Quote Originally Posted by LordTiberiusRex View Post
A special note that I recently discovered to add to this:

You can use Mercy Stroke without interrupting a combo

E.g. Heavy Swing -> Maim -> (Mercy Stroke used) -> Storm's Eye

Even though you used MS within the combo, you will still retain the combo action, potency, and bonus in Storm's Eye from a typical HS -> Maim -> SE.

This also applies to any classes that cross-class the skill as well within their respective combos (i.e. Dragoon, Monk, etc.)
Yeah I was wondering too, I love it that way, I could have sworn this was different before 2.1, but just came back 2 weeks ago after a long christmas break and wondered.