Switching from PLD to WAR and need advice

[Leigaon]

I've noticed a difference in my cool downs. I've been a MDR > WAR for a while, then I attempted to play my friends job a PLD. The basics are the same just a different move here or there.

What I found very different was how I applied my cool downs, now in general you do them as you feel needed and in dungeons you really are solid..just basics will get you by. As WAR I always keep some sort of transition of a buff up at a time while keeping my hate so I have about 3 self buff macros and I slowly transition between them and use inner beast to either use when needed or use to give me that 20% boost to carry over to my next macro buff through troubled times.

To me, it finally clicked like it was a lot like SMN. How SMN keeps a constant strain of DOTS on the mob, I needed a constant strain of buffs on myself, and not so much the buffs your storms debuff is also helping you out. Just do it between hate.

Then again this is my own personal way of doing things I got no idea how other war's do it..I know it works for me, is fun.