Shield overhaul

[Shinzee]

Your enmity problem out of tank stance point is completely mood, pld is not even closely the worst for holding enmity in dps stance, the real loser is drk in that category.
Pld even in dps mode will go goring > RA > RA with every ra combo having savage blade in it an enmity skill, if the boss got phy attacks shield swipe procs another enmity skill.
A dark knight is not using a single enmity skill in their dps rota, more dps or not you can not generate more enmity than the savage blades every RA rota and shield swipe procs a pld has while focusing on dps

[Cabalabob]

Your enmity problem out of tank stance point is completely mood, pld is not even closely the worst for holding enmity in dps stance, the real loser is drk in that category.
Pld even in dps mode will go goring > RA > RA with every ra combo having savage blade in it an enmity skill, if the boss got phy attacks shield swipe procs another enmity skill.
A dark knight is not using a single enmity skill in their dps rota, more dps or not you can not generate more enmity than the savage blades every RA rota and shield swipe procs a pld has while focusing on dps

DRK is definitely not the worst off when played properly, a dark arts power slash is great for securing enmity and it has a lot of oGCD damage and high potency attacks to help it keep on top. But I will grant that DRK does start to suffer on enmity in long drawn out fights so it is in a similar boat to PLD. But this by no means makes PLD enmity a moot point. It means the point stands for both DRK and PLD.

The thing is WAR's highest potency attack and its enmity generating combo are the same combo, so it never has to choose between generating enmity and dealing more damage. PLD and DRK don't have this luxury, PLD has to sacrifice damage to generate enmity and DRK has to sacrifice damage and mp regen to generate enmity. My suggestion for DRK would be to put a dark arts effect on shadow skin to generate enmity for the duration, turning it into a pseudo-grit.

I wouldn't suggest making the same change to Reprisal as I want for shield swipe because: A. Lazy copy paste homogenisation blah blah. B. Parry isn't procced by magic and DRK is setup as the magic tank. While a dark arts ability can be used in any situation C. Reprisal has a longer cooldown than shield swipe and no guaranteed proc button like PLD Shelton. D. I'd like to see more dark arts moves because it's DRKs unique mechanic.