Quote Originally Posted by Maelwys View Post
Emphasis on "Should".

I have lost count of the number of times an allianced SCH thought it would be a good idea to use Succor or Whispering Dawn the very moment before my sword touches a CT boss...
In CT there is more validity to opening with a shield lob or tomahawk simply for the reasons of things like Succor. Again it depends on your alliance. I don't find on bosses like KB with such huge hitbox (he moves along pretty fast as well), and low aggroe radius to be that much of a problem with these AoEs. Perhaps it is because I overgear and hit hard. I generally just facepull bosses with my second method and have no issue. My full i90 BLM friend precasts Thunder III to hit while I'm pulling all the time, and I never lose aggroe for a second with Unchained > Heavy Swing > Brutal Swing, unless his hit lands just before mine because of his mistiming. Again, as soon as Skull Sunder hits with that Berserk, its game over anyways.

For PLD I do something similar to Kitru. I usually FoF as I'm running into shield lob range. So FoF > Shield Lob > Spirit's Within > Fast Blade > CoS > Savage Blade > Halone. I find the stronger PLD off GCD abilities to lend themselves to Shield Lob better then Tomahawk + Brutal Swing, so that is my reasoning there.

To the OP: When Kitru talks about Warrior best enmity, keep in mind his combo string is geared towards competing with tanks in threat overall. If MT is established (you) then you are actually competing only with Heals/Trigger happy DD, and using Unchained + Berserk + IR should be within your first BB combo. As the game stands, DD/heals simply will not keep up with your enmity generated through normal tanking rotations.