Thread: How would they fix PLD 4.0?

Originally Posted by Sarcatica

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I think that DRG/NIN have more powerful abilities(Battle Litany, Disembowel for DRG; Trick Attack and Enmity Utilities for NIN) that contribute to the raid. For BRD/MCH they've only gotten buffed up in numbers, so that's why they're up there before MNK and SMN mainly outside of BRD's Song Utility and MCH's Hypercharge that stacks with TA. MNK is offset due to it not bringing any utility to the raid except for Mantra(which by itself is a Heal CD that healers can utilize, but won't really need if they're healing the right amounts and managing it properly).

As for BLM...we all know that Savage screwed them over heavily in terms of Enochian. A11S is a ***** to pull off as BLM and keep Enochian due to the mechanics forcing movement all the time. SMN has it more lax, but they only bring Supervirus(SCH has this) and Raise Utility(which shouldn't happen if you're clearing without issue).

With SCH monopolizing the healing industry and AST being heavily fluffed to the point they'd heal exactly like a WHM, it makes WHM way less desirable in favor of card buffs. WHM has more survivability, but having the minimum healing needed is usually what hardcores really want on top of maximum DPS across the entire raid. WHM is also the only healer with MP Issues, given the fact that they're punished for DPSing in Cleric and if they don't have SoS or Assize available, they may not be able to regenerate enough MP without help from the BRD/MCH.