PLD changes

[Gserpent]

Jeez I was hoping it wouldn't be 'Req, 3 Holy Spirits and a not-Primal Rend' but there it is, Req, 4 HS and a Confiteor-rend (no longer tied to a Req stack, for the players who couldn't count to 4), Goring Blade becomes Sonic Break, wait am I reading this right, that Req windows will be just 1 HS, and the other 3 stacks are used on Blades? I'm too tired for this but my initial read is 'pretty much what I expected of SE at this point'

I'm not sure where blades figures into this, but you definitely need to use it during Req since their potency is garbage outside of it. Exclusivity of Divine Might and Req makes it clear that you will *not* be doing a filler combo until *after* you finish Req. So it will presumably be FoF and Req, while weaving Goring Blade, Spirits, and Circle.

Neither Req nor Confetti say that one or the other ends Req, so I'm assuming then that Confetti doesn't end Req, but only consumes a charge. Req specifies that Confetti "combo actions" will be boosted by the effect, so it's fair to assume the three Blades spells will each take a stack.

This means that Req will be used *exclusively* for Confetti combo at level 90, and the only reason snowflake and circle are mentioned is for not-90 content. It's literally just Inner Release with more oGCDs to weave. Pretty much what we expected.

Why is Atonement so weak? It's only 30 more potency than an unbuffed, no Divine Might Holy Spirit. It looks like it's going to even be barely a PPS gain to use it.

Atonement is now effectively a complete replacement for our old Goring combo. It's 380+380+380 (1140) instead of 200+280+380 (860). But the problem is that the combo gives you a Divine Might charge, which adds an extra 450 to the end at the cost of it being a 4th GCD...

I dunno. Atonement definitely feels like it needs a potency bump. Otherwise, any time you could fit four GCDs, you'd just do the Authority combo even if you have Sword Oath stacks on hand... Not to mention, Divine Might is also giving us the 400 potency cure every 4th GCD, which is presumably meant to finally give proper compensation to PLD for lacking a cure on their filler combo.