Quote Originally Posted by Phoenicia View Post
I have a suggestion for you, yeah?

Since WAR feels so much better than PLD at the moment, Why not just play WAR? If one day SE decides to buff PLD, which I do not see happening any time in the foreseeable future, you can pick it up again.
Already ahead of you (check my load stone?). I leveled all the tanks to 60 and have gotten them all their ravana weapons and will be taking War into Savage. That said, I -really wanted- to be a Paladin. I like the idea of the class, i like the theory behind it--but not the reality.


The reality is really just kinda sad.
Enmity Gen? Worst of the three
Aoe Damage? Laughable
Single Target? Worst of the three
Utility? Quite high but realistically, if your tanking, you don't have much breathing room. Clemency nicely underlines this as being an OT action. I didnt pick Paladin to OT (especially given their damage).
Ability to 'Tank' in Offensive Stance: The worst of the bunch as the extra damage of sword oath is never mulitplied against extra enmity attack modifiers, which the 'stance' buffs of Wars and Darks both enjoy.
Cooldowns? The break out items are made largely irrelevant by the content. When attacks you want to not kill you cannot be blocked, the shield/shelltron/bulwark are doing next to nothing for you (maybe helping on some autos if the boss happens to do that like in A1, but this is not the scary damage your healers fear).