Thread: PLD additions for 5.0?

Originally Posted by Ash_

:/ All I can see them doing is pruning PLD's skills. We're at the ceiling right now, so be prepared to gain 1 skill for every 2-3 they take away.

We do have skills we can lose though. Flash, bulwark, shield bash and shield swipe are all very expendable

Originally Posted by Lambdafish

We do have skills we can lose though. Flash, bulwark, shield bash and shield swipe are all very expendable

Bulwark I wouldn't mind losing. Flash...maybe. It's still useful in dungeons but if they increase the enmity on total eclipse and let us learn it at a lower level it could replace Flash. I wouldn't want to lose shield swipe though, we don't have a tone of ogcds as is.

I'd like a gap closer where you charge something with your shield raised blocking while you go and then when you hit you slam it with your shield and stun it for a couple of seconds. Other than that i'm unsure. I like where PLD is atm.

I'd like to see tanks end up in a similar setup to melee dps, where every job has their own gap closer and shares a common role action that negates knockback. Tempered Will should be moved over to the role actions section with a 60 s recast.

One important point: Shadowbringers is going to eliminate TP. This means that both Total Eclipse and Flash will cost MP. This even further lowers the value of Flash. I think this is a pretty good opportunity, though. Remove Flash, move Total Eclipse to level 6 and have it generate enmity as a replacement. Bring in a new magical AoE that has synergy with Requiescat for big AoE damage. I feel that this would make PLD a lot more fun to play in dungeons.

Other things that need to be done: Rework Oath gauge generation and spenders, review the recasts on Sentinel and Bulwark (these are both longer than they need to be), and make Divine Veil's shield apply to your entire party without requiring a healing proc.

Id like to see and OGCD ability called Paladins Wall or something. It works like bide in pokemon. Your toon is animation locked for 5 seconds with their shield raised just absorbing damage taken. At the end of the 5 seconds, you do the shirld bash animation but there is a concusive effect that goes out 10-12 yalms that does 2x the damage done to you.

Damage falls off the more enemies there are. 100% damage for 1st mob hit, 80% for second, 65% for third, and 40% for all others after that.

IDK if it would work but it would be a cool ability.

I would like more Holy Sword skills, such as Hallowed bolt and several skills from FFtactics holy knight. Bulwark needs to be reworked.

However with TP going away both DRK and PLD are getting a rework.

Originally Posted by Sabora_Makingai

Id like to see and OGCD ability called Paladins Wall or something. It works like bide in pokemon. Your toon is animation locked for 5 seconds with their shield raised just absorbing damage taken. At the end of the 5 seconds, you do the shirld bash animation but there is a concusive effect that goes out 10-12 yalms that does 2x the damage done to you.

Damage falls off the more enemies there are. 100% damage for 1st mob hit, 80% for second, 65% for third, and 40% for all others after that.

IDK if it would work but it would be a cool ability.

That would be cool in theory but when a 100k Tankbuster comes in you'd return it with 200k. A Lil Bit unbalanced perhaps but then again War currently Fell cleaves for like 120k rn

i hope total eclipse and Flash swap places with leveling and Total eclipse just has the aggro effect and Flash becomes a damaging spell that works with requiscat