Shield Bash GCD Removal

[SwordCoheir]

Also I prefer Shield Bash as-is. The benefit of being able to do it so often outweighs the penalty of having it on the GCD in my opinion.

I feel the same way, I like having the ability to use it when it need too. It's also the most potent stun available to any job so if it was ever taken off the GCD they'd probably force a trade-off by adding a long cooldown or cutting down the Stun duration, either way it would require people to change their Stun tactics greatly.

Now if they want to change something to a shield ability, they should take Shield Swipe off the GCD. I don't care if they put it on a long cooldown or change the effects, because it almost never get's used because it's on the GCD and most relevant mobs are immune to Pacification anyways.

[Kitru]

Now if they want to change something to a shield ability, they should take Shield Swipe off the GCD. I don't care if they put it on a long cooldown or change the effects, because it almost never get's used because it's on the GCD and most relevant mobs are immune to Pacification anyways.

I'd rather they turned Shield Swipe into an AoE damage ability since PLDs and WARs are exceptionally well balanced with the exception of AoE functionality: WAR completely blows PLD out of the water with both damage and enmity. A PLD doesn't stand a chance of getting aggro from a WAR that cares remotely about getting AoE aggro and doesn't even get appreciable damage. Turning Shield Swipe into an AoE would beef up their functionality nicely. I'm not even sure it would need anything except for having the damage reduced since Pacification isn't really a particularly potent debuff.