Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan View Post
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.