Isn't it about time for SE to bring parity to paladins

[Ceodore]

Yeah, this isn't a balancing thread. These aren't even really balancing changes except for the whole shield bash thing, or whatever. I'm just going to ignore that request, cause, you know, just no. Shield Oath and Sword Oath, I could live without Sword Oath in all honesty and just have Shield Oath to toggle like Defiance. There are far FAR better ways to boost Paladin dps without a measly 2nd hit to AA worth barely anything.

[SpookyGhost]

There are far FAR better ways to boost Paladin dps without a measly 2nd hit to AA worth barely anything.

... My god.

[Ceodore]

... My god.

I'd prefer the term spiritual overlord when speaking about me.

[Donjo]

There are far FAR better ways to boost Paladin dps without a measly 2nd hit to AA worth barely anything.

I'll tackle this one. The difference between Shield Oath and No Oath should be, as the tooltips suggest, 20% damage.

I was doing some testing of the effects on additional Strength on the Paladin a bit ago and found that my Sword Oath DPS was approximately 31-33% higher than my Shield Oath DPS. Let's remove the 20% that the loss of Shield Oath gains us. That makes Sword Oath increase DPS by 11-13% when compared to No Oath.

That little bitty 50 potency hit goes a long way when it's constantly happening.