Simple Fix to PLD

[Jinko]

Even if it held hate as well as WAR, people would prefer WAR tank due to the massive difference in DPS. Nothing gets fixed.

Agree with this, Enmity is only a small part of the problem, people generally take WAR as Noctis suggests because they provide more DPS, more DPS = faster kills, faster kills = faster speed runs.

I really can't see how SE can fix Paladins, I sure as hell don't' want them increasing DPS to compensate for low DPS and enmity gain.

It's why I believe they should nerf MRD/WAR.

As some have suggested making it so Paladin takes less damage would mean you could substitute a WHM out for another DPS, this is the only other fix I can think of.

[Zumi]

It's why I believe they should nerf MRD/WAR.

SE did nerf war in FFXI and there was so much rage over it. Probably not worth them to nerf wars. They nerfed the damage on Ukko, nerfed several abilities like restraint, blood rage, took away passive crit bonuses which they just gave them for lvling to 99.

[Enfarious]

SE did nerf war in FFXI and there was so much rage over it. Probably not worth them to nerf wars. They nerfed the damage on Ukko, nerfed several abilities like restraint, blood rage, took away passive crit bonuses which they just gave them for lvling to 99.

Yeah but SE nerfed and buffed and nerfed and buffed every job over the years, people remember WAR most because it was most recent major nerf, and noone likes when "balancing" means taking stuff away, but really WARs were spittin out 7k dmg in a single WS, yep I was one^^
SAM got some wicked nerfs too, and lets never forget the things they did to RNG, remember the old penta-thrust spamminess(if all hits land you get back 72+% TP gods if your on SAM and pentaspamming)?

If a job is OP you either bring all the rest up to it's level and the game ends up too easy, or you bring the one job down to the level of the rest and people whine.

Sorry this is away from the central point of fixing pld I just couldn't help myself.

[Jinko]

If a job is OP you either bring all the rest up to it's level and the game ends up too easy, or you bring the one job down to the level of the rest and people whine.

This, you will always incur the wrath when making nerfs to classes, all MMO developers go through this, but after a few weeks/month its all forgotten and its business as usual.