Possible Paladin Rework...

[Dinivas]

The Oaths

For the love of god take these off the GCD. Maybe its just me but sometimes wasting a GCD to put these up can cost me precious seconds. Also maybe take off the MP cost as it unfair a WAR can just die res go defiance like he never died and a PLD has to wait or pop and either to get back into a stance.

This is a moot point as of 2.3. Defiance and Oath buffs don't get cancelled when you die anymore.

Let's be crazy. Sword Oath add's emnity to circle of scorn and increases damage, but doesn't increase defense or received healing. You now have a tank that can continue to be what it is now, or for people looking to have a bit more fun it can be a stance dancer. Switch to Sword oath when Circle of Scorn is up for that aoe threat gen, and to increase damage your doing, then switch back to shield oath for the defense and increase shield abilities.

This is an interesting idea, but it's just as simple to give CoS an enmity modifier on either the initial damage or the DoT as it is to micromanage Oaths. It's the only real AoE a PLD has and the fact that it lacks a real enmity modifier when Overpower and Steel Cyclone both have bonus enmity is why they suffer from weaker burst AoE threat. A WAR can go in, use Overpower and Steel Cyclone, and not have to worry about enmity. A PLD has to rely on Flash spam after the initial FoF/CoS and hope DPS don't get a proc or trigger happy. The reliance on Flash is why I made the switch early on from PLD to WAR. Overpower may be more expensive, but you don't have to rely on it to hold enmity in AoE situations.

I'm not suggesting PLD and WAR need to play the same, but PLD needs something to make AoE situations more bearable.