Shield Oath makes Sheltron useless.

[Kyt]

I'm looking to strengthen my DEFENSIVE abilities, and that's reserving my mana for Clemency. I don't want to burn it on Holy Spirit as a main tank (Especially with a huge damage reduction anyways from shield oath.)

I had a good idea though. Seeing how Shield Oath does not generate a lot of Oath Gage in per say a primal 1 on 1 fight why don't we have CLEMENCY generate Oath Gage as well? This will strengthen the role of a DEFENSIVE main tank.

Thoughts?

Unfortunately, dps as a main tank still is an important stat. That's why you see tanks slot strength in materia slots. Your job isn't to heal yourself in raids. Obviously play however you want, but the fundamental way paladin is optimally played right now revolved around your 2 phase dps rotation and doesn't typically use clemency unless it's an emergency.

[Tankstuff]

I'm looking to strengthen my DEFENSIVE abilities, and that's reserving my mana for Clemency. I don't want to burn it on Holy Spirit as a main tank (Especially with a huge damage reduction anyways from shield oath.)

I had a good idea though. Seeing how Shield Oath does not generate a lot of Oath Gage in per say a primal 1 on 1 fight why don't we have CLEMENCY generate Oath Gage as well? This will strengthen the role of a DEFENSIVE main tank.

Thoughts?

Well then the issue isnt with the class its with the player, not our fault you're playing suboptimally. Holy spirit give you your highest damage AND builds gauge which can then be used for sheltron on tank busters, mitigating more damage than youd heal with clemency. You dont sound like the type of player who clears savage content or ex primals anyways so idk what you need more defense for, expert dungeon roulette? lol. The whole "im mt i dont need to do damage" is stupid, if you had that kind of mentality in a3s you would be booted before the pull. Its everyones job to push their dps to the limit, and you can still survive with proper CD management. I dont even use tank stance for susano ex anymore, the content is going the creator route, easy and accessible, even more reason to push dps as tanks and healers.