So does every hate new PLD now?

[Zarkovitch]

I'm okay with it, however there some clunk to it like attoment can drop combo and requiescat not being range due being the next magic combo is magic so technically this ogcd should play as magic range. Cover and Shield Bash is still a thing they should remove it.

[Rithy255]

I'm okay with it, however there some clunk to it like attoment can drop combo and requiescat not being range due being the next magic combo is magic so technically this ogcd should play as magic range. Cover and Shield Bash is still a thing they should remove it.

Why not instead of removing Cover/shield bash we look into how we could possibly make them more useful.

Cover is pretty simple you could 1. Remove it from gauge 2. extend the range 3. Add a healing or small defensive utility towards it.
Shield Bash, Make it a stun that doess 200 damage it stuns in aoe, OGCD has two stacks make gap closers (on all tanks) not do DPS.

[Marxam]

Why not instead of removing Cover/shield bash we look into how we could possibly make them more useful.

Cover is pretty simple you could 1. Remove it from gauge 2. extend the range 3. Add a healing or small defensive utility towards it.
Shield Bash, Make it a stun that doess 200 damage it stuns in aoe, OGCD has two stacks make gap closers (on all tanks) not do DPS.

I always thought that Cover should have been a role skill for all tanks and instead they introduce something more interesting in that slot. If PLD have a 50 gauge spender where they can drop a small target aoe for one person to stand in and they take significantly reduced dmg while in it i.e. first person to step in that aoe gets a buff but if they leave they lose it. That would be much more interesting and provide more utility than Cover and provide for interesting and potentially broken mechanic cheese. It would make for tower and stack mechanic shenanigans where you can place the aoe where the tower is and suddenly that one tower is taking less dmg. I'm also sure BLM's will love you for it when they got leylines up.

[Ayan_Calvesse]

I always thought that Cover should have been a role skill for all tanks and instead they introduce something more interesting in that slot. If PLD have a 50 gauge spender where they can drop a small target aoe for one person to stand in and they take significantly reduced dmg while in it i.e. first person to step in that aoe gets a buff but if they leave they lose it. That would be much more interesting and provide more utility than Cover and provide for interesting and potentially broken mechanic cheese. It would make for tower and stack mechanic shenanigans where you can place the aoe where the tower is and suddenly that one tower is taking less dmg. I'm also sure BLM's will love you for it when they got leylines up.

Well cover is a iconic FF 4 ability (Cecil gains it when he becomes a Paladin)
I feel Cover should be like dance partner.

[Rithy255]

Well cover is a iconic FF 4 ability (Cecil gains it when he becomes a Paladin)
I feel Cover should be like dance partner.

If it's a dps buff? no thanks I really don't like depending on others for damage output really, cover should stay as a interesting utility to me.