Pulling as PAL

[Kaedan]

Sword oath is not good for trash pulling, especially on a PLD where dmg you gain from it is too low in comparison to the healer castin his aoe spells.
Stay in shield oath for trash pulling and pull more, that way you could speed up the process instead of going for 1 -2 groups of mobs go for 2-3. Being in shield oath you generate enough enmity by just using aoe's, circle of scorn and total eclipse.
That way you could just focus on using your def cooldowns and AOE damaging spells, i guarantee you, you will be doing more DPS than trying to keep enmity in sword oath by using flash, combo and etc and dungeon will go a lot faster if you pull more.

Btw
take a few minutes and watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fS-FVrY74Y
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fS-FVrY74Y

This. The benefit you gain from Sword Oath is pretty insignificant for trash pulls. In fact, outside of hard content, Sword Oath isn't that useful at all. Tanks tanking in their DPS stance is only really beneficial for content with DPS checks.

[AleXwern]

This. The benefit you gain from Sword Oath is pretty insignificant for trash pulls. In fact, outside of hard content, Sword Oath isn't that useful at all. Tanks tanking in their DPS stance is only really beneficial for content with DPS checks.

DPS stance not being beneficial in trash is pretty much a PLD only thing. DRK and especially WAR can pull absolutely ludicrously high numbers in big packs. Inner Release is one of the highest damage spikes in the entire game in single target and many times so in big packs as AoE.