Can I please have my abilities back?

[Alvarion]

Seriously, I really just wish Paladin had the utility it once had. I miss Holy Succor and Divine Veil. It could breath life into a very basic sword and board job.

[EmSix]

This. Seriously. All PLD is now really is 123 and defensive cooldowns.

[Alhanelem]

And how did Holy Succur and Divine Veil make PLD something other than "a basic sword and board job"? I wouldn't regard those abilities as any more sophisticated than the current basic pair of combos and other various abilities.

[Shioban]

And how did Holy Succur and Divine Veil make PLD something other than "a basic sword and board job"? I wouldn't regard those abilities as any more sophisticated than the current basic pair of combos and other various abilities.

Divine Veil

Blocks all physical attacks and grants a healing over time effect to all party members within range when Cure and Cura spells are cast on you by other players.

Holy Succor

Restores HP of target. When cast on another player, you also heal 50% of the amount restored.

I want you to point out, why these wouldn't be benefitial and provide a slight bit more complexity to PLD.

Currently all PLD has is defensive cooldowns "Block Rate Incease" "Defence Increase" and "Cover".

Aegis Boon

Recover behind the safety of your shield, increasing defense against frontal attacks and converting blocked damage into HP.

At the very least can be considered to be like 'Bloodbath' from Marauder, but it's still not the same.

[Alhanelem]

I see the beneficial-ness. I don't see the "complexity."

[NoctisCaelus]

I'm making a Warrior because it feels more fun, good thing they share myth accessories and allagan.

[EmSix]

I see the beneficial-ness. I don't see the "complexity."

A choice over healing yourself/your party members of Flash for enmity isn't a choice worth having, apparently.

[NoctisCaelus]

A choice over healing yourself/your party members of Flash for enmity isn't a choice worth having, apparently.

Once you have enough aggro, the choice is pretty clear. I stone skin/cure team mates while tanking. It makes me feel pro. xD

[DoctorMog]

I made a video on exactly this in 1.20 recording what we lost that patch for abilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ynVbZMcj38

Look at all the utility we lost...

[Ladon]

I really, really miss Aegis Boon as well as the other utility shield blocking had in 1.23. It made everything a lot more reactionary and rewarded good play much more.

In general I do like the ARR battle system more and especially like the enmity system redesign but totally agreed that pushing a button for flat mitigation is just really boring compared to 1.23 Paladins.