Quote Originally Posted by Bigpurpleharness View Post
PLD has a much lower skill cap (Until shield bashing is the difference between a wipe and not, at least), and they're also much easier to heal on average.
There's no skill involved in playing PLD. You literally have one combo chain (which already debuffs the boss for you), very good passive mitigation, and very good cooldowns. People love to underestimate Sword Oath, but it provides comparable damage to Maim, should you be the off-tank or off-DPS.