Thats the answer I was looking for. Alot of people say the topic has be discussed "x" amount of times yet all of the discussions end up with 10 different possible solutions. However in the end, it all boils down to your playing style. My zerker alt is only lvl 55 however I 3 box and I MT all of the groups I am in when I dont. Last night I spend the big 1s and bit the bullet. I have 22 AA and I decided to switch over to the STA despite the ol school logic of yeliding the best possible Tower shield I could find while tanking. However, as I progress as a Zerker and a tank I am always looking toward the golden lvl of 70 and I build my toon accordingly. My biggest concern was not how much dps I will dish out in the end game ( I have a 70 Brigand to do all of that) but how would a post EOF or possible MA/MT tank maximizing the STA line. Equipping the hotbar with the different shields and pulling with the Tower then after locking down the encounter switching over to the buckler seems like a good solution to this. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll have to test it in some 55ish instances and see how efficent/difficult this will be.