Tomorrow A day where PLD once again be on the top! or today... :P

[Vandoura]

Finally! PLD will get auto refresh, and some new abities I hope no more of 3-7 hours of seeking, and always get over pick by nin PLD 4fw!

 

[Neyla]

Keep dreaming. You'll still require too much support for most people's taste when they're going for merits.

 

[Cythe]

Too much support? You either have no clue what an end game PLD can do, or you have a long history of partying with complete morons.

 

[Neyla]

People want quick and easy. PLD doesn't fall into that category compared to a NIN. I only merit with a PLD - same one, always - but I don't expect the world to change for leveling PLDs anytime soon. If we didn't have the PLD - "LS only" merit thing - we wouldn't need the WHM and could put a DD in his place. The PLD himself admits this, which is why he prefers working with NINs whenever he's on his WAR. Wouldn't trade my big fat galka for anything though. Keeps me awake, while a NIN will put you to sleep.

 

[Raesvelg]

The chance of blocking with a shield in battle has been increased.
Shields now block more damage.

The following features have been added to the paladin job:

Shield Mastery: Grants bonus TP when blocking an attack with a shield.
Auto Refresh: Gradually restores MP.
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Couple that with an Ethereal Earring and a RDM...

Hmmm.

We shall see, I guess.

(Note to self, get off ass and finish CoP/ZM)

 

[Pelori]

Part of me actually wants to lvl pld..... only a small part. I think its somewhere in the nether regions.

Actually the new pally stuff sounds hot, fun stuff.

 

[Stouter]

Auto-regen is 1mp/3 sec, that's 20mp/minute. At 75, you need to kill a mob about every 2 minutes to get 5k/hr. So that's an extra 40mp each fight. That amounts to less than a Cure III each fight.

Yes it adds up, and will increase the effectiveness of a pld, but it's not that huge.

 

[neophytal]

yeah, plds are good for situations... but dont expect more invites. be realistic.

 

[Zerayla]

I look forward to the update for PLD, any improvement will make the job a little more enjoyable.

Also never really experienced any problems with invites, I get them non-stop when not seeking for a party, but then again i'm not "lvl 75" which is apparently when everything changes so can't really say much in that respect.

 

[Tagrineth]

Auto-regen is 1mp/3 sec, that's 20mp/minute. At 75, you need to kill a mob about every 2 minutes to get 5k/hr. So that's an extra 40mp each fight. That amounts to less than a Cure III each fight.

Yes it adds up, and will increase the effectiveness of a pld, but it's not that huge.

+ Vermy Cloak in between pulls =

+ Refresh (Spell) =

+ Hercules Ring =


Individual haste items are pointless too (lolfumakyahan) but once you have a good amount of it, you can push your haste up to very powerful levels (especially if you're a Ninja or /Ninja)

 

[neophytal]

+ Vermy Cloak in between pulls =

+ Refresh (Spell) =

+ Hercules Ring =


Individual haste items are pointless too (lolfumakyahan) but once you have a good amount of it, you can push your haste up to very powerful levels (especially if you're a Ninja or /Ninja)

all of that equals =

MP that doesnt do damage or anything for a PLD to do more damage to even remotely keep up with a ninja in a merit party.

 

[versiontwo]

Pld are great vs HNM Gods whatever but when it comes to meritting PLDs slow down exp for everyone else in the party.

so sorry PLD get to 75 and merit with another job.
We love you but you suck in getting us Merits and slow exp.

You are not completely useless

 

[Tagrineth]

Does anyone else think the changes will break Aegis even further?

 

[hellstorm]

the thing is that the pal and whm will still need to rest at some point while the nin and rdm will not.

 

[Halifirien]

The chance of blocking with a shield in battle has been increased. Shields now block more damage.

My piss-poor shield skill when I'm soloing on WHM might help me a little more? Oooh, sign me up.

As for Auto-Refresh for PLDs, I wouldn't get wrapped up in only thinking about if it'll make or break their chances in merit parties. They'll likely get the ability at Lv. 25 like SMNs and have 50 levels of enjoyment before their dreams are crushed.

 

[Aeron]

If the RDM does his job, a PLD rarely has to rest after normal fights.

Especially if you have Ethereal Earring, which converts 3% of the damage you take to your MP.

As for a WHM, I've never played it past 37, but from what I saw, if you know when to rest and how to manage to not waste your MP, it isn't a problem either.

Don't generalize. Good PLDs will make XP parties as easy as NINs do it.

Of course, if you're a lazy WHM saying "ohhh but I'll have to heal to PLD once in a while" or a lazy RDM saying "ohhh PLD is one more person to refresh", then I really don't consider you in the good player class.

 

[Halifirien]

No complaints here. I love my PLDs.

 

[Brianfist]

Finally! PLD will get auto refresh, and some new abities I hope no more of 3-7 hours of seeking, and always get over pick by nin PLD 4fw!

Where does it say that the new job updates are being applied with the expansion/patch? They said June-ish i thought.

 

[Tagrineth]

Where does it say that the new job updates are being applied with the expansion/patch? They said June-ish i thought.

The PLD changes are in the update notes for today's patch.

 

[Tyrath]

Where does it say that the new job updates are being applied with the expansion/patch? They said June-ish i thought.

pld and rng sharpshot is in the update details for this one