I see some threads talking about WAR and DRK, didn't see any active ones for PLD, so figured I'd just make one.

A youtube link for reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8YJ0wUjM90&t=237s

I was cautiously optimistic after the job trailer, but seeing the changes I'm pretty excited.

Gap closer will be nice, but it looks like both parts of our rotation will get spiced up. The sword oath stacks to spend on atonement after we get goring blade up. And then adding an aoe version of holy spirit, and a big finisher for the end of requiscat for st or aoe, on top of requiscat making the spells instant? Yes please. I feel this will make the spell part of the rotation a lot more fun and a little, if only slightly, more involved by swapping to the finisher for the last spell.

For aoe in particular this will be great, no more will dungeon pulls just be 'CoS, flash a few times, spam total eclipse.' This will make those dungoen roulettes much less dull. It's almost a little sad to say goodbye to flash after all this time, but the new combo off of total eclipse and working aoe into our requiscat phase more than makes up for it.

The shelltron change will make it more useful for aoe situations or for multi hit tankbusters like Shinryu's ank morn.

All in all I feel like this is a good evolution of the job without having to give it a huge overhaul that feels completely different.