Paladin needs an enmity/potency buff.

[FallenWings]

My post as stated (if you even bother to read it) notes that it does not take the buffs into account and that it wouldn't change the overall results all too much. More specifically Berserk and Flight or Fight with both having roughly the same effect on the totals. You do not add 50% to the total because it is NOT available all the time. In the grand scheme you include its down time, meaning something like Flight or Fight is a 30% increase in its DURATION. It has a 90 second cooldown meaning its only effective 1/3 of the time if you use it on the cooldown (which you should) meaning that its effect on the total potencies is really only 10%-ish. The same logic applies to Berserk and Berserk has a much inferior effect on the total potency due to its type of increase and its pacification effect. (Using the Ball parked number which is an actual 40% increase in damage dealt, Berserk is roughly the same to Flight or Fight being 1/3 stronger but 1/3 shorter. It is weaker than Flight or Fight as a result because of the Pacification which is 5 seconds DPS loss.)

What my math is trying to point out is that PLD has access to Circle of Scorn AND Spirits Within, both of which play a major part to their potencies and hate potencies. They are both effectively a 12.30% increase to the damage potency. That alone > Maim because Maim requires you to execute a lower pot and non enmity multiplying combo, causing you to have 1 out of 3 combos without the large enmity multipliers for a 20% increase in the other two which in my math, is proven to be an enmity loss over the long term.

In summary:
- WAR is undeniably better at BURSTING.
- WAR has lower total potencies in the long term.
- Both tanks benefit from Slash Resist so the argument of Storm's Eye being a WAR only calculation is thrown out the window.
- Flight or Fight is very slightly better than Berserk for overall effect.
- Unchained is the SOLE reason WAR is superior in Hate Generation and DPS in their TANKING stance. IB as well but that's an entirely different "Beast" (hur) in itself with its own Mechanic and being a GCD skill.
- PLD is actually a superior damage dealer in Sword Oath. Practically 50+ potency to each GCD WpnSkill, CoS and SpW > Maim.
- PLD is fine where it is in its tanking stance. It has no issues maintaining aggro and for no equivalence to Unchained they get a shield. Really c'mon, people already assume this as making them better than WARs at MT.