In general, you want to gear out your main before you level an alt. However, with the myth caps, coil lockouts, and 1 CT gear per week... there's really nothing else to do once you have all those done. So you might as well level a pld on the side. I have both a pld (i90) and war (i89) and there are advantages to both depending on content. 2 things that Plds have over War though - Hallowed Ground and a silence. For Turn 2 in coil, it's nice to have another silence for interrupts. And Hallowed Ground >>>> Holmgang