Some PLD changes I'd like to see

[Poison_Rose]

LOL, I know that =) I play smn from time to time. I'm just saying it feels weird. I understand there are times where we are out of mele range but 99.9% of the rest of the time? Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for its removal, I just thought it odd that we got it instead of a gap closer.

Hah! Fair enough.

I think they're going with a 2/3 overlap on some abilities - like how PLD / DRK got a "shield other" ability (or two in PLD's case) and WAR / DRK have the gap closer.

Something something, Tank Identity.

4) Intervention

Another fairly lackluster skill. Right now tank busters aren't dealing enough damage to need more mitigation and PLD really lacks both a gap closer and gauge dump skill.
I, personally, would like to see this changed entirely to:

I don't know if I agree with Intervention being lackluster. I personally think it's great fun to pop rampart / sentinel and then intervention the MT right before a tank buster and watch them take a ton less damage. My only gripe is that it's difficult / irritating to get the correct timing for intervention on abilities that don't have a castbar with them. (I'm looking at you, Lakshmi)

[Fefi_D]

Uhhh If you took cover off your hotbar cuz you're not able to utilize it then you still got more learning to do.

It's not that I can't utilize it, it's that it's far too situational, at this point, to make me WANT to use it.
e.g. No real use in Lakshmi (single tank fight) -- Didn't take the damage from Susano tank buster (though this could be an issue with how slow the skill fires).
I'll give it another try but even with the "rampart" effect, it's still only useful if PLD is running as OT

Also, you really should be using cover. It's really useful for when someone misplays and is close enough to you.

If I HAVE to use cover, there is already a problem.

Paladin should have something vaguely resembling a gap closer. Cover doing it would be great!

Tempered Will has, over time, kind of become a meme and it's a bit annoying. Shouldn't be ignored by mechanics nearly as much as it is.

I actually thought Intervention was really great...

I agree, a form of gap closer is needed, I see much talk of how PLD has "everything and excels at everything" however, when you introduce mechanics that force you to move away from the boss (o4 void thunder III as an example), PLD has at least 1 GCD lost to getting back into range. WAR's closer, while needing gauge, is still a great way to minimise dps loss in such situations.

The only thing about PLD that bugs me right now is that Shield/Sword Oath are still on the GCD for some reason.

SE probably feels it would be too strong, even though the 600 cost messes up Holy Spirit phase.

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Because I feel the current position of PLD is too strong in some aspects, and lacks in others. I understand that PLD is supposed to be the role of "group protector" but when you look at their skill set it's just too much. Do we really need all those buttons? Content isn't (and can't be) designed to NEED them - they just help. As for Flash/TE, as long as they balance the enmity correctly, TE shouldn't be enough to hold any agro, just top up what has been made by Flash. The current state of Flash means that I do it 1 time then not care anyway.

[Synestra]

Tempered Will needs to be on this list. All this talk of Shake It Off.. the other day I did Shishui and Temper'd the boss's Kick aoe and still got knocked back.

I have also noticed this and it made me really salty, i guess that is the reason why TW did't get any changes because why fix something that is not even supposed to work on anything....

[Fefi_D]

This is what a true pld master race hotbar should look like. https://prnt.sc/ft986j

Out of curiosity, why do you have macro's on just about every weaponskill?

[Rhaja]

Please don't change Cover, I've been getting a lot of fun out of shirking my friends and using Cover as a defensive CD.