Quote Originally Posted by Fernosaur View Post
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I suppose it also depends on the class. PLD turning on Sword Oath? Uh, no. Just.... don't. Keep Shield Oath on, because Sword Oath is... not anything you'd want for its awesome deeps (Sword Oath is for Off-Tanking so you don't build too much threat, and for Solo because you build Oath much faster so you can keep spamming Sheltron and Clemency to make yourself invincible). Since I have no experience playing a Warrior, and since the person you are referring to is a Warrior, they were speaking from a Warrior's PoV.

A PLD's Shield Oath gives far more defensive power than a Warrior's tank stance, and a Warrior's DPS stance increases DPS by more than a PLD's Sword Oath from my understanding (I could be wrong about this, but eh).