Quote Originally Posted by Zaft View Post
Honestly the best choice is to simply not use Shield Oath or Defiance. They aren't really needed at this item level anyway, with few exceptions.
As much as I enjoy pumping my effectiveness as much as I can, I'm starting to disagree with the whole min-maxing dps on tanks because I started asking myself this question:

What increases dps more:

* Having a tank be a lot less tanky, lower survivability overall and more damage taken for a percentual DPS increase above the damage that they already do

or

* Having a tank be as tanky as possible and minimizing heals needed so that the healer has the possibility to deal damage they otherwise couldn't