Lets nerf WAR :D

[Shining_Tiger_Excalibur]

You don't really have to patronize her when saying something stupid as "Ignoring the proc for an oGCD skill" when you CLEARLY have the time to use it between GCD skills without losing anything...In fact, that's exactly the point of the new Shield Swipe.

PLD is not "fine" but you can't argue that the new Shield Swipe is definitely a DPS increase over the old Shield Swipe, albeit a very small one.

I'm not saying that it it's a DPS loss anymore. I'm saying that in order to actually properly use it, contrary to popular belief, you'll have to use it in Sword Oath. It's potency has been reduced and when paired with my damage down Shield Oath status it further becomes weaker (at that point it's not even 150 potency anymore.) I really, really do understand what you guys are saying. I'm the type of person that tries as much as I can to bury aggro before I do anything else and because of how weak I perceive Shield Swipe to be now, I'm holding off on using it with the intention that Sword Oath will make up for it. I'll tell you the change that could be made where I couldn't really argue against what you guys are saying....if my shield skills, while in Shield Oath ignored damage penalty that, would remove any doubt in my mind about this. It's called "Shield Oath" for a reason, ideally I should take a stance where I predominately use my shield to my advantage no just in defense but offense as well, I strike the target where there's an opening with not just my sword but shield as well. Right now this isn't what Shield Oath does.

And now that you've actually got me thinking on the matter I just remembered, Shield Swipe doesn't cost any fucking TP anymore. I'm ecstatic about that.