Thoughts/confusions about new "Royal Authority"

[Sapphidia]

To respond to Jpec07, it's definitely not true that it's only for Burn Phases. If you're tanking in shield oath, after a couple of halone combos on a boss you should be able to tank almost entirely using Goring Blade and Royal Authority combos unless you're undergeared. No DPS should be able to catch up to a paladin doing their Goring/Royal/Royal combo in Shield Oath unless the paladin is full vit spec, full fending, or has noticeably worse gear/weapons than the DPS.

Obviously it depends on gear levels, but you SHOULD be able to use a lot of Royal Authorities when tanking anything. It's only really if you swap to Sword Oath when tanking (if you dont need the mitigation) that you can run into threat problems without throwing in lots of Halones.

If you're struggling to use Royal Authority when tanking in shield oath against equally geared DPSers then you should probably consider adding more strength into your tank build, as it really shouldnt be an issue and you shouldnt need more than a couple of Halone Combos at the start of a fight to get a safe enough threat lead to spam it.

Alternatively, you can use the "mixed" rotation of Goring -> Halone -> Royal. This has a nice balance of threat and damage and keeps both the -Str and Goring Dot on, and you're only losing 80 potency per 9 GCDs rather than 160.

[Eye_Gore]

If you're tanking in shield oath, after a couple of halone combos on a boss you should be able to tank almost entirely using Goring Blade and Royal Authority combos unless you're undergeared.

While this is true and RA will still give a bit more DPS, I just feel its a waste because of the damage reduction. I just feel like if I'm going RA rotation I want the max out of it, but thats just me. It just seems during fights it really doesn't add much to the overall DPS of the group to be noticed, but thats just me. I just see it as my own little rage mode.