So....about PLD's block....

[Shurrikhan]

By removing the 6 second "works on everything" duration they gave it.

Then you'd have traded a 20-some second universal mitigation CD for a one-time skill that works only against a single tankbuster and only assuming an auto-attack doesn't hit just before it, just to have further excess HP after the tankbuster, at the cost of total mitigation and applicability. You'd have nerfed PLD greatly in some 95% of circumstances.

I'm not the one asking for it to be 30%.

Even at 60% you would still just be intentionally imbalancing PLD, making it overtuned for raids and undertuned for dungeons. So... why? Percentile mitigation for duration and/or until a given absorption cap are just far superior choices than affecting only one attack.

[Kabooa]

Then you'd have traded a 20-some second universal mitigation CD for a one-time skill that works only against a single tankbuster and only assuming an auto-attack doesn't hit just before it, just to have further excess HP after the tankbuster, at the cost of total mitigation and applicability. You'd have nerfed PLD greatly in some 95% of circumstances.

I'm not the one asking for it to be 30%.

[Cabalabob]

This has happened with every expansion, at the start block is nerfed down to less than 20% and just gets stronger as ilvl increases throughout the expansion. If they didn’t do this and our block strength just kept increasing since ARR we’d be up to like 80% block strength by now.

Even with the nerf a block is stronger than a parry with a low ilvl shield and it’s only going to get better. And with sheltron being as frequent to use as it is PLD is still definitely the sturdiest tank.

[RedTea]

Even with the nerf a block is stronger than a parry with a low ilvl shield and it’s only going to get better. And with sheltron being as frequent to use as it is PLD is still definitely the sturdiest tank.

Couldn't have said it better. I calculated it a while back and can't remember the exact numbers but the up-time for sheltron is pretty ridiculous. With how fast the gauge fills up compared to the 6 second duration, your getting that 20% buff a A LOT. I know that some people want to save their Sheltrons for the tank busters and that's fine. They should be. Burst damage and all that. However, non-burst damage is still important.

[Jukebox12]

You should always have 50 gauge just in case for a tank buster

[Deceptus]

By removing the 6 second "works on everything" duration they gave it.

That 6 seconds of block is a godsend in dungeons when there's 10+ mobs hitting you.