It was generally 2 minute "meta" that changed the PLD, as they saw it not really perform under raid buffs as well, to be fair they would have likely at least made adjustments to PLD's defensives as they're very lacking either way, but I feel like they woulda changed PLD sooner if they had more plans to (I just feel like the 2 minute meta painted a big red rework here sign on PLDS back).

I think PLD's likely to keep their raid wides still, while it would be strong it's not outright busted, keep in PLD does actually suffer from still having the longest invul in the game (unless they change that), I think divine veil is a safe bet that it will stay, passage of arms seems to be a bit harder to rework into a functional ability, I don't really know though again i think they could just borrow a bit from white mage here, either way I think we will still have two raid wides, could be totally wrong here, but I don't think PLD would even need a reduction in raid wides. Though I could just see them remove passage of arms if they really felt like PLD would be too good? I don't know really doesn't seem needed.

I think they will be making space theirs so many things they will remove for "bloat reasons" before raid wides, Shield bash? likely gone, cover might be reworked or removed (finally it just needs something?), cutting down on hotbar actions by merging (such as req turning into confit, holy spirit cleaving, Holy shelltron/intervention merge) I could at least think of 4-5 abilities that would/could be done before cutting down actually important stuff to the job.

I don't mind the changes too much from what we've seen (I'm indeed not a PLD spreedsheet gamer sadly) personally, I'm pretty sad that dots are gone, I just hope atonement and alternating combos aren't gone, I like PLD's for its general different combos and buttons, while PLD is currently a bit strict and set it's also very varied in how it feels compared to something like war/drk, I understand the rework and if they want to add stuff like holy spirits mid rotation and try things that might give it a more "lose" feel I'm fine with it aslong as it feels fun and enjoyable, but at the same time I do worry if the rework does feel the same as other tanks, Not to mention i felt like PLD's identity as a "shield tank" really didn't feel right being so weak defensively