Thread: 3.1 PLD changes look good

For PLD utility I look to Ifrit Extreme. I think that trial would be the best example of where PLD's Healer support utility could be demonstrated:


Reverse DPS check (too much DPS done wipes the raid)
Heal Intensive fight (DPS players being DPS players - never avoiding the avoidable damage. Moar DPS on nails == dangerous bursty incoming raid damage)
Healer mechanic making Healers overwhelmed - especially if one of them is new or unfamiliar with the Healer debuff mechanic
No cast bar for the tank buster. Need to know the timing

I try to imagine if PLD had access to Clemency and Divine Veil in that Trial, and how much they would help. I feel that Clemency.. I'd sooner cast Stoneskin since I'd guess the manic'd healers would more likely Lustrate/Cure than refresh a Stoneskin. (and I did Stoneskin a lot as PLD when PUG ifrit, pretty much was OOMP most of the fight, whenever enough MP regen'd it'd go straight to a stoneskin for myself or other tank)

Divine Veil.. Save a DPS from getting killed by a Plum? With the CD's recast.. it's be once every 3 plum sets? That's assuming the heal trigger was activated, and post-buff healers don't medica2 or other AoE heal the raid (which would dispel the barrier), and they were stacked close enough to get the shield in the first place /clap.

That's where I'd look to DV/Clem adjustments though, yes yes PLD doesn't have these abilities for lvl50, but helps as an example for future raids that may have a similar design (reverse dps check, healer mechanics, etc) where a healer support utility kit may be desirable.

but even if raids were designed like Ifrit again their support as is it's still a long way from being significant imo