How do these changes fix the issues with Paladin?

[SirPhoebos]

I *like* my on gcd stun. I can spam the crap out of a SIX SECOND STUN if I need to. ogcd stuns are shorter and tend to be used on cd for the damage component.

I would like chain stunning more if bosses were susceptible to it. The only fights where this comes in handy is Ifrit HM and I think AS3 (or so I heard.)

For me at least, I would be less bothered by PLD's lower DPS if the trade-off was you could give the Stone Cold Salute to any boss mechanic.

[Ultimatecalibur]

I would like chain stunning more if bosses were susceptible to it. The only fights where this comes in handy is Ifrit HM and I think AS3 (or so I heard.)

Don't forget the adds in Levi EX

For me at least, I would be less bothered by PLD's lower DPS if the trade-off was you could give the Stone Cold Salute to any boss mechanic.

Hopefully the change to shield swipe means that they plan to include more stunable/pacifiable actions in the future.

[LeeraSorlan]

Thought DRG clipped midway in their normal rotation always? Or I'm remembering wrong in my half awake state.

Drg clips terribly on disembowel and chaos thrust, with enough SS to get a gersko in at 23s and not drop botd, you are looking at clipping chaos thrust at around 6 or 7 seconds left using the optimal rotation.

Also pld tp problem is NOT just offtanking. Even if you spammed shield swipe for extra TP at a lower dps gain for the bulwark duration , you would still run out of tp far faster than any other class would