Paladin too overpowered, nerf their damage output!

[Reynhart]

Lets be honest, it makes no sense that a class who wears a shield and a toothpick deals more damage than classes with a big ass axe or a huge sword.

So what about knives ? Or Fisticuffs ?

Well, it's true. WAR's have always been the "DPS" of the tanks to make up for their low defense

With the way encounters are designed, there is no "low defense" to make up for.

Alright, lets nerf PLD's damage output through the floor. However! The trade off is that PLD's defense and healing are boosted to the point that a PLD and 3 DPS can easily clear a 4 person dungeon. Or a PLD, 0-1 healer, and 6-7 DPS can handle 8 person raids.

I still think you need content designed for two tanks. But 2 tanks, 1 healer and 5 DPS should be an option if you have the "king of mitigation" in your setup. But, PLD should have the option to trade the right amount of damage for the right amount of defense, for when you end in a usual 2-2-4 setup where the increased defense is not needed. For example, imagine if the PLD could Block on GCD. Sure, it can allow you to have a permanent -20ish% damage reduction, but at the cost of most of your DPS. So you'd have to chose how many GCD you sacrifice for mitigation.

[RLofOBFL]

All tank dps is really close right now. I don't think Pld needs nerfing, just Drk and War need slight potency buffs and it will all be fine imo.

[Valinis]

WAR reigned for 2.0 and 3.0, let PLD have the stage for a change.

[Syfurion]

I like how everyone just completely disregards DRK from the running of being the 'best' tank.

While I would be in agreement than PLD is more than a little silly right now, I would rather just have the other tanks brought above them in damage, rather than gutting out PLD. Then again, with how they've been handling MCH and SMN, I'm not sure I trust them to buff things either....

[Syrus718]

I Wish People Would Stop Screaming Nerf And Just Enjoy The Dann Job That They Play.My Paladin is At 54 My Warrior is 70, So I Don't Care About What Other jobs Can do Better, I Guess I'm one of the Few who just enjoys playing whatever jobs I use... And Before you Start Talking endgame Know I Beat all Content Except 0s4 because I'm Not Really Pressed for it

[Jelly_Baby]

I Wish People Would Stop Screaming Nerf And Just Enjoy The Dann Job That They Play.My Paladin is At 54 My Warrior is 70, So I Don't Care About What Other jobs Can do Better, I Guess I'm one of the Few who just enjoys playing whatever jobs I use...

I'm in the same boat as you, I'm actually looking forward to levelling a dark knight from scratch just because I got a glamour sword from one of the new FATE's! I forgot what it's called, but the FATE boss looked like those huge iron giants from FFX lol. I currently main Paladin but I actually want to change to a "lesser" tank.

[Tegernako]

WAR reigned for 2.0 and 3.0, let PLD have the stage for a change.

All tanks deserve to feel good at any point, at every point. To argue otherwise is both selfish and hypocritical. The spotlight arguement is bad because you're basically saying other people should suffer just so others can feel good.

This should never be a motivation when balancing things or when trying to decide if you should nerf/buff somethign.

[Conna]

WAR reigned for 2.0 and 3.0, let PLD have the stage for a change.

if you were there for 2.0 you'd realize war sucked at 2.0, because it only had self healing (that sucked) and no real defensives.

[Umbeliel]

Is this a meme.

Please don't nerf pld. Please DO buff war and drk.

[AdventZero]

Alright, lets nerf PLD's damage output through the floor. However! The trade off is that PLD's defense and healing are boosted to the point that a PLD and 3 DPS can easily clear a 4 person dungeon. Or a PLD, 0-1 healer, and 6-7 DPS can handle 8 person raids. Everyone is so quick to point out that PLD is the defender tank, so lets take that to the max! While WAR and DRK will have L33T M4D DPS to throw out, but need healer support, PLD will deal almost no damage, and make up for it by having more DPS players along in the unneeded healer spot. Everyone's happy, right? >_>

(note: This post is mainly a joke.)