I think a lot of people are hyping up shield swipe more than they ought to. I've yet to see it actually provide substantial tp management which was the whole purpose behind the ability in the first place. You can argue that pacification has its uses on trash dungeon mobs but even then you're hoping rng aligns the duration of your pacification with the enemies execution of their own skill. Imo pacification so translate into a stun of sorts on a separate timer as it currently is, or maybe an additional 5% mitigation for a few seconds similar to inner beast for shield swipe procs? Idk taking shots in the dark at this point hoping for SE to acknowledge/provide solutions to the current state of PLD. As for now, I've converted to Warrior in favor of smoother gameplay, higher dps, higher threat generation, and overall quicker runs.