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[Hoshikogi]

I never mentioned a timer, simply a recast on the ability so you could not switch from one party member to the next as you please. Also, With your method, everyone would just simply need to hid behind the paladin; there's no need for hate holding abilities then. Basicly all the paladin would do is stand there w/ auto cover while the whm regens and stoneskins the party. This is also terribly exploitable by ranged jobs/class.

For an idea to be considered by the developers, one touch base with them and provide a ballanced idea that also considers other classes which may also share a similar objective role.

[Vaymathias]

I never mentioned a timer, simply a recast on the ability so you could not switch from one party member to the next as you please. Also, With your method, everyone would just simply need to hid behind the paladin; there's no need for hate holding abilities then. Basicly all the paladin would do is stand there w/ auto cover while the whm regens and stoneskins the party. This is also terribly exploitable by ranged jobs/class.

For an idea to be considered by the developers, one touch base with them and provide a ballanced idea that also considers other classes which may also share a similar objective role.

Except I specifically stated "one" person behind the pld.

And I get what you mean about the timer, to use for recast and not for duration of the ability.

And if they'd make enemies a little smarter, there would still be reasons to consider hate. Having an enemy specifically use an attack to get the PLD out of the way, or moving around the PLD like the wolves do to keep the PLD paying attention. More abilities that aren't just regular auto attack, etc....

And this one is not meant to cover other classes, this one is for "this" class, they can come up with things for other classes as well.

Balancing comes later. First you have to get the idea down, and the specifics of what you want, then how the players use it, only THEN can you balance things out.

EDIT: I forgot to add the prereq for active/passive mode.