Quote Originally Posted by Ippiki View Post
A PLD can open in Sword Oath as MT if NIN gives them Silhouette, and neither class can come close to WAR's ridiculous burst currently.


It takes, minimum, 8 GCDs to build full stacks unless you burn CDs, CDs that could be better used for pre pull extensions or actual DPS.
Also, you assume that the fight is going to somehow give you back those GCDs, which doesn't happen, at least not until AST becomes Time Mage
Not assuming anything other than, at the end of the fight, 2-3 GCDs in the opening probably isn't even going to register a difference. You're kinda the one assuming it's not going to be "anywhere close"