Questioning the design of TP

[juniglee]

MRD and GLA have no ways to restore TP. Do they have TP problems? Can they only generate threat in bursts and then are stuck using no TP skills for a while? Are they much awesomer with a BRD feeding them TP?

Everytime I run AK, as a Paladin, I always run out of TP when fighting the first boss. This seems to be more of a Paladin issue, but in general our enmity combo costs too much TP overall (70 + 60 + 60 = 190 TP). This is off set by TP regen however, but the regen rate isn't that great, and I will eventually run out of CP spamming the enmity combo over and over again.

To mitigate this, we're given Shield Swipe, a 40 TP situational attack with 210 potency, which we should be using in long fights where we have already built up aggro. But back to the case of the AK first boss, since he uses primarily magic attacks, there is a near zero chance that I am able to proc the block to be able to use Shield Swipe. So eventually I am stuck to using the enmity combo.

Finally, the TP cost of Shield Bash. It's a great stun skill that's on the GCD, and can be used every time it's up (every 2.5s). However, it's major drawback is that it costs 150 TP to use. Compared to the enmity combo, it's 3 moves which costs 190 TP, but is offset by TP regen during battle, but spending 150 TP in one shot is kinda impossible to regen, especially when you have to use it once every 10 seconds or so to stun Void Thunder III (the only thing I bother stunning).

Outside of those skills, the only off-GCD skills we have that we can use are Circle of Scorn and Spirits Within. Technically we can use Flash too, as it consumes MP instead of TP, but it's part of the GCD, and it's not really advisable to spam it. I usually end up spamming it when I run out of TP while I wait for about 200 TP or so to recover so I have enough for an emergency Shield Bash as needed. I imagine it would be worse for Warriors, since Overpower costs TP and not MP.

And of course, the worst case scenario when you accidentally press Sprint while in battle. Have fun waiting for TP regen.

At times I do wish Paladin was able to add Invigorate to their skill list, but it's just wishful thinking. A 400 TP recovery boost would be nice for any DoW class. I personally would feel so much more comfortable when I have a Bard in my AK party for the TP regen song.