PLD and WAR shut out for the second Ultimate in a row

[Absimiliard]

I think both should be buffed, PLD needs more adjustments besides that, but it's not like PLD suddenly got worse it was always non-meta this expansion, the only difference now is that it falls behind less defensively and is more easier to play.

But it did get worse. That's the problem. Its damage is about the same in raids, but it actually lost quite a bit in all other forms of content. Additionally, the rotation is now even less forgiving despite having been simplified significantly. One minor hiccup, and you get slammed with MP issues out the wazoo. What's more, the tempo of several of the current fights is such that PLD will actually get punished for doing its rotation correctly. The rework was, frankly, ill-conceived and terribly implemented. I would put it up there with missed positionals making DRG drop its combos in ARR and SAM losing Kaiten.

Utility is largely irrelevant. Nobody takes DRK and GNB because of their utility - it's all about their damage, which both PLD and WAR are noticeably lacking at the moment. Yeah, they're also pretty useful for cheesing certain things, but so is WAR. If the cheesing and utility outweighed the damage, you'd be seeing WAR used far more than you do.