Off Tank Stance?

[Lucy_Pyre]

Generally if both tanks start a fight with their tank stance on, agro is going to go to whomever does the most damage in short window after pulling, and thats not even a gear thing, just a class thing. For example, DRK has the highest initial burst in the game followed by GNB and WAR etc etc.

Generally? If you're OT, just turn your tank stance on like 3-5 GCD's in to the fight, by that point the MT will have enough of a lead it shouldn't be a problem, and it'll mean you'll always be #2 on agro if something goes wrong or if a mechanic calls for it. Some fights call for specific agro management but you seem to have a decent enough grasp of it to be able to adapt if needed, but its a good general rule to follow anyway.

First of all, there's a lot wrong in this statement. WAR actually has the highest opening burst of all the tanks, not DRK. The two are relatively close but WAR does surpass it. Other than that, no, you don't turn your stance on that early as OT. The only time your stance should be on that soon as OT is if the boss auto attacks the #1 and #2 targets on aggro such as Leviathan savage. Otherwise, however, the OT should start the fight with their stance turned off and only turn it on around 30-45 seconds into the fight, which is enough time that both tanks will be completely finished with their opening burst phases and that by turning your stance on immediately after that point you will give the MT a large enough aggro lead that it is more or less impossible to rip aggro off of them.