The old /block stance.

[Zantetsuken]

I liked that pose as well. Perhaps it could be reintroduced as the visual representation of Outmaneuver or Aegis Boon.

[tiarnia]

perhaps they could add a block command to PLD that made you stop auto attacking and constantly block (I mean in RL you might do that some times)

this way you could block all attacks (tho you should still take some damage maybe like 60%) only down side would be no DPS cause your not attacking and maybe when you activate it you could get a Emnity Boost of like 50% that dwindled over time perhaps to like 0 after 30 sec -1 min,.. (which would result in lower Emnity over all as your base would suffer for no DPS)

they would have to add a like 8 - 12 min recast time tho this would be a great emergency "Save the Party" Move that would give your mages time to heal up and loose hate for a few moments

[Skies]

I liked that pose as well. Perhaps it could be reintroduced as the visual representation of Outmaneuver or Aegis Boon.

Or, rather. Given Divine Veil auto-blocks... And hey, Aegis Boon does the same. So it'd be neat to make that your basic battle stance when either of those is up!
That said- I don't think the game has the animations to go from block stance to auto-attack (haven't played at that time) so, yeah, neat as it is we can guess when it might be implemented (in the case it is).

[Risae]

No boo, there was just stoneskin I and II. It never grew with levels lol.

And I miss the stance too. I'd like to see a decrease in attack for block rate to nulify some of the damage. The tradeoff is you can't use weaponskills or abilities besides shield ones. So you are trading building hate for reducing damage.

No idea the hell you smoked but- It did grow with each level.

[AndySolace]

Seems there are quite a few decent ideas floating around about how the defensive elements of pld can be increased. bring back the meat shield! lol

WAR is tanky beyond belief now, and kinda makes pld redundant. Any of these ideas could help put it back on the map.

[PSxpert2011]

perhaps they could add a block command to PLD that made you stop auto attacking and constantly block (I mean in RL you might do that some times)

this way you could block all attacks (tho you should still take some damage maybe like 60%) only down side would be no DPS cause your not attacking and maybe when you activate it you could get a Enmity Boost of like 50% that dwindled over time perhaps to like 0 after 30 sec -1 min,.. (which would result in lower Emnity over all as your base would suffer for no DPS)

they would have to add a like 8 - 12 min recast time tho this would be a great emergency "Save the Party" Move that would give your mages time to heal up and loose hate for a few moments

Or, rather. Given Divine Veil auto-blocks... And hey, Aegis Boon does the same. So it'd be neat to make that your basic battle stance when either of those is up!
That said- I don't think the game has the animations to go from block stance to auto-attack (haven't played at that time) so, yeah, neat as it is we can guess when it might be implemented (in the case it is).

I liked that pose as well. Perhaps it could be reintroduced as the visual representation of Outmaneuver or Aegis Boon.

On Pld: Auto-Block + Aegis Boon= Heal Block, Heal, Block, Heal [or] Auto-Block + Outmaneuver= Block, Regain[TP+], Block, Regain, Block, Regain... switch back to Auto-attack and do TP moves(rinse and repeat). EPIC!

Benefits- gain more hate(more enmity).