Sword Oath Idea

[Noxifer]

The only negative I can think of is that swapping STR and VIT stats may give PLD too much dmg as a tank class.

Well, considering Paladins are the furthest down on the damage scale (even if I'm not sure by how much, since I haven't kept myself too up to date on that since HW hit), I'm not sure it would make them OP. On the contrary, I think it might mean we'd see Warriors get a challenger to their OT throne. Since the decreased HP and Enmity would mean you'd avoid MTing in Sword Oath (apart from longer phases of no-damage or no-tank-busters, due to the GCDs missed by switching oaths), it'd mainly affect OT value. It'd also mean that their MT damage would be lower, since Paladins would most likely opt to go with VIT specs/bling for more of a damage increase in OT stance -- or with pentamelds, of course, for the 'best of both worlds'.

Hopefully it'd also prevent future issues like the current, where Paladins are 'unwanted' in Alex Savage due to lower damage output. It'd help equalize the three tank jobs without making them identical.

I personally like the idea =)

(Edit: My FC's Paladin pointed out to me that since you get an increase of DPS output of 20% anyway without Shield Oath and that the extra auto-attacks is an improvement since auto-attacks in general count for about 20-25% of the total damage, so it could be a bit over the top... But I still like it xD Considering Warriors not only lose the 20% damage loss but gains a 5% damage boost, plus extra stack abilities to use.)