The Problem with Paladin

[Phobos]

I think my issue is the jobs are supposed to be clearly better for party play while classes are better for solo, and it is apparent that the gains for PLD in either party or solo are not enough to warrant using it at all. Even if you have a BRD (which is now just doing ballad to make up for the PLD's MP recovery loss, and therefore making it difficult/impossible to buff others) GLA can still recover more MP and use it more than PLD can.

[Shiggysonson]

I think my issue is the jobs are supposed to be clearly better for party play while classes are better for solo, and it is apparent that the gains for PLD in either party or solo are not enough to warrant using it at all. Even if you have a BRD (which is now just doing ballad to make up for the PLD's MP recovery loss, and therefore making it difficult/impossible to buff others) GLA can still recover more MP and use it more than PLD can.

Then the problem isn't paladins not being able to manage MP; it's the fact that gladiator MP is just as useful for tanking as paladin MP.

[syntaxlies]

I think my issue is the jobs are supposed to be clearly better for party play while classes are better for solo, and it is apparent that the gains for PLD in either party or solo are not enough to warrant using it at all. Even if you have a BRD (which is now just doing ballad to make up for the PLD's MP recovery loss, and therefore making it difficult/impossible to buff others) GLA can still recover more MP and use it more than PLD can.

In the event you dont have a well rounded party maybe you should use glad. Jobs are for party play as we all know and to make full use of jobs they will have to work together. You will have to rely on a bard to help you with mp so you can have other ability's that help you tank. I know we all know this already but it seems to becoming a surprise to some people. To say you don't want to rely on a bard for mp is the same as saying you don't want to rely on whm's for cures. Bard is a party buffer and I truly believe there is a reason its the only class that can cast sanguine rite on others(and in ifrit a good timing SR will recover all your mp).