Quote Originally Posted by saber_alter View Post
not true. if you need +1 as a paladin because your having trouble holding hate, your doing something wrong.

+1 shield is okay, but you should start with af2 chest or coordinate with the other tank if your in a static coil group.
Not all together true. Turn 4 as the tank doing the add pick ups (aka the actual hard part), you need all the threat youc an get so your dps can go ham. Also, as your dps gear up, they do close the gap. Before I did coil 4 & 5 I would have agreed with you, but now that we have mutliple dps in full left side i90, threat is much more heated.

Your primary job, as a tank, is to build and hold agro. No upgrade other than your sword will have as big an impact on this. Sword & shield should always be first.