Quote Originally Posted by Brian_ View Post
PLD needs a little help. Their enmity generation is the worst of the three tanks and could use a buff. Buffing SB and RoH to 3.5 and 5.5 modifiers is a step forward. They have a few dead skills that really need work -- Shield Swipe and Clemency. I think Shield Swipe would be fine with a potency increase so that it's a substantial DPS gain to use and a higher enmity modifier to help address PLD enmity generation.
I can agree with this. Shield Swipe being a DPS gain instead of a loss would help. Savage Blade and Halone having higher enmity mods would probably create some sort of problem in the pre-50 game, though I guess you could tie the higher mods to Shield Oath.
I also like the idea of Shield Swipe enabling RoH, RA, and GB's combo component and I think it makes the class more fun to play.
You mean using Shield Swipe as a shortcut of sorts? While that sounds great, I'm thinking it would be one or the other. Either Shield Swipe gets the damage boost or it becomes the shortcut ability to Halone/Royal Authority/Goring Blade.
Clemency I would rather see changed to costing the PLD's full mana pool (meaning they can't use it at sub 100%), being instant cast, and triggering divine veil.
Aside from the fact Clemency is there for off-tanking, off-healing utility, spending a whole MP bar on Clemency doesn't gel with me.