DRK needs re-tuning/buffing.

[Falar]

YEah it is fine, I was just responding to the guy that made it sound like he uses it as a DCD and doesn't care if it pops.

[SyzzleSpark]

YEah it is fine, I was just responding to the guy that made it sound like he uses it as a DCD and doesn't care if it pops.

To be fair, it is really hard to have it not pop on someone else since it is only a 10% shield; if the MT takes any damage at all its going to pop. The only way you can screw this up is if you don't know the boss's rotation and put it up during a long cast time (I've done this a few times in o1-4, as many of the Omega bosses stop hitting the MT for several seconds while they use raid AoEs or mechanics that have cast times, and many of these cast times have seemed unusually long (4-5 seconds or more).

Once you know when these mechanics/casts will happen in the boss's rotation, I'd absolutely recommend keeping it on CD. I think once you've learned how to MT a particular fight, OTing it while managing TBN on the MT will be much easier since you know when all the damage happens/doesn't happen from a MT perspective.

EDIT: Another thing I have noticed is that while there is sometimes an animation delay with the shield actually applying, there seems to be an equal delay in it actually falling off. I've found that as long as the buff icon is still present when a boss starts its attack animation or finishes a cast bar, I will get the blood from TBN even if the buff itself falls off in between that moment and the moment when the damage (or lack thereof) registers on my character/the MT.
i.e.
- > cast TBN
- > boss finishes cast or starts animation before TBN falls off
- > TBN falls off
- > attack lands but still registers TBN
- > 50 blood