Thread: Patch 2.3 Shield Oath Issues

If I lose aggro on anything, it's rarely to a BLM. Usually, it's to a physical DPS that just focuses on one mob and doesn't watch their own enmity meter. I personally haven't really noticed an issue with Shield Oath, however, I rarely die in dungeons so I'm not sure about the new update to its continued duration through death. I also find a lot of the issue is that many PLDs don't know how to properly use Flash. They either spam it after their Rage of Halone Combo once or they just think they are in the middle of a techno rave and they have to be the stobe light flashing constantly. If a paladin is complaining of MP issues, then they really aren't using Flash properly. Since it's a skill that doesn't interrupt combos, it's better to put it between and after a Riot Blade Combo to keep your MP from plummeting. IF Flash is equivalent to a single Rage of Halone outside of Combo, and given Rage of Halone has more enmity than Savage Blade, With pulls of 3+, Fast Blade, Flash, Riot Blade, Flash will provide more AOE aggro than tab targeting Rage of Halone around. However, once you get to 1-2 mobs, Switching to Fast Blade, Riot Blade a few time to regain MP before the next pull is smarter than just reverting to Rage of Halone. I run with BLMs geared well into the 90s, and I've yet to have an issue with them, and as I've said, it's usually just physical DPS that just focus too hard on one mob, which is their fault anyways when I pull 5 or 6 mobs in Hullbreaker.

Basically it comes down to Flash being a not very optimal AoE enmity builder for PLD. If you take all ilvl100+ players, PLD+WHM+BLM+BRD/BLM, and throw them into any level 50 dungeon, it can be quite hectic to hold hate with 3+ mobs. If your BRD casts battle voice/foe's and then the WHM and BLM start HOLY/FLARE bombing all you can do as a PLD is spam flash to keep up. I guess people complaining about PLD only having 1 rotation can cheer up now, we have the FLASH (3/4) > Circle of Scorn > Fast Blade > Riot Blade > Flash (Loop back to Fast Blade, or circle if off cooldown)...