PLD took a long, long time to click for me while leveling. I personally hate the base design of "regular dumb ol' 1-2-3 but every once in a while you have to remember to hit 1-2-shift+3". I don't know why, I just find it really annoying. But once you get the fully developed req phase with free movement it's like the stars align and how you have to rhythm the dot-refresh feels really natural, and the Confiteor combo just elevates the whole thing. It's now up there with GNB as a tank you should play if you still want to feel like a DPS.