Okay, so people complain a lot about Speed of Light Solblader, but I wanted to bring up the other side of the coin. The side that gets a lot less attention cause it's just not as good, but probably still deserves tuning up even if people agree Speed of Light needs tuning down.
Wall of Light is a pretty solid tank, proccing level 15 Swift Guard off of Holy Aura, and an additional 5 DR off Blazing Sol. Potentially upwards of 20 DR for playing the class is a pretty solid amount, though Swift Guard is vulnerable to Guard Break meaning that there are times where playing the class is actually detrimental for you against enemies with reliable access to guard break. On top of that, while the class has access to a very solid parry through Holy Shield, it's a pretty big amount of investment/set up, requiring both Solcharges and a buff to activate, where as most classes get theirs passively, and even Aquamancer with Ring of Pearls only requires the cast. It further has the limitation of having its Solblader abilities ranges reduced by 2, turning it from having 5 tile movement by default on most of its abilities down to 3, drastically limiting its range and ability to play around its Solsphere to proc its Swift Guard in the first place. In my opinion, Wall of Light isn't bad per say, but it definitely suffers in terms of being able to immediately come out the gate swinging with some pretty big vulnerabilities in its kit. Compared to other tank options, it's definitely the most finicky with set up required to get access to things classes like BK or Ghost get for basically free, or at least less hassle (parries and DR through Indomintable or Wraithguard).
Flash of Light is... Pretty bad all things considered. It's Holy Aura bonus is+5 to all Elemental ATK and -15% FP cost for spells. +5 elemental attack is a pretty minor buff, and while the -15%FP cost for spells is pretty solid for builds lacking in FP, you have to trigger Holy Aura in the first place which often means spending 3M at least to walk into your Solsphere just to activate it. Blazing Sol does give it to you for free, but the abilities of Blazing Sol aren't all that great either. (Recover 15 FP and deal protection-ignoring Light bonus magic damage to all enemies within 3 Range. The damage is equal to your Solblader level.) Recovering FP mostly just helps mitigate the FP cost of being in Blazing Sol in the first place, and 60 free damage a turn for enemies close to you isn't bad, but... It again, isn't really anything to write home about either. None of this really works well together to really support casting in any real way when Flash of Light is meant to be a caster focused Solblader stance. Its default passive of reducing momentum on your next Mercalan Spell for using Soldier/Solblader skills on your Solsphere also pull you away from actively casting in the first place, and while it can be funny to drop a one-turn Lux Relido on someone, in reality, you're just better off hitting them with spells if you're playing a caster rather than spending a few turns playing around you Solsphere if your enemy is even in range of it to let you do so in the first place. This is ontop of the fact that, as it currently stands, Faithful Sol does not proc off lightning spells with Divine Spark, which means you are largely locked to playing a Curate Promo to help with Solcharge generation.
Feel free to drop your own thoughts, but I think most of this is pretty well founded. While some people may play Wall of Light, there are basically no Flash of Light users out there, and both of these are generally overshadowed by how much momentum economy Speed of Light provides. It'd be nice to see these stances tuned up.
As some possible "quick fixes", Wall of Light could do with some possible patching, possibly through making its Swift Guard buff something else so it's not quite as vulnerable to Guard Break, or perhaps some way to let it activate Holy Shield faster. Getting rid of its range reduction would be nice as well if it's intended to play around its Solsphere to activate Holy Aura, as it can be extremely limiting and the 15% damage increase generally isn't worth it in my opinion.
Flash of Light... Might need some deeper reworks, as it suffers just kind of through and through without much support for its actual identity. If Blazing Sol provided the momentum reduction on spells passively to let you pop a few extra spells, or maybe explicitly for Lux Relido so you have more excuses to drop your laser on someone, that could be cool. But many of its existing passives are extremely bland or just not the most useful.
Wall of Light is a pretty solid tank, proccing level 15 Swift Guard off of Holy Aura, and an additional 5 DR off Blazing Sol. Potentially upwards of 20 DR for playing the class is a pretty solid amount, though Swift Guard is vulnerable to Guard Break meaning that there are times where playing the class is actually detrimental for you against enemies with reliable access to guard break. On top of that, while the class has access to a very solid parry through Holy Shield, it's a pretty big amount of investment/set up, requiring both Solcharges and a buff to activate, where as most classes get theirs passively, and even Aquamancer with Ring of Pearls only requires the cast. It further has the limitation of having its Solblader abilities ranges reduced by 2, turning it from having 5 tile movement by default on most of its abilities down to 3, drastically limiting its range and ability to play around its Solsphere to proc its Swift Guard in the first place. In my opinion, Wall of Light isn't bad per say, but it definitely suffers in terms of being able to immediately come out the gate swinging with some pretty big vulnerabilities in its kit. Compared to other tank options, it's definitely the most finicky with set up required to get access to things classes like BK or Ghost get for basically free, or at least less hassle (parries and DR through Indomintable or Wraithguard).
Flash of Light is... Pretty bad all things considered. It's Holy Aura bonus is+5 to all Elemental ATK and -15% FP cost for spells. +5 elemental attack is a pretty minor buff, and while the -15%FP cost for spells is pretty solid for builds lacking in FP, you have to trigger Holy Aura in the first place which often means spending 3M at least to walk into your Solsphere just to activate it. Blazing Sol does give it to you for free, but the abilities of Blazing Sol aren't all that great either. (Recover 15 FP and deal protection-ignoring Light bonus magic damage to all enemies within 3 Range. The damage is equal to your Solblader level.) Recovering FP mostly just helps mitigate the FP cost of being in Blazing Sol in the first place, and 60 free damage a turn for enemies close to you isn't bad, but... It again, isn't really anything to write home about either. None of this really works well together to really support casting in any real way when Flash of Light is meant to be a caster focused Solblader stance. Its default passive of reducing momentum on your next Mercalan Spell for using Soldier/Solblader skills on your Solsphere also pull you away from actively casting in the first place, and while it can be funny to drop a one-turn Lux Relido on someone, in reality, you're just better off hitting them with spells if you're playing a caster rather than spending a few turns playing around you Solsphere if your enemy is even in range of it to let you do so in the first place. This is ontop of the fact that, as it currently stands, Faithful Sol does not proc off lightning spells with Divine Spark, which means you are largely locked to playing a Curate Promo to help with Solcharge generation.
Feel free to drop your own thoughts, but I think most of this is pretty well founded. While some people may play Wall of Light, there are basically no Flash of Light users out there, and both of these are generally overshadowed by how much momentum economy Speed of Light provides. It'd be nice to see these stances tuned up.
As some possible "quick fixes", Wall of Light could do with some possible patching, possibly through making its Swift Guard buff something else so it's not quite as vulnerable to Guard Break, or perhaps some way to let it activate Holy Shield faster. Getting rid of its range reduction would be nice as well if it's intended to play around its Solsphere to activate Holy Aura, as it can be extremely limiting and the 15% damage increase generally isn't worth it in my opinion.
Flash of Light... Might need some deeper reworks, as it suffers just kind of through and through without much support for its actual identity. If Blazing Sol provided the momentum reduction on spells passively to let you pop a few extra spells, or maybe explicitly for Lux Relido so you have more excuses to drop your laser on someone, that could be cool. But many of its existing passives are extremely bland or just not the most useful.
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