Quote Originally Posted by Reynhart View Post
Right now, we have no idea on how Savage will scale. My guess, when it comes to WAR, is that the windows you'll have between two damage spikes will be too short to really make up for the gauge penalty. Exactly how PLD would lose DPS if they had to swap stances back and forth when it interrupted combos.

But that's only my guess, we'll see the real situation in two weeks.
My point was that going into raid with the mentality "tanks should be in tank stance" is as bad as going with "tanks should wear all slaying and be in dps stance" since you should be able to adjust based on the fights and the group's needs. I've seen countless wipes due to tanks and healers (including myself) being too greedy with dps, but I've also seen countless failed dps checks that could have been avoided if the tanks and healers contributed more, or if the group strategy was optimized for better dps uptime, despite higher risks, especially in low ilv progression.