Removal of the cross class system announced.

[Lambdafish]

You have Flash, is that not good enough? That thing does a NUMBER on aggro. Besides, Overpower and Unleash would not be okay on a Paladin.

That'd mean that PLDs could DPS! And we all know that WAR is the only DPS Job classified as a tank.

It isn't even the comparison to WAR that people have an issue with when it comes to DPS, its the comparison to DRK. A recent example is that I'm currently trying to clear Zurvan EX as a PLD, and the add phase is mind numbing. There are lots of adds and the objective is to AOE them down while avoiding mechanics, which is terrible for a PLD. I already have hate, and my objective is to stand around occassionally popping CoS when it is up, and flash when I feel i might need more hate (or if im truly that bored), and the only alternative is to resort to single targeting one of the large group of mobs. Compare that to DRK who gets abyssal drain, and salted earth (not including unleash which is a straight up better flash) and procs for blood price so they can keep AOEing without fear of running out of MP. So I would say no, flash is not good enough.

WAR is it's own beast, and there are plenty of other debates and grievances when it comes to the WAR meta, but DRK and PLD are in direct competition, and are supposed to fill the same spot.

Since stoneskin is a healer skill, Paladin might lose it. I hope overpower and unleash are added to the pool as skill options. I also hope that paladins native provoke is replaced with either a self heal or a viable aoe.

I really hope PLD gets something good out of this deal because it essentially carries the majority of the tank cross class pool. While WAR might lose one or two skills (and DRK loses none), PLD has the potential to lose 3 or 4 skills (as part of the base PLD toolkit), on top of the healing skills which diversify its gameplay.