Is it pointless to lvl Paladin?

[Februs]

It shouldn't be that odd. I've only had drk at 60 for a week and it didn't take me long to realize 1 power slash combo is pretty much enough for any fight xD. Plus Drk has the 15% bonus from Darkside, so on top of 40 more potency they get a damage buff too.

Oh I'm not questioning whether or not Power Slash generates more threat. It definitely does... but stealing hate from a Pld at lvl 50 without using Provoke? Assuming the Pld started with Hate (say, 1 full RoH combo), then even if the Drk were using nothing but their Power Slash Combo they'd have to dramatically out-gear the Pld, or the Pld would have to be doing something very very wrong (like completely ignoring their Shield Swipe/CoS/FoF) for that to happen. I mean, I've stolen hate off of Drk's and War's at lvl 50 too, but I don't blame their threat gen for it. I blame them thinking that they can get away with a pure Dps combo when the Off Tank's only combo generates enmity.

Also, (I could very well be wrong on this, so someone feel free to correct me if I am), but FoF makes a huge difference when used correctly. Whereas Pld attack power and potency is lower, they also suffer no reductions at the beginning of the fight. Darkside allots 15% dmg by itself. With Grit (20% reduction in dmg) you're actually -5% dmg while both Grit and DS are up. That still exceeds a Pld's ShO dmg (which is also a 20% reduction) by 15%... only FoF increases Pld dmg by 30%. This increases Pld dmg by 10% over Oath (15% over Drk's Stance effects), and is almost always used at the very start of the Pld's opening rotation. A Pld using FoF effectively begins every fight with 10% increase to their base dmd (which is probably another reason why they haven't fixed Pld enmity gen... and probably also had a lot to do with how hate theft from War MT's was such a big issue in the 2.x days... Kinda makes a lot more sense now...)