So...Why was Shield Oath level 40?

[Brannigan]

Sword Oath used to have double enmity on the extra attack, so it wasn't much worse than shield oath (which was only 50% bonus) against a single target for hate. I agree with T2teddy though - Sword/Shield Oath should be acquired at the same level. They really should be on the same button, too.

[Vandril]

They really should be on the same button, too.

They can be. Do what I do and macro them together.

Pressing the button the first time will activate one of the buffs, and the other will be caught by GCD. Pressing the button a second time will cancel the first buff and cast the second. Thus, this macro will essentially add both buffs to one button and allow you to cycle through them. Just add the one you use more often as the first one in the macro and you're golden.

I do the same thing for my NIN poisons.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

They can be. Do what I do and macro them together.

Pressing the button the first time will activate one of the buffs, and the other will be caught by GCD. Pressing the button a second time will cancel the first buff and cast the second. Thus, this macro will essentially add both buffs to one button and allow you to cycle through them. Just add the one you use more often as the first one in the macro and you're golden.

I do the same thing for my NIN poisons.

I'm going to have to steal this. I never thought of doing this. I main WAR, and with HS coming up, this will be useful for our upcoming DPS stance. Can you post your macro?

[Vandril]

I'm going to have to steal this. I never thought of doing this. I main WAR, and with HS coming up, this will be useful for our upcoming DPS stance. Can you post your macro?

Sure thing. This is my Ninja's poison one, but it's the same deal.

/micon "Kiss of the Wasp"
/ac "Kiss of the Wasp"
/ac "Kiss of the Viper"

There's nothing special to my macro at all. It just takes advantage of the way toggleable buffs work with the GCD.

The macro will try to consecutively cast Kiss of the Wasp and then Kiss of the Viper immediately. If Kiss of the Wasp is not already enabled, it will cast and enable it, while the attempt to use Kiss of the Viper will be met with a "Not ready yet" error message. If Kiss of the Wasp is already enabled, it will cast it to disable the buff (which does not trigger the recast) and then immediately cast Kiss of the Viper to enable it.

The only issue I have with this macro is the error message and corresponding error sound it throws when KotW is not already enabled. As far as I'm aware, there is no way to disable those for individual macros.