PLD feels underwhelming lately

[Sakasa]

Wow the random lean shifts in this thread changes every three posts. But the design fact is pld can survive with a lower stat threshold then a war and its not because they are better per say just adjustments behind the scenes. Warrior suffers from the same design issue that drg does compared to mnk, or blm to smn. Which is there is a point where you will break encounters because of how the mechanics work on the job. Those mechanics are adjusted and tested with each stat increase. Old IB for instance could have easily jumped the cliff which is why they had to cut it so close to the neck making it in comparison to pld whose cooldowns are all percentage to damage taken instead of damage done. If IB was gauged to hp total it would have broken the threat of burst damage so the new inner beast was a better alternative and easier on the dev side as well. But it would not be hard to decap a pld, having a static damage taken like a poison tick and paired with pox like effect and pld will drop like a comet, while warrior will be head above water. Pld static stats like defense support it more then War just by the method of the ehp increase. So if you have a fight where the stats are attacked or ignored in general the healing increase with War shines brighter then reduced incoming damage when the threat isn't incoming damage that goes through the reduct/defense/resists checks. So calling pld the king is just making it the king in a small pond but the same can be said about war because if devs wanted to they could punish both designs at once but that would by design hit the healers the hardest.

[Eggnook24]

I really enjoy PLD. Started off as MRD, but even at 20+ it just felt squishy. Granted, I've been told the WAR job stone changes things dramatically, but playing on a PS3, there's only so much I can put on my cross hotbar. The 1 2 3 RoH combo works for me, not boring because it can be a challenge doing dungeon speed runs due to having flash and CoS as your only aggro taking skills, by rotating the combos between mobs. Shield mitigation is nice too. But both classes done right is comparable in the upper levels I've seen.

[Dano]

just recently solo tanked T9 on PLD, its doable with proper cooldown management, though i admit i did die midfight to claw but managed to salvage it with good healers and proper use of HG.