How to optimize DPS as a MT in HW (PLD)?

[Ippiki]

Cyrus, that's not your only mistake.

Opening with Goring Blade has no bonus Enmity, and further delaying your Halone with Swipe doesn't help much either. Do we have concrete numbers yet on Shield Swipes additional enmity?

A good PLD pull would be like this:
Shield Lob(FoF), Fast Blade(SW + CnS), Savage Blade(Bloodbath or a defensive CD to smooth intake) Halone, then Goring.

Check threat after you place Goring, if DPS are getting high, Halone, if you're safe, then replace Halone after a Royal. Use Shield Swipe only as a TP saving tool, and it's ok to clip Goring Blade at 5-6 seconds due to the potency being so much higher than Royal.

[GeekMatt]

[edited because I'm a dummy and didn't reread the OP before posting]

You need to know how to do your DPS, then adjust how much aggro you need to build based on your partys aggro generation. Running dungeons I typically open with Gore Blade combo on bosses and still have plenty of aggro; from there I'll either Halone or stick to Royal Authority depending on whether or not the party's getting close on aggro.

If DPS is bursting aggro, or if I'm uncertain, then I open with Halone, but generally speaking its a priority order for single target. Do I need more aggro? Halone combo. If no then I'm prioritizing Goring DoT from combo over RA combo and only worrying about Halone when aggro generation is required. SW and CoS sit on CD at all times, and Fight or Flight is up front as my first skill which may or may not be ideal DPS-wise (more likely there's a place for it to fit where you can squeeze in an additional Royal Authority instead of a Fast Blade) after which it's kept on CD.