Quote Originally Posted by Rithy255 View Post
A defence CD based on Auto attacks, just isn't "unique" as people like to point it out to be, all it really does is cause PLD's defensive value to be slightly worse with downtime or when you cannot auto attack something.

I don't think having a Auto-attack 2 stack for essentially One defence CD (Cover is a meme, Intervention is just targeted holy sheltron) Is in particular worth it, instead of a Gauge that actually feels meaningful.

I meant it was more so Janky and tacked on as a "gauge" because PLD would practically play the same if you put Sheltron on two stacks and had No gauge, at least most jobs have a reason to have a gauge or more resources tied to that gauge, To me the gauge only really Hinders ways PLD could possibly be reworked or changed for the better.
“Most jobs have a reason to have a gauge”

I mean not really, BLM is about the only job that absolutely needs a gauge, almost every other class it’s a fancy representation of like one skills CD, PLD’s gauge is no better or worse than something like SAM or SMN, is actively better than jobs with redundant gauges like SCH and DRK and is about equal with classes who’s gauges just represent the ability to stack a utility CD like WHM or SGE

PLD’s gauge isn’t great but let’s not pretend like any gauge in this game besides BLM is really much more than visual clutter