The frontline changes look very exciting, and I thank the devs for their efforts to improve and expand on the mode. However, I found my personal excitement to be soured upon seeing the changes to damage reduction. Dragoon and Dark Knight both had their damage dealt increased from -20% to -15%. This now leaves Paladin as the only job to receive a 20% nerf to its damage. I find this odd because Paladin's kit already deals low damage, the least of any of the tanks. Furthermore, with the nerfs it has received over 7.1 due to Crystalline Conflict, its defensives are also the weakest amongst tanks. Yes, cover is a strong ability, but properly utilizing it hinders your ability to act and do damage. Cover also has many counters, and in Frontlines, the likelihood that you will see these counters increases greatly, even more so now with some of the new role actions. In the context of Frontlines, surely Dark Knight's salted earth is considered more impactful than cover. So, why is Paladin punished so harshly?
I hope that this post is premature, and I look forward to testing out the new changes to Frontlines in 7.2. The reintroduction of Secure is especially interesting since it is a whole new map to me, having started playing after it had been removed. However, if Paladin still feels as it has in 7.1, I'm afraid that I will not have any desire to play Frontlines for long and will have to play Crystalline Conflict instead, which is a shame as I am not very good at it and I believe many would not like to see me back for another season.
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I hope that this post is premature, and I look forward to testing out the new changes to Frontlines in 7.2. The reintroduction of Secure is especially interesting since it is a whole new map to me, having started playing after it had been removed. However, if Paladin still feels as it has in 7.1, I'm afraid that I will not have any desire to play Frontlines for long and will have to play Crystalline Conflict instead, which is a shame as I am not very good at it and I believe many would not like to see me back for another season.
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