Quote Originally Posted by fm_fenrir View Post
This would put PLD in an even worse position than it currently is. PLD's pretty comparable to DRK in SwO, but it's about 20% less DPS in ShO than a Grit DRK; forcing PLD to fulltime ShO without changing anything else about the class would just push it even further into trash-tier.
I thought it was generally assumed that PLD should get buffs to it's ShO DPS. :V So, yes, if they were to actually increase damage on the tanks they would also need to buff PLD's ShO DPS but they kinda need that regardless.