The Problem(s) with Paladin

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nice ideas; many of which we've all been saying the whole time and although they say they do, SE doesn't seem to listen to any of it. my thoughts:

aoe damage (buff damage ~100% and reduce c/d to 30sec on war drum)
revamp of blocking entirely (although they're going in the right direction. now onto dmg mitigation)
ability to parry (why the fc uk not? they have sword!? i can parry damn well in dark souls)
outmaneuver stance (raises block rate grants mp on block)
aegis boon stance (lowers block rate grants hp on block). BOOM!

or you can give them some useful ability-combo-heals and maybe a support stance so they can add to survivability of close ranged battles and debuff the enemy. i know a lot of people hate the paladin healer idea but it gives them and our current battle mechanics all new uses and possibilities.

The problem with most of your suggestions is that PLD currently has zero problems with surviving.

We've shown in real tests that WAR takes 3-5x the damage PLD takes over time, it just does has higher DPS so people assume a faster fight = a more successful/safer fight - Which is not always true.

The longer this goes on, and the more experience I get with both jobs, the more I think that this whole WAR > PLD thing is just really just a cultural and play-style issue rather than an actual balance one.

It seems that most people want to play the DD tank, Most people want to be in a PT where the tank is a DD, even if it had 1/4th the survival ability of a real tank. Players tend to get very myopic on DPS, and if WAR outclasses PLD in this area, they will even go so far as to sacrifice a real DD slot to 2nd WHM in order to make the PT work.

The question is whether WAR +2nd WHM is worth the DPS that a BRD will add in that same slot with a PLD build.