Quote Originally Posted by aodhan_ofinnegain View Post
I would advise fleshing out your points more in future so there is no confusion as your point read as if you moved the DM stack to Atonement not that you would gain a second from Atonement.

I will agree below 64 is boring for PLD but I'd argue that's the case for most jobs. Like, at level 68 onwards it's fine, obviously at 76, Atonement breaks up the RA combo spam, it's something else to do and track.

But as boring as PLD is at the lower levels I'd argue most tanks are in the same boat, under level 70 most of them are kinda boring to play,or missing key components from their kits.
My Og quote mentioned getting a stack after using your atonement combo & how you could hold two, I never mentioned royal authority in the first place, granted I've always struggled with forming sentences due to being dyslexic... but y'know maybe something I see as clear might not come across the same way to others.

at early Plds clearly the worst out of all the other tanks, I think that's the main issue, other tanks are yeah kind of boring, but they all have other stuff to manage while pld has? uh fight or flight and like goring blade at 54? it also takes ages to get any of your sustain (not counting clemency) or gap closer? so PLD feels really underwhelming to me defensively not just offensively (shelltron being early is at least a plus), most tanks at least feel decent at 60, I'd argue PLD feels just really bland, I don't think the job comes together properly until around 70-80 even then in 70 you're missing a lot.

I think all tanks, even a lot of DPS need a lot of care In ARR/hw content that content is already boring and tedious enough, I know myself when getting synched down anything below 60 it's a chore, Some Jobs such as Red mage, Summoner and Samurai are actually decently fun at 50 so it's not like its impossible to move down some more skills on Jobs, but PLD to me feels like one of the worst jobs to be synched down on, Which is funny when i compare it to something like dark knight where I actually enjoy it more then other tanks at lower levels, but at 90 it's easily my least favourite, No contest.