Why am I not seeing more shirk?

[Kinkoz]

That said, regardless of how AMAZING everyone says Shirk is, it's not required. I mean, maybe if you want to be one of those players who is obsessed about SQUEEZING every last point of DPS down to the very decimal, then you'll be worried about tank swapping without using your enmity generator.

You're absolutely right. Shirk isn't required but it does make tank swaps a lot smoother, and given that Tanks are not, as some would argue, required to do more than maintain enmity, mitigate incoming damage, and position the boss – things which don't require too much effort to begin with – "SQUEEZING every last point of DPS" possible is a benefit to the party in and of itself as it facilitates faster clears, even if that speed increase is marginal at best.

[Hruodig]

I understand perfectly well the purpose of using Raw Intuition and Awareness together. What I'm arguing is that Raw Intuition was more useful when it provided stacks because that frontal parry + negation of incoming crits, while still providing mitigation, was not nearly as reliable, especially in the big pull scenario you mentioned in which you'll have mobs on all sides of you.

I'm also aware of your solution. My point is, as I've said, that people most likely aren't going to want to constantly swap Shirk and Awareness for one another depending on which content they're doing as it is much more convenient to leave things as they are no matter what you're running.

I mean, I've never disagreed with you on anything here, I just think that if you wanna play optimally, you should expect yourself to think about this kind of stuff. I've forgotten to switch out too, it happens, no big deal.