Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
I'll take your word for it JackFoss, as I do not raid savage, so thanks for the insight.

I never understood this obsession with deactivating the tanking stance.
Isn't it the job of a tank to take as little damage as possible? Why would I ever want to deactivate a flat -20% damange inc unless I was an offtank w/o having anything to do?

So counter intuitive.
It is counter-intuitive but it actually fits the Dark Knight lore: Taking damage and protecting someone through going on an all out offensive.

The idea is simple: If you have a high amount of HP where you honestly can do your best to increase your DPS by a decent amount and clear mobs, it is effectively more mitigating to kill something off quickly instead of using the 15% damage.

For example: After my first rotation of PS/DASE, I drop Grit (This is for boss content). Once this is done, I can effectively boost my DPS by nearly 100+ by being out of Grit and still maintain my damage lead by throwing PS rotations every third or fourth time and purely doing DASE rotations with full attack power. While it makes no sense for a Paladin, lore wise, to actually switch out because they are by far the stalwart defender, Warriors and Dark Knights both have under the idea of being offensive in their defense.

As such, it actually makes sense. On a technical level, why not? Especially when you outgear the content, and the healer can still keep you up and DPS themselves. On a Lore level, as highlighted above, it fits too.