I enjoy it a lot. It's mega static but that's why I like it. Its very easy to know if youve messed up somewhere. I will preface and say, I dont do the weird f&f/ atonement skip thing. The ranged utility from magic spells can't be understated. Especially how Req isnt a forced burst phase anymore, and you can kind of drift things as you need to. I get what you mean about pressing the same button. I dont mind it for the holy spells so much, but I think Atonement lacks punch. If it were up to me, I'd lower potency of royal authority and add it onto Atonement. I liked SHB pld a lot, but all of my gripes were solved with EW. Magic cutting off your combos, weak gauge abilities etc. The oath gauge shield actually feels worth using on other people now.

I do a lot of old content with my FC and the carry potential on Pld is just on another level compared to the other tanks. Everyone can die at 40% and I'll just dance around the boss til its dead using clemency lol. That's what I like most I think