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

[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

[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.

[whiskeybravo]

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

Rage combo - 640 potency
Goring combo - 650 + (60 * 7) = 1070 potency
Royal combo - 760 potency

PLUS - You get MP for doing Goring/Royal combos, which at lv60 is pretty irrelevant, but at lv70 is one of the core resources in your rotation. Better get used to using it now.

Just follow the guides out there if you aren't sure, or ask here on the forums. It's better than being wrong and developing bad habits as a result.

As for "valuing aggro", you definitely need to be conscious of where aggro is at most of the time, but as far as actual value of aggro itself - as others have mentioned it's pretty binary. You either have enough to keep tanking the mobs or you don't. And in fact, if you have so much aggro that you could literally afk and not worry, well what exactly are you using that aggro cushion for? Most of the time you want to build a cushion so you can comfortably swap to DPS stance and not worry about losing it. But you aren't doing that... So what are you doing? What value does aggro actually have if you aren't using it for the value it clearly provides?