All this talk about Paladin needing buffs. Let's Royal Authority Brainstorm.

[ZanzhizExaverion]

What COULD the dev team put on Royal Authority specifically to help Paladin's out?

A short Damage increase?

A Slashing debuff?

A NEW debuff?

Flat out more potency?

Lets keep it reasonable people.

[Phoenicia]

Keep Royal Authority as is.

Buff Savage Blade enmity multiplier to 3.5 to match the other tanks.

Buff Rage of Halone enmity multiplier to 5.5 to match the other tanks.

Now PLD can build enough hate to:

1- Alternate Goring Blade > RoH > RA.
2- When enough enmity is built up: Goring Blade > RA > RA.

PLD's DPS "issues" fixed. No further buffs are required for PLD without giving Hallowed Ground to the other tanks.

[F_Maximillian]

How about adding effects to royal authority. Make it so if rage of halone strength debuff has been applied (by you) increase emnity on royal authority, and if the goring blade DoT has been applied (by you) increases potency by something like 50-100 or adds a DoT effect of its own? Both would be applicable if you had both debuffs up.

[Brannigan]

Rather than changing Royal Authority, I think
-Savage mod to 3.5
-Halone mod to 5.5
-Sheltron: 30s cd, 10s duration. Blocks the next physical attack. Restores MP and activates Shield Swipe upon blocking or taking magic damage. (does not mitigate magic damage)
-Shield Swipe: 240 potency (slightly better than RA combo), Can only be used immediately after blocking an attack or after using Sheltron. Increases enmity generated for 20s. Add effect: Lolpacify

There, now paladin TP is slightly better while tanking, enmity generation gets boosted like with WAR's maim and DRK's dark side, and Shield Swipe isn't a DPS loss.

[Faeon]

RA is used as a OT combo, I think the potency can be buffed slightly. Increase ROH enmity modifier, there is clear indication that the PLD is trailing behind when the DPS are pushing hard. Your Clemency spell can have maybe two types of abilities, when in shield oath gives a heal what it currently does, but when in sword oath it gives you TP, when cast on another player can do the same thing really 50% comes back to you etc.

[IskarJarak]

Make Clemency an instant cast with a CD timer

[Phoenicia]

Make Clemency an instant cast with a CD timer

No! ... /10char

[ZDamned]

Paladin is fine. People choosing to not wear slaying accessories are the problem. If you want to do more DPS, and use Halone less, then get rid of your fending garbage. I have never once had any issues holding hate with Paladin, and it's no longer my primary geared class since I switched to Dark Knight, yet I STILL hold hate just fine in A2s when I use Paladin against my perfectly geared raid DPS. THe problem is the players, not the class.

[Faeon]

Paladin is fine. People choosing to not wear slaying accessories are the problem. If you want to do more DPS, and use Halone less, then get rid of your fending garbage. I have never once had any issues holding hate with Paladin, and it's no longer my primary geared class since I switched to Dark Knight, yet I STILL hold hate just fine in A2s when I use Paladin against my perfectly geared raid DPS. THe problem is the players, not the class.

You can say that about every class/job in the game.

[blackhawk]

Sorry, while I agree with the point that paladin is mostly fine. I don't agree with the gear assessment. The pld class is meant to be main tank. It is supposed to be for mitigation and progression in raids. That is why pld should stick with high Vit. In the dungeons swapping to dps accessories is a good idea it will move things along a little quicker but not much. Pld was never and is still not meant to be for DPS. Not that your opinion is bad but it just really irks me when people have to use gear not intended to be used just so you can do more dps. A good way to fix this is to adjust enmity generated by DPS classes based on the numbers. It doesn't have to be a big adjustment just a slight adjustment. The other things I would like to see for PLD is bringing back the block mechanic based on strength for damage reduction. The other one is to fix parry so that it actually means something and isn't so random. Take shield swipe off of the global cool down