Shield Swipe, is it even on your bar anymore?

[TirionCrey]

So, you admit that is extra-powerful and the highest stand-alone dps ability available to you, but then you want it to be MORE powerful by taking it off the GCD and not forcing you to consider whether or not its worth using at the time? I know I might seem like a contrarian but, jeeze, the sense of Pally entitlement is ridiculous around here! With how great our mitigation is, and how faceroll our tanking abilities are, we should be happy we get anything 1/2 as good as CoS, SW, Shield Swipe, or Shield Bash.

That being said - to answer the OP, I have it off my bar because I play on PS3. At lvl 50 I find the 16 button bar very very constricting, and I had to make some comprises. I had it on my bar until level 46 or so though.

If they take it off from GCD, they should give it a regular cooldown to re-use, just like Spirits Within and Circle of Scorn. That's not what I'm saying, what I'm saying is, it can proc right when you used a GCD, and if you don't use Shield Swipe on your next action(and a lot of times that's just a bad decision), the proc will be gone before the 2nd GCD is ready. So basically you can't just use it when it procced, the proc has to come at a convenient timing, otherwise it's wasted. I wouldn't mind a 20-30sec CD on Shield Swipe, just take it off the GCD...cause that's just stupid. Same goes with Shield Bash...take it off GCD, but give it a CD of like 20-30sec...problem solved.

They are actions that are supposed to be situational and used on short-notice...but if you're limited by the design of the game of GCDs and off-GCDs it makes them frustrating. If I have to hold off for 2-3 seconds on doing anything, just so I can hit Shield Bash for the Stun I want/need at that moment, that's bad design, not "skillful play". Best example Ifrit...trivial fight, don't even have to stun any shit really...but when I MT and Stun him by myself, which basically is all the time, it's just dumb I have to stand there and waste seconds doing nothing, just so I can make sure Shield Bash is not on GCD when I need to use it. It's just 3-4seconds top...but still it's a stupid design choice.