Quote Originally Posted by Chrono_Rising View Post
(b) We have no self sustain for stance dancing against raid bosses, where as pld is not locked out of clemency if they choose to switch to Sword Oath for a bit.
(d) Mitgating with the darkest night is a small dps loss.
Clemency is a bigger DPS loss than TBN, heals probably less than 20% on PLD's max HP...and, with its cast time, can be wasted if a healer heals you in the meantime.

Besides, with it's short recast, TBN can be applied on top on any other mitigation tool with no decrease in value, surpassing Sentinel paired with Sheltron.
Quote Originally Posted by Chrono_Rising View Post
(f) though we have a 100% uptime on our dps buff, pld and warrior are much further ahead of us in terms of self damage buffs overall.
WAR can indeed apply Maim and Eye 100% of the time, on top of Bersek. On the other hand PLD has a lower average damage buff, with FoF around 12% average physical buff, and Requiescat a 4% average magic damage buff...with an additionnal condition.