Sword Oath: While it is odd that we get it before shield oath, I had no problems tanking from 30-40. It is our "dps" stance, nothing more, and if you crunch the numbers, paladins actually do similar dps to wars with it up. I don't understand the hate for this - if you are tanking, don't use it.

Cover: Whats wrong with having a narrow cooldown? We already have plenty of mitigation cd's, cover is just icing on the cake. If you can't find times to use cover, then you aren't trying hard enough.