Thread: 3.1 PLD Changes

Pretty awesome changes.

- TP control do not burn your dps anymore
- Same tp "control" as ot or mt
- more damage from ogcd shield swipe
- more enmity from ogcd shield swipe
- more enmity = need less aggro combo = more dps combo = more dps

The 3.1 PLD changes don't seem to fix the current PLD issues. I only have experience up to A3S but TP shortage only occur in A2S, 10 TP every 3 combo rotations don't seem much.

I have been main GLA / PLD since 1.0 and it is sad to see PLD being so helpless in 3.0 - 3.1. I'm from Gungnir and I could not get in a single party for Alexander Savage until approximately a month ago, every party was looking for either DRK or WAR. When everyone is pushing for progression with average party IL 185 to 195, I have to wait until average party IL 195+ in order to even get an invite. It is so frustrating.

After 4.5 months of game play and collecting data, SE still don't want to change the bad position that PLD is currently in. When even healers are expecting to dps instead of full time healing, why on earth would you think survivability of tanks is a problem? When survivability is not a problem, then why bring a tank with lesser dps? I'm not going to say all players, but quite alot of players do enjoy racing each other for progression and my PLD was not involved in this race.

So, I went to this forum to see is it just Gungnir or other server are having similar situation. There were some posts asking for PLD buff / balancing and the common replies were:

PLD Main: Support
WAR Main: NO
WAR Main: You don't deserve it
WAR Main: You get survivability, stop crying
WAR Main: Suck it
DRK Main: (similar as WAR while asking their own buffs)

All you WAR Main need to stop referring to 2.0. Yes, you suffered in 2.0 but it only lasted 4 months and then got buffed to hell in 2.1. If you claimed that you cannot MT since 2.1, it was not the job, it was you needed to learn to play your job. Not to mention when WAR asked for buff / balance back in 2.0, I did not see PLD had the above rude comments. FFXIV is a heavy PVE game, players suppose to work with each other; however, tanks have been turning against each other since 3.0.

Who knows when will 3.2, maybe another 3 to 4 months? Throwing a little bone like this and expecting to get pay for another 3 to 4 months is not acceptable from customer point of view. I'm not asking for god mode like Hallowed Ground which last for a minute, I'm only asking for a fair play and SE failed to deliver.