Quote Originally Posted by Violette View Post
"Still fairly new to this game, and i'm about to get my Paladin to 60, looking for any advice as to how to get set up for the raids efficiently."

Also......sword oath tanking gets better w/ gear.....so why would you stop doing it if you can do it with lesser gear?
The main reason for switching oaths while tanking is to pump out more damage. Even if you do nothing but RoH in between GB, you're still going to vastly outpace your potential DPS in ShO. We all know this. However, once the PLD and her group are to a certain gear threshold, group DPS is no longer going to be low enough to where it is required for the tank to play so aggressively.

Mind, there certainly isn't anything wrong with an aggressive playstyle like that, and in fact many who play PLD swear by and enjoy the dance. And once you've learned the fight, and once you've gotten used to switching like that when you have a hate lead, there's certainly nothing stopping you. Extra DPS is helpful, but my point is that once you get to the point where you're not trying to make up for an undergeared team, the dance probably isn't necessary.

It is also completely unnecessary in any other content in the game. It can be fun to do, but you shouldn't feel like you need to do it in lower tiers of content.