The Problem(s) with Paladin

[SwordCoheir]

We've shown in real tests that WAR takes 3-5x the damage PLD takes over time, it just does has higher DPS so people assume a faster fight = a more successful/safer fight - Which is not always true.

Actually that is true, in a standalone solo setting the numbers turn out in favor of PLD on the account they can sustain the damage and are given a length of time to actually do damage in return. In a party setting however if a mob dies overall faster with one person taking the brunt of the damage the damage built up from the fight wouldn't amount to as much.

Taking Ifrit as an example, most decent speed runs can kill him with roughly 7-8 Minutes with a WAR tank, and 10-12 with a PLD tank. A WAR might take 650-700 damage average from an auto attack, and PLD might take 600-650. That 50-100 damage might build up on WAR over time, but if your taking two or three more minutes on a fight with PLD, your taking 600-650 more damage every attack in the span of that extra time which would likely nullify or fall behind any extra damage WAR might have taken.

Bare in Mind WAR can actually counter Ifrit's Regen whereas PLD cannot, so when your DD's are running from Eruption he's gaining health back making the fight take longer.

I like the idea of VIT + MND being the attack stats for PLD, but can see why that would be unfair.
War has STR and VIT as well. Which doesn't leave a reason to add MND. So it looses a bit on MDEF.
So to give PLD to ability to stack VIT + MND giving it superior strength and defense (leaving room to add attack to boost it even more) May not be good in the long run. (could we get a VIT + MND materia please!!!)

Actually MND has no effect on magic defense in this game, it all comes down to VIT in configuring all damage calculations.

Why does Holy Succor not stack with Sacred Prism?!!?

When they brought the jobs in they specifically reworded Sacred Prism from Healing Spells to Cure, Cura, Esuna, and Regen. I was pretty pissed about this too because it would have given PLD a bit more utility, a bigger hate tool, and maybe allow them to become a supplemented healer (provided their MP could hold out). Maybe it was some in game mechanic they couldn't fix when it came to the healing bonus when curing others effect, I dunno.