Just my two cents, but the PLD is FAIL. Horrible compared to the GLA. Why? Let me explain.

1. PLD has Holy Succor but loses 2nd Wind - Yes it can heal other people but has casting time. Now if you know what a TANK does, TANKS gets hit....alot. Which means many, many interrupted heals. Not forgetting to mention you need stand still now too. >< This skill is practically useless in fights if you are tanking. If you were to use this skil las an off tank, sure cover and this will be awesome. But PLD dmg is not good and its much better to have a WHM in its place.

2. Loss of featherfoot which is a 2nd Aegis Boon in ways that regens a little MP. This skill is far better than Hollowed Ground.

3. Hollowed Ground is good but not very useful because it has a short duration, long Cooldown and only blocks physical. So using this is only useful on endgame content, but all endgame content do an array of physical and non-physical attacks. So many times the hollowed ground only block 1 to 2 attacks. Featherfoot accomplishes this very same thing but you can use it continally throughout the fight!

4. PLD only tank with AE taunts with no AE attacks or high dmg attacks to retain hate. Basically how its designed now, PLD need to continually AE taunt over and over to keep hate on group mobs. But at the same time WHM, BLM, WARRIOR are gaining more hate through, heals, AE spells, or attacks. Which almost always results in mobs jumping off of PLD.

5. Low HP: PLD have ~3000hp at r50. Warrior has ~3800 HP. Paladins dont really have more Def that Warrior. Whats the justification of 800 less HP?

Bottom line, I feel the PLD is a nerf and not an improvement over GLA. Only thing I see PLD has over GLA is the ability to wear that insane Heavy Darklight Armor and that little nifty aura that heals AE. But even that should be made a constant thing. To make PLD more playable, I think the following changes is necessary:

1) a low dmg enmity building ae attack/combo
2) Make Holy Succor a skill not spell or if you must keep the cast time, just make it non interuptable
3) 800 more life.
4) something to replace featherfoot .... for GLA, feather foot and Aegis Boon was my most valued skills as a tank. Hollowed Ground, does not compare to feather foot. Throughout a fight, I value featherfoot wayyyy more than hollowed ground.