Pally Is Almost Perfect

[AlexiIvaniskavich]

Burn me for thinking this, but I am not totally against flooring at 4 minutes, this is roughly half of most fights they seem to be kicking out, plus there are enough mechanics/jumps that seem to force natural down time. YES I get that there is a tank that doesn’t have to worry about this issue at all, and the other tank has more …. Edgy things to do when TP floored, but meh. I would honestly like to see it stretched maybe a bit further, but I personally like some flaws to be present. (and now like several others, spamming Clemency as TP management is not the answer)

Cover was completely ignored.

Tempered Will was completely ignored. The main problem with these two being that Pld is the ONLY tank job that has moves that they don't, and often can't, use. That's just plain stupid.

Am I the only one who used “Tempered Will” during ThorEx out of spite?????? Every time I run my PLD out, I seem to press this skill with more venom and spewing disgust than any other skill in the game. Including the fishing ones…

I’d love to see Cover’s range improved, or to add magic damage (not both – cuz imperfections are fun). Course, when I heal, I get covered all the time, and yelled at by melee DD’s because I am standing in their way.

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I am going to jump on the bandwagon of keeping SwO on gcd and making ShO off gcd. This puts it as the opposite as DRK(balance). From here, I am not sure what more changes I think PLD needs without knowing SE’s plans for 4.0 and <potential> new skills. *******blinders should be put on here********

When comparing only the dps combos of PLD to DRK, the potency for PLD is higher by 140 (assuming 2 SE combos and 1 DE combo). Believe it or not, it’s a bigger difference in favor of PLD over WAR on this. (end blinders) Of course, we all know it’s the other buttons that DRK/WAR get to mash that do damage where PLD gets left high and dry, just under a 1500 potency difference in favor of DRK (making the total potency difference 1300 ish). This potency split is, frankly, to great a chasm to cross without a complete re-work of the class. I think it would be a little broken if the entire RA combo was juiced to a total of 1k potency AND the Goring combo was bumped by 600. There isn’t really an adjustment that could be made to SwO (beyond getting silly – and looking only at PLD dps ) that could bridge this gap either.

Now if SE decides to add new skills that are damage based for PLD in 4.0, major overhaul to today’s skills or stances c/would make the class ridiculously OP. Go ahead and hold your breath for that one though…..

I would still love to see SE push the class to a more “utility” tank. PLD already has the foundation, it just needs a little bit more, and there is one button I have in mind that could do it. My friend, Tempered Will. Change its name, and add 1 thing: “Increase target’s damage taken by x% for 10s”
Keep it on it’s silly 3 minute cooldown and give the party, I dunno, 15% bonus attack? (somebody maths for me, I’m all out on a Monday)

The class has the makings of being the humble servant of shield, it takes damage for others, it can heal others (now new and improved), give it the ability to INSPIRE others on the battle field. (This completes my childhood vision of what a Paladin is).