Kinda laughed

[Brannigan]

It was fun is why. Also the dps loss is like .1 potency/gcd. It's just stupid that we get this brand new thing and instantly we're clipping it - it feels like it was poorly thought out in the design stage.

[Freyyy]

It was fun is why. Also the dps loss is like .1 potency/gcd. It's just stupid that we get this brand new thing and instantly we're clipping it - it feels like it was poorly thought out in the design stage.

They should shorten Goring Blade and increase the potency of the initial damage to compensate the potential loss of the last tick (depending on server clock). Or do the opposite, increase the duration in order for it to be refreshed one combo later (GB -> Royal/RoH -> Royal/RoH -> Royal/RoH -> GB). MNKs had a similar problem pre-3.0 with the Demolish timer when refreshing Touch of Death. Had to either clip it at 4-5sec once every Touch of Death refresh or let it fall off for 2 GCDs before being able to reapply it. Clipping it was the best option DPS-wise. It has been fixed in 3.0 when they increased the duration of Demolish. Now you clip it at 1-2sec and reapply it instantly when it falls off when you have to refresh ToD, but your rotation is unchanged, it's always Demolish every 3rd Coeurl move.

[Alex_Lenderson]

Why couldn't they lower the casting time of Clemency? It is one of the few abilities that is unique to PLD as a tank.

[Alahra]

It's just stupid that we get this brand new thing and instantly we're clipping it - it feels like it was poorly thought out in the design stage.

Pretty much everyone clips their DoTs to some degree or another, though. NIN doesn't always because of how Mudra combos delay their GCDs, but they still do pretty often. Clipping your DoTs at 1-3 seconds is always safer than not doing so in terms of total DPS because of the way the server tics work. Clipping at 4+ seconds will generally result in lost DPS (which is why Skill/Spell Speed can have negative effects on DoT-heavy classes), but PLD doesn't have that problem with Goring Blade.

[Brannigan]

That's fair I guess. It's been a while since I've played the non-tanks (though I do notice just re-Chaos Thrusting on my level whatever Drg).