Pld Oath's on GCD

[Paikis]

Why, in listing the delay to gain the eHP bonus from Defiance, does not one ever mention the delay in losing the healing bonus from HoTs? So you need a Lustrate to be topped off instantly after, sure. But you can also drop Defiance after Regen and ride on a Convalescence effect for all HoTs applied before for the next 18/21 seconds, every time. The delay works both ways.

I think its a question of utility. Sure, If I happen to have HoTs ticking on me as I change to Deliverance, yes they'll benefit from Defiance for their remaining duration. But literally no one ever has waited for a Regen refresh to change stance. No one is telling their healers that they're about to swap to Deliverance and could they please cast their HoTs again? Anyone waiting on HoTs to change stances is unequivocally bad.

Typically when changing to your offensive stance, it's because the big hit is behind you and you're entering a period of less damage. As such, who cares about a 20% increase in whatever happens to be left of a HoT's timer?

Meanwhile, the ability to swap to your tank stance while the tank buster is being cast, have it take full effect instantly, mitigate the buster and then immediately swap back is something just about every (good) tank would absolutely wet their pants in excitement over.

[seekified]

As a longtime WAR, this is probably the one thing that feels the most awkward to me when playing DRK. This, combined with the fact that re-activating Grit costs a hefty chunk of MP, makes me stancedance far less than I probably should. But then, I'm not pretending to be a great DRK, either - WAR remains my primary tank.