My Problem with PLD Oath Gauge

[dragonseth07]

When I'm in tank stance as mt and a successful block increases the oath gauge, it almost always procs shield swipe anyway. Sure it's a little mitigation and mp gain, but that's about it. And it builds so stinking slow it's not like it's on demand mitigation.

I think we got the shaft on the whole oath gauge mechanic, since shelltron is the only thing it's good for anyway.

Oh, dude. You are looking at this very wrong.

After you swap to Sword for your proper opener, the gauge builds super fast. At that point, it becomes a source of Sheltron that come through whenever you need them for busters, physical or magic.

Additionally, in OT, you get the super-sick Intervention to spend it on, to give the MT bonus cooldowns. It's awesome.

Shield Oath gives you lots of gauge when you actually use Shield Oath: trash, when you block a lot.

Sword Oath really pulls through when you want to use it: boss fights after initial hate gen.