Justice: remove TAB cooldown, change the 20% HP bonus to 40% HP, add more magnitude for the all powers. This class have no DPS paragon. This makes it difficult to have autonomy to do solo quests.
Oathkeeper: Increase the magnitude of all healing skills, especially area healing skills. Decrease the loading time of the TAB so that it loads completely faster. Decrease the cast time of at-will divine fulmination, make that power be released more quickly.
You did a good job nerfing the Paladins. Now there is almost no more Paladin in the game. DPSs are desperately looking for tanks and healers to have fun in Dungeons and Trials, but they can't find it anymore. Are you satisfied?
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Edit: I forgot to mention, that it makes no difference if you are blocking or not, if you use your devinity for an extra damage reduction or not. Sometimes you will be one hitted, sometimes you survive without even losing some HP. It´s RNG. As the whole Game has become RNG. There is nothing about skill and not much about leveling up, either you are lucky or you aren´t.
Stamina should only be linked to how LONG you have your shield up, not how much damage you can take & it should be a flat, first layer 80% base damage reduction of all damage types - including CA.
I believe that this alone would fix the vast majority of tanking issues.
As for the healing paragon, I don't really play that as I've tried it a couple of times and sucked - I use my DC for running heals as it does a far better job.
I don't think I'm imagining the feeling that Random Queue wait timers have gotten longer since the change - and I'm pretty sure it's down to Paladins of both paragons dropping the class (or game).
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Some other things that could be done to balance classes, would be increase stamina usage for dodges, so it can't be spammed. Lower IFs for dps classes, remove sources other than IL/CON for hp, radiants can be used to increase max stamina (would help devs with balancing enemy damage, since they'd know exactly the hp classes should have) and so on. Doubt they'd change much of anything significant though, as we just had a full rework.
I appreciate that the stamina change was reasonable before the combat rework as tanks had a plethora of effective defensive resources and that the change to the defence formula made defence more effective at lower levels - especially with the removal of armour pen. Previously it had no effect at lower levels and now it has some.
But surely with the current situation, do you not find that in endgame dungeons you can lose all of your stamina within seconds (or instantly!) if hit with the right combo or get mobbed before the DPS can clear a group? This is new and imo it is detrimental to the tanking role. I understand you are cautious about making tanks 'unkillable' but at the moment the opposite is true and I'm of the opinion that something needs to be changed in favour of tanks.
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And the healing path, it wasn't really about healing, but about dmg mitigation...
Now the problem is that they nerfed shields into oblivion and forgot to change the healing side of it. They didn't even bother to make cleansing touch aoe, so paladin can't even mass cleanse
And before the trolls come out and say "i have no problem healing on my paladin", my response is "have you tried to heal on a cleric?" because once you do, you will never look at the paladin again, because it's easier and less punishing, HAMSTER you don't even need outgoing healing companions or set in order to outheal the other 2 classes
> Op have the worst forte, we are losing critical avoidance when we use divinity. We need to use a daily to get to 90% awareness for a few seconds. And we have no dps path. I do not understand how anyone can argue about the paladin not being in a bad spot either you like the class or not.
Paladin is the only tank that has deflect severity forte, making paladins the only tanks able to reach the breakpoint where deflect/deflect severity beats critical avoidance when calculating effective hitpoints.
There are several ways to work around the lack of a DPS path. One way is to use a buffer up summoned companion, another way is to deal damage based on hitpoints (chitters, manticores mane, greater everfrost set).
> There are several ways to work around the lack of a DPS path. One way is to use a buffer up summoned companion, another way is to deal damage based on hitpoints (chitters, manticores mane, greater everfrost set).
Never thought about using a fighter companion thank you so much for the help! seriously you are one of the trolls they are talking about, because new players will not even hit lvl 80 with a paladin before they create a new stronger charecter/class.
We are talking about the class, not ways to work around it..
From classic through Mod 5, Guardian Fighter Guard actually functioned more like it does now, where you had unlimited time to hold up your shield, but attacks would deduct a portion of your stamina.
Oathbound Paladin had something different in the form of Sanctuary, which just gave 80% Defense (which was functionally useless due to Templar's Wrath) and had the "benefit" of healing people within a small radius. What's funny is that this is how HP/armors used to work from classic through Mod 5, where your HP was primarily determined through the class base, CON, and a few set bonuses/items that gave HP. Whether you agree or disagree, the changes made in to Guard during Mod 16 implicitly imply that was the point of the changes to Guard.
Guard was redesigned as a button to use for tank checks/the occasional breathing room and all other attacks are supposed to be taken to the face to justify the healer role.
So yes, now it's a problem.
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> Oh I completely understood the Mod 16 change and was cool with it in Mod 19. It became a problem with Mod 20 when they halved the effectiveness of Defence, threw CA around like confetti, reduced base HP & external sources of extra HP and nerfed healing on insignias.
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> So yes, now it's a problem.
Defense is just one layer of damage reduction.
You seem to (once again) forget how awareness, critical avoidance and deflect/deflect severity adds to the Paladins total damage resistance. In addition to this, the Paladin is able to get about +70% damage resistance from powers/feats/items.
Adding all these resistances gives Paladin the highest EhP of all tanks.
HP is an issue for lower/medium geared players indeed, as they need the same defensive stats as the higher itemlevel players without the HP gained from itemlevel itaelf.
Nerfing insignias to enforce the need for a healer in queues is fine imho.
Can the class function well in the current climate? Yes, once properly geared and with a decent team they should finish all content. But there are issues (imo) that should be looked at clearly and dispassionately - and we don't get clear & dispassionate in these debates, it's all very partisan.
The biggest issue for players and Cryptic is the fact that the Paladin serves in both support roles, as tanks and healers - and the waiting time for both roles has increased a lot since the rework.
I infer from this (and general observation) that significantly less people are playing Paladins, but only Cryptic will know for certain as they have the data. If people drop a dps class nobody cares. There's never a shortage of dps and there are 7 classes capable of it. That's not the case for support. If one major support class drops in numbers it impacts everyone on all platforms that runs random queues (i.e. everyone) outside of a premade team.
So we can go back and forth all year about the can's & cant's, do's & don'ts, if's & but's - but while the debate goes on, people are 'voting with their feet' and the majority dps players are the ones paying with the now excruciatingly long waiting times.
I was having a chat with a guildy yesterday evening and he said how he'd seen a Barbarian tank in a lowbie dungeon (37k TIL) and was surprised as he'd never seen one before. I said I'd only ever seen 1 or 2 and gathered from this that perhaps they aren't very good at the role - he asked why I thought that.
I said that I have no actual knowledge of how well they can do, but people like to play classes that are good - if you don't see many, you have to assume there's a problem.
Now don't get me wrong. My Pally is currently 46k+ and I can handle most things, but I am very aware of the huge gulf between where it was and where it is. Tanks of all types got the short end of the stick on the combat rework as they rely more than anyone on the areas that were most fundamentally changed.
Previously, the effectiveness in terms of IL was:
low=meh , med=effective , high=unkillable
now it's:
low=useless , med=meh , high=effective
So do we have some ragequitting over no longer being unkillable? yes of course. But I think the larger number of quitters are the mid ranking, previously effective players who dropped to meh (i.e. can maybe struggle through if the rest of the team are better).
The Devotion path for pallies is imo in a much worse state than the tank - quite simply; it sucks - and I've refused to run my healing loadout at all since the change. My 42k Cleric does a far far better job.
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Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
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> @cwhitesidedev#9752 @noworries#8859 please come in and say something about where the future of tanking/paladins are going. Chris you main a pally and have some say with what happens, so it'd be useful having you comment. This thread keeps coming up and it needs proper handling. @kreatyve (sorry only community manager I can remember) if you can guide this conversation a bit as an unbiased overseer would also be helpful but can understand you not wanting to get caught up in this.
He doesn’t work here anymore. but yes, we need someone to tell us they will fix the paladin or give us a race reroll. stats and hp we can acquire is nothing to be proud of and the fun playing it is 0/10. :’(
stats with daily doesn’t count because it’s to slow ap gain. And damage reduction encounters should not be used on trash mobs because 3 aggro encounters is more effective and in most cases needed. In boss fights only 1 damage reduction encounter is used. So stats with daily and all the defensive encounters should not be used to determine the survivability of paladin..
Trash 3 aggro encounters are used to be most effective
Boss 2 aggro encounters and 1 defensive encounter.
The daily can only be used on tank busters.
The damage reduction we have in fight is our stats, players that play other classes are using our defensive encounters and daily to determine our survivability do not understand how paladins work at all
> Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
> > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
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> Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
Low? I have only defensive stats and 0 hp equipped That’s the problem we are trying to tell you about?.. I can’t get more then that, everything is mythic and rank 15 defensive stats...
> > @wilbur626 said:
> > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > > Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
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> > Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
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> Low? I have only defensive stats and 0 hp equipped That’s the problem we are trying to tell you about?..
At 49k itemlevel my paladin has 88% defense, 66,8% awareness, 75% critical avoidance, 90% deflect and 67,9% deflect severity. 870k HP.
It can almost look like you are doing something wrong when balancing your stats.
> > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > @wilbur626 said:
> > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > > > Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
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> > > Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
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> > Low? I have only defensive stats and 0 hp equipped That’s the problem we are trying to tell you about?..
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> At 49k itemlevel my paladin has 88% defense, 66,8% awareness, 75% critical avoidance, 90% deflect and 67,9% deflect severity. 870k HP.
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> It can almost look like you are doing something wrong when balancing your stats.
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Not without a group and buffs you are... you can’t equip assassins in defense, companions with defense% defensive insignias and gear wrong... good for you tho, you broke the game, you have 70%? more defense then me.
> > @wilbur626 said:
> > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > @wilbur626 said:
> > > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > > > > Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
> > > >
> > > > Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
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> > > Low? I have only defensive stats and 0 hp equipped That’s the problem we are trying to tell you about?..
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> > At 49k itemlevel my paladin has 88% defense, 66,8% awareness, 75% critical avoidance, 90% deflect and 67,9% deflect severity. 870k HP.
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> > It can almost look like you are doing something wrong when balancing your stats.
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> Not without a group and buffs you are... you can’t equip assassins in defense, companions with defense% defensive insignias and gear wrong... good for you tho, you broke the game, you have 70%? more defense then me.
Without a group.
Why would you gear with 6x offense slots in companion gear if you have survivability issues ?
> > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > @wilbur626 said:
> > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > > @wilbur626 said:
> > > > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > > > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > > > > > Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
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> > > > Low? I have only defensive stats and 0 hp equipped That’s the problem we are trying to tell you about?..
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> > > At 49k itemlevel my paladin has 88% defense, 66,8% awareness, 75% critical avoidance, 90% deflect and 67,9% deflect severity. 870k HP.
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> > > It can almost look like you are doing something wrong when balancing your stats.
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> > Not without a group and buffs you are... you can’t equip assassins in defense, companions with defense% defensive insignias and gear wrong... good for you tho, you broke the game, you have 70%? more defense then me.
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> Without a group.
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> Why would you gear with 6x offense slots in companion gear if you have survivability issues ?
Because I don’t have dps and my companion need it? You told people to use a active companion for the lack of dps and tanners.. and now you ask me why I have it. I’m speechless. Happy gaming bud.
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> > @wilbur626 said:
> > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > @wilbur626 said:
> > > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > > > @wilbur626 said:
> > > > > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > > > > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > > > > > > Wilbur626: the numbers are fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why do you choose to have that low defensive stats ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Low? I have only defensive stats and 0 hp equipped That’s the problem we are trying to tell you about?..
> > > >
> > > > At 49k itemlevel my paladin has 88% defense, 66,8% awareness, 75% critical avoidance, 90% deflect and 67,9% deflect severity. 870k HP.
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> > > > It can almost look like you are doing something wrong when balancing your stats.
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> > > >
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> > > Not without a group and buffs you are... you can’t equip assassins in defense, companions with defense% defensive insignias and gear wrong... good for you tho, you broke the game, you have 70%? more defense then me.
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> > Without a group.
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> > Why would you gear with 6x offense slots in companion gear if you have survivability issues ?
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> Because I don’t have dps and my companion need it? You told people to use a active companion for the lack of dps and tanners.. and now you ask me why I have it. I’m speechless. Happy gaming bud.
For adventure zones and events like Hell Pit, active companion and “full DPS” spec is of course viable. If you are using this setup and expecting the full tank experience, you misunderstood what I meant when recommending solutions for lack of damage dealt.
> > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > Op have the worst forte, we are losing critical avoidance when we use divinity. We need to use a daily to get to 90% awareness for a few seconds. And we have no dps path. I do not understand how anyone can argue about the paladin not being in a bad spot either you like the class or not.
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> Paladin is the only tank that has deflect severity forte, making paladins the only tanks able to reach the breakpoint where deflect/deflect severity beats critical avoidance when calculating effective hitpoints.
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> There are several ways to work around the lack of a DPS path. One way is to use a buffer up summoned companion, another way is to deal damage based on hitpoints (chitters, manticores mane, greater everfrost set).
> > > > > > > > @thordet91#6067 said:
> > > > > > > > Logged in again yesterday with my 52k paladin. With 90% def, 70% awareness 55 critical avoidance, 60% deflect and 850k hp. Xuna + 6 indomitable. Can’t solo a minor heroic in sharendar and dies in the hell pit. I will take another break for 2 months. F this.
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> > > Why would you gear with 6x offense slots in companion gear if you have survivability issues ?
> >
> > Because I don’t have dps and my companion need it? You told people to use a active companion for the lack of dps and tanners.. and now you ask me why I have it. I’m speechless. Happy gaming bud.
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> For adventure zones and events like Hell Pit, active companion and “full DPS” spec is of course viable. If you are using this setup and expecting the full tank experience, you misunderstood what I meant when recommending solutions for lack of damage dealt.
Speechless..