ah, this was all pretty helpful. I did get the JOAT thing figured out last night as I never really paid to much attention to it.

But, heres my problem. I really only want Bushido for spell usage reasons. I am a 1 handed wep/shield user for obvious reasons. I cant find a really good direct answer as to, does bushido neutralize my parry effects if I use a shield?

And as to the swords reason (greater availability of 2 handed weps), If Im a 1handed user, this shouldnt effect me as much since all my pvm weps are krysses and forks lol?

Sorry Im totally new to the bushido concept since my char has been pure pally since AoS, and before that on older accounts, pure warriors hehe.