Thoughts on PLD changes

[Booden]

Been playing Paladin since 2.0, though I only raided seriously on it in SB.

I absolutely adore new paladin. Only things I truly miss from stormblood is cast times, because it actually made me feel like a mage tank (not a big fan of instant cast requiescat even if gameplay wise it's very handy), and shield swipe because I loved to backhand slap people.

But really besides that everything about paladin is perfect now. A fun, proper aoe rotation that goes from physical to magical just like the single target one, Atonement which makes the single target rotation feel less repetitive, and the shelltron change making it a mini bulwark is lovely. Confiteor being the grand finale is icing on the cake.

All in all, 10/10 gameplay wise, 9.5/10 all around because I miss my cast times to pretend I am a caster.

Edit:

Did they change something about Clemency?
Because it's driving me insane when I heal in dungeons... It seems like there's more Clemency spammers around than before, lol.
And every time that I point it out and tell PLD's that they're not going to die and don't need to use Clemency they're either rude or don't respond or tell me why.

It's honestly very irritating and feels like they don't trust me <_<.
Just because you're bellow 80% hp doesn't mean that you're going to die or that I am sleeping ( btw I have insta heals )...

The reason why more paladins use Clemency now is because it's stronger than before, Requiescat is now a 50% buff instead of 20%, and you can now instant cast Clemency five times in a row.

Keep in mind that with the expansion still being recent, most paladins might use Clemency to overcome lack of gear/dungeon knowledge. In 80 dungeons you shouldn't see properly geared paladins clemency very much if at all, and after a week or two most paladins should be geared enough and have enough dungeon knowledge to not need clemency no matter the dungeon if they queue up for roulettes. Glory to Holy Circle!