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I found Wonder Woman. Allagan Grimoire of Casting get! Thank you so much to Merri for helping me get it! Kokoporo's new look for patch 3.2. I think he looks great. A couple of Manderville RPers. Made my fucking day.

Because we don't have enough FF4 references in this patch? I'd die for the chance to fight the Four Elemental Fiends...

Why does that giant Goblin remind me of Dr Lugae?

G1_axyTMCHU Been humming this to myself for the last few hours. Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer? Never looked better, and you can't stand it

Yep. People trying to get SE to understand this was likely the reason they kept saying things in Live Letters about "We can't just change a class, these things take time and research." It was established very early into Savage that Paladin wasn't holding up, and over time and people got better at the encounters it just stockpiled. Majority of players won't notice or care, but the disparity is there. It's not as bad as 2.0 Warrior but it's still questionable. I'm cautiously optimistic about the updates, but this is SE. I'm not too optimistic. Well, if it's any consolation, I've been cynical about SE, too.

PLD has next to no damage, but awesome defensive CDs and a skill that procs only when successfully blocking an attack (Shield Swipe) as well as a mana-regen skill (Sheltron) that guarantees that block. Despite having Royal Authority and Goring Blade by endgame, there is no reason PLD should ever be OTing. People like to argue Clemency at this point, but when you factor in the fact that Clemency eats huge amounts of mp, and Shelltron provides a second form of mana regen available primarily for the MT, oddly enough, Clemency is more useful to the MT than it would ever be for the OT. More opportunities to use what is already a situational skill can only be a good thing! All of this considered, there should never be a moment where PLD is OTing. The utility is just too good. That's not how it works, though. Take a look at DRK's cooldown suite and explain how paladin comes out ahead. Look at WAR's and tell me how it comes out ahead. Paladin is behind both offensively by miles and defensively but enough for it to make no sense to use a paladin over one of the others. Sheltron guarantees a block, but still can't block magic, and that was the bulk of non-roulette damage for the almost-entirety of HW so far. Paladin takes as much damage as the others, and mitigates less and ends fights slower. Also, Clemency isn't good. Three second cast, can be interrupted, and breaks combo. Anything that breaks combos isn't good. It's also something like 40% of your base MP, and even lining up sheltron and riot>goring to recover some, that's not enough to make up for the initial cost. And if you're spamming riot>goring for MP, you're not doing your job correctly. Paladin's in a bad state when compared to the other tanks. It's fine if its all you have, but the others will do the job better. Then I suppose we'll have to see what 3.2 does for us.

PLD has next to no damage, but awesome defensive CDs and a skill that procs only when successfully blocking an attack (Shield Swipe) as well as a mana-regen skill (Sheltron) that guarantees that block. Despite having Royal Authority and Goring Blade by endgame, there is no reason PLD should ever be OTing. People like to argue Clemency at this point, but when you factor in the fact that Clemency eats huge amounts of mp, and Shelltron provides a second form of mana regen available primarily for the MT, oddly enough, Clemency is more useful to the MT than it would ever be for the OT. More opportunities to use what is already a situational skill can only be a good thing! All of this considered, there should never be a moment where PLD is OTing. The utility is just too good.

Make anything a rarity and everyone will want to play it. Nothing wrong with that, and hell, if you play it off as if the people you don't interact with don't exist in your personal canon, technically, you're just as rare as they said. What I take issue with is when people get all confrontational when the devs stick to what they said so they can feel justified in playing it. It's weird, how, in trying to be unique or special, they try to make it so nothing can be. Play what you want and have fun with it, sheesh.

I've had people asking me what the fuck I know about tanking because I main a PLD, as if there's an actual stigma developed against those who play it. Never mind that I'm i198 with this job. No, clearly, because I play the tank with the lowest amount of overall damage potency, I'm a fucking plebian who was somehow carried through the game. I should probably also mention the person who did this was a DRK who was mad that I wanted to MT in Void Ark.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61uNwd%2Brv1L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg[/img] Not necessarily the full thing, just yet. Being a compilation of stories...Does one of them count? The last story I read in it was The Hound, which is famously the first story of Lovecraft's to mention the "Necronomicon". It was inspired by a visit Lovecraft made to the Flatbush Reformed Church in Brooklyn.

*raises hand* ....I have an oily T-zone. I feel your pain.

PLD casts protect, healer casts Stoneskin II. Bam. Full protection on party in half the time.

Emphasis and portrayal play a big part for me. All of my characters have backstories and roleplay centering around adult themes and concepts, surely enough to be classified as mature, but Edgar and Aradial definitely have darker elements to them. There's emphasis on how those aspects are awful to deal with, and there's a general sense of lack of control and hopelessness permeating their backstories. It's never something where there's an obvious light at the end of the tunnel, it's just mountains of heavy shit and suck everywhere. At best, they're trying to make the best of a bad situation. At worst...

A gross exaggeration of Aradial's dancing while fighting. gjCkzlOaZaM

Sephirot not Sephiroth. Posted with love and appreciation for your efforts :love: 8-) :thumbsup: I tried to minimize my seething hatred for this idea. It's okay, Kage. At least I know the difference~!

How I feel about all of this: "Minfillia is the worst character in the game! All she does is get kidnapped! Moenbryda was better!" "Moenbryda literally lasted one patch and existed solely to hand over a macguffin." "DON'T YOU TALK SHIT ABOUT MOENBRYDA." "And by the way, Thancred got his stupid ass taken over by an Ascian, first. Where's the scorn for that failure? Or Alphinaud and the utter disaster that was the Crystal Braves?" "DON'T YOU TALK SHIT ABOUT MY HUSBANDOS." "I hate this fanbase."

Personally? I've been using VIT accessories since day one. On PLD, no less. And I did just fine.

Think you could throw me a linkshell? Both Aradial and Koporo have ties to Ishgard at this point.

Koporo would definitely be Gallade. http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/58/475Gallade.png[/img] A master of courtesy and swordsmanship, it fights using extending swords on its elbows. When protecting someone, it extends its elbows as if they were swords and fights savagely.

For Steel to attract a nice man with? As if she needed the help?

I deal heavily in, well, heavy shit. Depression is one of those things I can handle. Look, this goes for you as much as it goes for everyone else: I have a better idea of what it's like than most, so if you need to talk, I'm here. Hugs only go so far. Not that they aren't fun to give and receive, mind you...

Welp, I gotta admit, that's a terrible way to describe it. I suppose I'll go next: Edgar Gandervalt: Prodigal catboy genius nearly starves to death in his bedroom because the door is locked from the outside. Kokoporo Apaporo: Momma's boy finally moves out of the goddamn house.

Oh no, this is me. This is every character I ever played. There's no escape. Yep. Every goddamned time.

Oh, they're terrible, but they remind me of the Vibromatic Heart Beds from the Sims. "The Woohoo Bed!" I saw a few comments on my tumblr post for this announcement. People agree. Woohoo Bed. It's not a woohoo bed until we can do this with it. Woooo! :love:

Now do Papyrus!