Why is everyone anxious about a PLD Rework?

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I mean, no. Clemency is a garbage ability that is *literally unused* outside of the occasional odd scenario in blind prog.

You actually described exactly why Clemency sucks so much - it's a worse version of buttons all of the other tanks get, because unlike those buttons, Clemency costs DPS. It would be like if TBN didn't give Dark Arts, except even then TBN would still be better because you're not losing a GCD on top of the mana (and the amount of shielding is quite a lot more than the amount healed by Clemency, besides.)

Given PLD's lack of both personal defenses and buddy skills (Intervention is a flatly worse buddy skill than any other tank button, except for when you're using it on another tank and you're both kitchen sinking a tankbuster... at which point it's basically just breaking even), making Clemency actually usable in a practical sense is the obvious step to take. It's an iconic PLD ability that never sees use, and unlike Cover, you can actually fix it to be useful without breaking the game. Making it an oGCD that costs gauge fixes the ability completely... assuming you're making Sheltron the same 20/25 sec cooldown personal defense button with no cost that the other tanks have.

I'm assuming we're talking about a setting wherein they fix Sheltron's issues with how they designed tank damage to operate - that is, they make block affect dots and the like. I can't imagine they aren't going to be doing that, or otherwise boosting Sheltron's personal effects such that PLD is no longer taking a substantially larger amount of damage than other tanks.

I'm sorry if you don't think Clemency is useful then I don't just agree with you, It's not meant to be a common use ability in optimal situations, it's meant to be a backup tool for Paladin, besides if you think it's useless in a lot of situations theirs a lot of abilities that could be changed (without removing anything other then shield bash) Instead to make space for the ability.

removing it Making it "cost gauge" makes no sense considering could be just I don't know add that same ability to OGCD heal, instead of removing clemency in it's current form you could easily remove something like Shield bash, or make req turn into confit (so many other ways) to make space without removing clemency but adding in another skill. That's a better compromise as PLD can both have strong OGCD healing (for a tank) and current clemency for a consistent way to heal/save allies even if it's "not optimal"

Clemency isn't meant to be a tanking CD replacement, it's meant to be a niche backup tool and that's fine it's actually a really useful ability in progression and yes it's like complaining about why red mage vercure isn't a amazing ability, it's really not meant to be a optiomal ability, theirs also Other content then raiding content such as Solo content where yes clemency is beyond useful.