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  1. 05-03-2021 04:46 PM #1
    Vyrerus
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    Vicious Zvahl
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    Why's the WoL Changing to Paladin?

    It's not really a serious question. I know that SE couldn't resist the big FFIV DRK -> PLD transition reference. Just feel free to voice your own thoughts on the why of it.

    For me it's like, "Oh hey, in Seat of Sacrifice, Elidibus was really onto something... I'd look cool with a sword and shield!"

    I mean, it does seem like the WoL is easily impressed by other jobs when they're shown.

    Like from ARR -> HW the Derplander is walkin' in, and sees a DRG or two just straight up delete a dragon, and then immediately trades in the WAR stirrups for that sick gauntlet, kah-schungt!

    Then in Stormblood they're Monk to properly spar with Lyse I guess, but go on to become Samurai after the Far Eastern excursion, I guess mainly to fight on parity and beat Zenos with the own weapons that he wields.

    Shadowbringers he seems to have switch to DRK out of necessity to fight with the Lightwarden/Sin Eater in the trailer.

    But so far, for Endwalker it doesn't really seem like there's a reason outside of the script calling for it. A gil for your thoughts?
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  2. 05-03-2021 05:12 PM #2
    Jeeqbit
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    Oscarlet Oirellain
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    FF4 reference.
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  3. 05-03-2021 05:22 PM #3
    VentVanitas
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    Sword jobs are just very marketable. Dark Knight has a giant sword and mild edginess, which is synonymous with modern Final Fantasy. The next logical step was to use the other sword job, Paladin.

    At least, that is how I see it.
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  4. 05-03-2021 05:26 PM #4
    MicahZerrshia
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    WoL prefers to play tank. After tinkering with drg, mnk, and sam, he has no time for them dps queues anymore.
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  5. 05-03-2021 05:44 PM #5
    Fynlar
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    Definitely FF4 reference.

    Don't forget also that he's seemingly gone to the moon. Who was the first FF protagonist to do that?
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  6. 05-03-2021 06:12 PM #6
    Duskane
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    WoL likes the big super saiyan auras ,all poster boys so far have an NPC that have done that
    Estinien,Widargelt,Zenos,Fray and WoL himself in the lvl 80 PLD quest
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  7. 05-03-2021 06:26 PM #7
    TheMightyMollusk
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    He got bored with DRK, but still wants to play a tank, so he's trying PLD for a while, see how it fits. Maybe in 7.0 he'll try GNB to go for the whole set.
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  8. 05-03-2021 07:11 PM #8
    Sotaris
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    FF4 reference seeing we're going to the moon and all.
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  9. 05-03-2021 09:57 PM #9
    Deceptus
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    Because Casters don't sell expansions and they couldn't have put a healer on the cover or anything. . .
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    Veteran healers don't care if we need to heal, but right now we don't. We want interesting things to do during the downtime other than a 30s dot and a single filler spell that hasn't changed from lvl 4 to lvl 90.
    Dead DPS do no DPS. Raised DPS do 25/50% lower DPS. Do the mechanics and don't stand in bad stuff.
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  10. 05-04-2021 09:51 AM #10
    Penthea
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
    Because Casters don't sell expansions and they couldn't have put a healer on the cover or anything. . .
    As much as I adore sch I know it would be a terrible class for the face of an expansion. It's probably the worst class to be honest...its companion looks like it's from a Disney movie.
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