Why don't Paladins have any unique "Cures"

[Alukah]

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THM trait - Magick and Mend II - Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30% and allows for the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.

ACN trait - Maim and Mend II - Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.

And BLM/SMN have higher magic damage than PLD (obviously) so their heal will naturally be higher.

So you have an actual healer healing for over 1k, caster DPS healing for ~400 hp and PLD healing for 200-250 HP.

[Karke]

More useful white magic of any sort would be welcome. I started out as a paladin but was a little disappointed that the job ends up feeling more like a royal guard than a paladin.

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We do NOT have "Paladins" under the MMO definition in this game. We have Knights, or royal guards who protect guard the Sultana.
In most MMO's a "Paladin" in lore is a person who belongs to a church/religion, and who's very existence is to purge the darkness in the world.
XI - Paladin belongs to the church in San'd O.., and is given strength to fight un-dead.
WoW - Paladin belongs to the church again, and is fighting against the un-dead.
Both are blessed, have magic, use "holy" arts, healing ability, heavy armor/shields, playing a PLD in both games gave a very unique identity.

XIV - we have a knight who might as well have been a squire under a PLD, learned a skill or 2 and became a sell sword.

Read this post after I had already posted. You hit the nail on the head I really don't like the lore behind the job either. I play WHM now but would have liked a more holy paladin.

[Edeline]

THM trait - Magick and Mend II - Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30% and allows for the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.

ACN trait - Maim and Mend II - Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.

And BLM/SMN have higher magic damage than PLD (obviously) so their heal will naturally be higher.

So you have an actual healer healing for over 1k, caster DPS healing for ~400 hp and PLD healing for 200-250 HP.

And you realize that a difference in 200 healing point is useless when both are really low, right? and mages are squishy unlike paladins. And still, it's useless trying to heal even with those 30% traits.