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Sword Oath damage bonus - No. Paladin DPS in Sword Oath is fine enough. What is not fine is their enmity generation in Sword Oath. They need to have the enmity of their Rage of Halone combo buffed by a substantial amount
Final Fantasy XIV 3.0 Paladin Adjustments
Shield Swipe already "recovers" 10 Tactical Points by virtue of filling a Global Cool Down with an ability of lower Tactical Points cost than a standard rotation ability.
The problem with Shield Swipe is it sucks. It's a DPS loss to use and given how garbage MT Paladin dps already is, you can't afford to use it.
If you made it worth using -- so both a DPS gain and Enmity gain, then you would already fix Paladin's issues with Tactical Points all while helping their MT DPS and enmity generation. The potency would need to be high enough to justify 2 uses per standard GB-->Rage of Halone/RA-->Rage of Halone/RA rotation -- in other words, the potency needs to be high enough to justify letting GB's dot fall off if only for a couple seconds.
Sword Oath damage bonus - No. Paladin DPS in Sword Oath is fine enough. What is not fine is their enmity generation in Sword Oath. They need to have the enmity of their Rage of Halone combo buffed by a substantial amount. What this does it allows you to stay in Sword Oath and still generate enough enmity to actually use Goring Blade and Royal Authority without losing aggro to DPS.
So Royal Authority also requires no change other than allowing Paladins to use it more in their rotation.
Clemency - It's complete garbage but this doesn't fix it. 1.5s or 3s doesn't matter. It's still going to over-heal. Short of being instant or a shield, it's going to be over healing most of the time. The skill needs to be "redesigned" -- either a design change or a balance change so large it might as well be a different skill.In other words,buy ffxiv gil for Paladins!
Jul
Final Fantasy XIV: Defensive cooldown help
Like I said I'm not a Dark Knight (Final Fantasy XIV) expert, you're not a Paladin and don't have as many CDs to cycle, so you'll want to take more advantage of breaks in damage, such as a FF14 White Mage(WHM) using Holy which stuns the mobs, etc.
Jul
Leveling Bard after getting 60 FFXIV Machinist let me explain my feelings
Stronger DoT effects, they get two DoTs that I find super effective and that in my opinion invalidate the 80 "potency" turret that the Machinist gets
Jul
Final Fantasy XIV:Could a seasoned Dark Knight help this novice out?
However, beyond that, starting out, I think you should make sure to use Fending armor and accessories until you are truly confident in your abilities as a Dark Knight.
Aug
Final Fantasy XIV ARR: The logic behind Warrior and Dark Knight getting their stances at 30
When I leveled my Final Fantasy XIV Paladin about 2 years ago, I had 0 aggro issues. No class could pull off me in dungeons 30 to 40. (Nor before or after for that matter lol)
Feb
FFXIV Paladin Parity Core Changes
The important part here is the Enmity Fixes. If you want PLD to have AoE or to be able to Sword Oath tank, then so too is the Sword Oath revision.
Jul
When did you start tanking in Final Fantasy XIV?
The learning curve and challenge really held my interest in FFXIV, my first mmorpg, as I read guide after guide and asked endless questions on FFXIV Realm.
