PLD cross class abilities suck

[MagiusNecros]

Eh I just hate that pretty much you really only have 1-2 useful skills out of the 2 trees of 5 you have to select. And for tanks all the tanks are pretty much forced with GLD just for Provoke and Convalescence.

[Violette]

And for tanks all the tanks are pretty much forced with GLD just for Provoke and Convalescence.

DRK gets:
Provoke - Mandatory
Conva - Healing boost helps recover from CheatDeath, so mandatory. Also very good.
Awareness - Nullifies criticals, which is amazing vs auto-heavy bosses (high crit rate or not).
Foresight - 7% defense is 7% defense. 7% of 20k is 1400, which could be an auto-attack kill or not.
Bloodbath - DID SOMEONE SAY ALL THE HEALING? Because bloodbath is still GOOD against single target and multi target (thank you salty earth).
Mercy Stroke - DPS INCREASE! Don't knock it till you try it, that extra dps is always helpful and it's potency is pretty good.
Fracture - ONLY GOOD if you have an extra GCD between combos and Scourge reapplications and you're using blood weapon.


But that's 5(6?) options for 4 slots!
#choices

[Destous]

DRK gets:
Provoke - Mandatory
Conva - Healing boost helps recover from CheatDeath, so mandatory. Also very good.
Awareness - Nullifies criticals, which is amazing vs auto-heavy bosses (high crit rate or not).
Foresight - 7% defense is 7% defense. 7% of 20k is 1400, which could be an auto-attack kill or not.
Bloodbath - DID SOMEONE SAY ALL THE HEALING? Because bloodbath is still GOOD against single target and multi target (thank you salty earth).
Mercy Stroke - DPS INCREASE! Don't knock it till you try it, that extra dps is always helpful and it's potency is pretty good.
Fracture - ONLY GOOD if you have an extra GCD between combos and Scourge reapplications and you're using blood weapon.


But that's 5(6?) options for 4 slots!
#choices

Fracture has always been a DPS loss on PLD, and now DRK. It's not the improved Fracture that WARs get; it's the base 18sec Fracture.

[Violette]

Fracture has always been a DPS loss on PLD, and now DRK. It's not the improved Fracture that WARs get; it's the base 18sec Fracture.

Well given in OT DRK basically sustains DPS until someone else needs mana song, the use of fracture as a SOLE GCD filler isn't much of a dps loss, given that scourge is not a combo finisher.

It's the most niche pick and requires 2 very unlikely situations, but then it can be a dps filler (and it's funny watching the animation with a greatsword). Of course, if you don't take it it's not a loss big of dps on scourge, so it's not even needed. Just putting it out there for people who feel like trying it.

[Sarcatica]

DRK gets:
Foresight - 7% defense is 7% defense. 7% of 20k is 1400, which could be an auto-attack kill or not.

As far as I know it barely does anything. That +7% +20% defense is not a plain -7% damage, you account for the defense rating with that 7% 20% (brainfart). Yeah, ain't that much. Still pretty much taken as the last few slots since the rest suck a lot more.

[Vulcwen]

As far as I know it barely does anything. That 7% defense is not a plain -7% damage, you account for the defense rating with that 7%. Yeah, ain't that much. Still pretty much taken as the last few slots since the rest suck a lot more.

No.. you increase Defence rating with 20%, which means roughly 7% less incoming damage. That argument was already taken care of :P

[Sarcatica]

No.. you increase Defence rating with 20%, which means roughly 7% less incoming damage. That argument was already taken care of :P

I forgot where I see the data where someone let him getting hit by a mob for like 1k autos. Can't seem to find it anymore. If I remember it correctly, it was lower than 7%, that is if I did recall it correctly.

[Violette]

I forgot where I see the data where someone let him getting hit by a mob for like 1k autos. Can't seem to find it anymore. If I remember it correctly, it was lower than 7%, that is if I did recall it correctly.

I'll retest when I'm online, I think 7% was end of tier 2.55, so I'm still probably incorrect.

Sorry for the earlier confusion.