Thread: PLD 4.0

Originally Posted by fm_fenrir

I run out of TP in about 2:15, thanks to my 2.4s GCD. Unlike DRK, if I go dry I don't have the luxury of wasting some GCDs spamming Unmend at stuff to keep threat up, because PLD has only has COS and Shield Swipe as "free" skills. I also can't drop Grit and use Blood Weapon to buy back some TP.

PLD's TP consumption is on target with WAR and DRK, but has no way to recover it under sustained load.

Takes me 3 minutes to run completely dry at 2.4, having use Lob only once and applying gore blade just before it falls off. Indefinitely if I start popping stoneskin for defense or clemency if someone is hurt bad. Hell I have more time when bosses become untouchable. The problem here is that people don't realize it is not week 1 of Savage anymore. Back when it as released it wasn't even 6 weeks and 200/210s came out that same week, it was impossible for anyone to be decked out in full 190s at the time, which naturally means since savage drops 210s, you were a too weak to do things normally. So you had to make up for it by putting up a healer to DPS full time, usually a whm , maximize power for tanks and/or cut PLD from the equation and neglect anything and everything that got between you and your numbers, even when there is a clear danger those numbers dropping anyway. PLDs run out of TP just sit, like they never learned clemency or better yet stoneskin. Even DRKs just sit there out of TP never ever using unmend. Screw defense , DPS was entirely the issue. And look at what happened. Months later everyone can be decked out in 200s and 210s and they still love to pretend its week 1: where everyone is so weak they must rely on healers to fight and tanks to forsake defense for the sake of pushing numbers, when you don't have to anymore. Heck SE gave the people who want Shield Swipe to be an OGCD just like Reposte, and look at whats happening. And we have the same people wanting the oaths to be oGCD, when we all know SE will put a long recast on them, and the best part is these probably the same players who always spout everything is fine with timing. But again, lets ignore that for the parses.

I have one person here who will risk the likely of being interrupted for healing for mitigation, you do not try to mitigate damage by doing it AFTER its been done, not to mention that's the healers job to mitigate after damage is dealt. The tank is should mitigate damage before the hit so that its less work for healers making it easier to do their job and/or DPS.

If you run out of TP then just use stoneskin, or anything! Just be doing something, instead of waiting for a NIN/BRD/MCH/AST to do it for you.

Also, to be on topic:
Would be rad for PLD to have their TP costs and set up like the Speedy archetypes(MNK/NIN) and make them fast strikers their GLD story makes them out to be. They even have the fastest auto attack already.
And please don't change the oaths to oGCD, I'd very like to switch freely instead of being stuck in one for 15 seconds or a possibly worse penalty than already is for them.