave Atonment during your burst between 4 Holy Spirits or during your Confiteor Combo. This way your burst will always be under FoF buff (much like WAR,DRK) but you must maintain it with weaving atonement. Why paladin can't or could never weave atonement is beyond me (which it should have been able to do that since get go)

This way you can hold onto your atonement and delay them if you wish. Or if you peel off the boss...your still range with Holy Spirit spam or Blade Spam...either way you have 20 seconds to get back and get in the atonement to refresh Fight or Flight.

Fight or Flight is essentially relegated to a Darkness or Surging Tempest buff. This way Paladin has to sustain FoF Buff rather then time it perfectly every single 60 seconds. If paladin wishes to stay the sustain job and with a constant Fight or Flight buff, adjust potencies accordingly.

Basically every other Req burst is under raid buffs like it is now, but Paladin isn't held to an extremely rigid rotation hand cuffed to your fight or flight, and you can now weave atonement which increases Paladin overall damage during raid buffs.

Simple Opener to reopener.

Holy Spirit + Intervene (Prepull)
Fast Blade
Riot Blade
Potion
Royal Authority (x3 atonement charges, lasts 30seconds) (granted FoF Buff 20sec) + (weave)Request a cat

Fast Blade + (double weave)Espacion +Circle of Scorn
Riot Blade (weave) Intervene
Goring Blade
Holy Spirit + (weave)Atonement
Holy Spirit + (weave)Atonement
Holy Spirit + (weave)Atonement
Holy Spirit
Confiteor
Blade of Faith
Blade of Truth
Blade of Valor
Re-opener

Alternate Opener to reopener. (prolly won't get atonement under raid buffs)

Holy Spirit + Intervene (Prepull)
Fast Blade
Riot Blade
Potion
Royal Authority (x3 atonement charges, lasts 30seconds) (granted FoF Buff 20sec) + (weave)Request a cat

Fast Blade + (double weave)Espacion +Circle of Scorn
Riot Blade (weave) Intervene
Goring Blade + (weave)Atonement
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit
Confiteor
Blade of Faith + (weave)Atonement
Blade of Truth + (weave)Atonement
Blade of Valor + (weave)Atonement
Re-opener

Whatever is used...the fact is this is MUCH more flexible and no longer puts the Paladin at risk of drifting out of raid buffs or missing Fight or Flight by 1 GCD and just being screwed. And it doesn't change the opener THAT much. Plus you won't have to use a 20second timer prepull for Fight or Flight alignment.