Paladins Royal Authority hitting at the start of the attack feels.. weird...

[Teuciont]

All the other moves apply damage at what seems to be the dramatic point of the attack like wish Demolish after your character deals a series of punches and kicks or with bootshine after it lands all 4 punches and I wouldn't argue that they are clunky. Having Royal Authority hit before it does its jumping spin slash makes the animation feel pointless.

I would think you'd agree they are clunky when you begin RoH and the mob is halfway across the room before the hit registers. This was ESPECIALLY BAD in Second Coil, see: first set of adds in T7. Don't even get me started on Hallowed or Spirits Within. It's subjective, but I much prefer functionality over a delayed 'oomph.'

[Zfz]

I would think you'd agree they are clunky when you begin RoH and the mob is halfway across the room before the hit registers. This was ESPECIALLY BAD in Second Coil, see: first set of adds in T7. Don't even get me started on Hallowed or Spirits Within. It's subjective, but I much prefer functionality over a delayed 'oomph.'

In that case RoH should register at the beginning (like how they changed warrior's stun), and let RA register at the end for the oomph. We are tanks, our main tools should value function over form, right?

I wish Rage of Halone would register hit before the end of animation. It's clunky when tank swapping. I sometimes use a combo'd Savage blade instead (then proceed to combo'd Halone) for tank swap.

Indeed, the RoH animation delay is why I've always used comboed SB on tank swaps, and for picking up adds. A4N as ST I also almost always do my Fast Blade just before getting Quarantined so I start with Savage Blade -> Spirits Within -> CoS -> RA in Quarantine, never having to use RoH unless the DPS is wielding 190 with full 180+ gear.