is there a point to using Royal authority in your pally rotation?

[Proxyjames]

so I just got this last one and all it does is flat damage, no DoTs, no mana drain, no enmity just damage, while the combo itself deals the most damage out of all three (DoT included) its only a very small amount of damage extra than the other two main combos so is there any real point to using it in my rotations?

[Renthas]

360 potency is a pretty large increase over Rage of Halone's 270. So, yes, you always use Royal Authority when Goring Blade isn't about to fall off.

[Proxyjames]

the total combo potency of rage is 640, the total of goring blade is 650 and then another 60 for a total of 710 and royal is 760.
so considering that I value arggo over damage and it gives no way to keep dealing damage if I have to switch out on targets and has no extra effect it is SUPER pointless

[Sanctify]

Decent troll post, I give it 8/10

[Kurando]

The dot from Goring Blade can vary in strength, i.e. if the effect is boosted by Fight or Flight, or other physical enhancing buffs. You wouldn't keep spamming Goring as each time you are replacing the dot with the strength (of any buffs) at the time of using it, so you can sometimes end up with a weaker effect if you don't pay attention.

Damage also generates aggro (which is why DPS jobs have abilities to help deal with their aggro as they can steal it from the tank if poorly managed), if you already have aggro there is no need to keep generating it with Rage of Halone if a damage rotation can do the same thing. In dual tank situations when you are OT you would alternate between Goring Blade and Royal Authority. Of course there are other things to consider as well, but to clarify it isn't a useless action.

[van_arn]

Jack missed rage of halone

[Seraphor]

the total combo potency of rage is 640, the total of goring blade is 650 and then another 60 for a total of 710 and royal is 760.
so considering that I value arggo over damage...

Then you don't know how to tank.

Damage = Aggro
You only need an Aggro lead, you don't need to go any further, there is no benefit to having 10x the aggro of the next DPS when you can make do with 2x the aggro.

Your Aggro combo is a tool to give you that Aggro lead or to reclaim it if lost.
Everything after that should go into damage.
Deal enough damage, and you won't lose your aggro.

What you're doing, is no different to a WHM spamming Cure II on you when you're already at full HP.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and a 60 potency DoT over 21s doesn't add 60 potency, it adds 420 potency spread over 21s.

[Cabalabob]

Ok I’m gonna give the benefit of the doubt and assume this isn’t a troll post since based on the fact you don’t even understand how DoTs work, you’re probably just new.

I’d suggest you look up some PLD guides. Since they can go more in depth than any answers you’ll get here.

But in general, rage of halone should only be used to gain an enmity lead, never spammed. Once you have the lead you can usually hold it with just your dps combo and you’ll be doing more damage as a bonus. While you’re new you’ll probably want to be staying in shield oath but even then you’ll want to use your dps combo once you have an enmity lead since the shield oath enmity bonus will be more than enough to help you hold the lead.

[Kalise]

Enmity doesn't matter.

If you are 1 point of Enmity above everyone else, it's the same as if you are 1,000,000 points of enmity above everyone else.

So long as you are ahead of everyone else, you don't need any more.

Thus, Rage of Halone shouldn't be spammed, since it deals the least damage of all the combo's available to PLD and it's only purpose is providing extra enmity.

As far as the damage of the combo's go:

Fast Blade (160) > Savage Blade (210) > Rage of Halone (270) = 640 potency.

Fast Blade (160) > Riot Blade (240) > Royal Authority (360) = 760 potency.

Fast Blade (160) > Riot Blade (240) > Goring Blade (670) = 1070 potency.

There is a stark difference in potency of using Rage of Halone vs Royal Authority and Goring Blade. Royal Authority is essentially giving an extra attack worth of damage over Halone.

This isn't to mention that after reaching level 64 you gain access to Holy Spirit that has potency of 380 but costs MP to cast, which Riot Blade generates for you. Meaning that a Royal Authority combo provides MP regen while a Rage of Halone combo does not. With MP regen being very significant after level 64 (Even more notably after level 68 when you get Requiescat as a CD to play around, where you want to be capped on MP when it becomes available so to spam Holy Spirits for the duration of its buff)

However, if you're struggling for getting and keeping aggro, then yes, use Rage of Halone combo to help generate the enmity you need. However, do keep in mind that you want to ideally use Rage of Halone as little as possible.

[Kabooa]

Enmity doesn't matter.

If you are 1 point of Enmity above everyone else, it's the same as if you are 1,000,000 points of enmity above everyone else.

If you're 1 point of enmity above everyone else, it isn't you taking the tank buster.