Simple Fix to PLD

[SwordCoheir]

Yes, yes you do, or the main points posters make just fly over your head.

I was using 100 Tonze Swing as an example because it's one of the more devastating attacks out there and provides good solid contrast between the damage reduced by Parry AND Block. PLD probably had a significant advantage with a shield on weak mobs pre-1.22 because the block mechanics allowed them to take off 100-200 damage off the top, but falls very significantly short the more damaging moves tend to be, which is anything in this game that's worth half a salt. Basically put the weaker the mob the stronger shields mitigation is, the stronger the mob the stronger parry's mitigation stands out.

I try to avoid Aegis Boon as a solid argument between the two jobs because WAR gets Foresight which is a comparable ability and in both cases they do the same thing which is negate an attack. Pre-1.21a we only had outmaneuver which the block rate increase is laughable at best, providing little to no advantage over parry rates in combat.

Considering Divine Veils adjustment just happened using it as a crutch to help justify shields are fine in your previous post actually proved the opposite, if shields were "just fine" they wouldn't have made the adjustment to Divine Veil to begin with. If PLD's defense, damage mitigation, and enmity generation was so monumental over WAR no adjustments would be happening.

I admit I am like you in the sense that I have had little to no problems tanking on PLD with DD's/Mages going all out, but I've spent alot of time on both WAR and PLD testing gear, abilities, and game mechanics and comparing results to documented information to see thing's have really been in WAR's favor since job implementation.

But seriously man, you sound like the most anti-job buff person I've ever met.