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

[Kabooa]

Unless your Enmity generation is equal to or higher than everyone else.

If the scenario that you're thinking of is "Get above everyone else, then go AFK and make a coffee", then yes. You will lose aggro immediately.

If, you apply common sense and think about things, then you know that, you only need to maintain 1 point of enmity above everyone else because that's how a binary system works. Either you're being attacked because you're top of the list or you're not because you're not.

In reality, you'll have a larger lead than 1 enmity point. Due to initial pull enmity generation and/or circle-shirking. But that doesn't mean you need to build up 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 enmity over everyone in your party.

Since that's just redundant and thus a waste of resources (GCD's) that could have been spent on something more relevant, like damage.

Yes, but how large is a factor. If we go by the assumption this guy doesn't know what he's doing, Vin Diesel's statement on winning modified to fit threat is more harmful than helpful.

In reality you want a healthy threat lead. You don't want just enough. You want as much as you can get where a circle shirk will last you the two minutes of Diversion's recharge.

Given the current numbers people are putting out, you want a threat lead coming out of the opener probably in the range of 300,000.

[whiskeybravo]

Yes, but how large is a factor. If we go by the assumption this guy doesn't know what he's doing, Vin Diesel's statement on winning modified to fit threat is more harmful than helpful.

In reality you want a healthy threat lead. You don't want just enough. You want as much as you can get where a circle shirk will last you the two minutes of Diversion's recharge.

Given the current numbers people are putting out, you want a threat lead coming out of the opener probably in the range of 300,000.

On the margins, I'd agree, it's better to have a little too much that not quite enough. I've had more than a few whiffs where I let eye fall off because I rode the line too close and had to butchers to stay on top. Or conversely I went ahead and reapplied eye only to lose the boss for a couple of GCDs lol. But obviously going beyond whatever comfy zone you'd like to keep, aggro isn't doing anything more for you.

[Misutoraru]

Yes, but how large is a factor. If we go by the assumption this guy doesn't know what he's doing, Vin Diesel's statement on winning modified to fit threat is more harmful than helpful.

In reality you want a healthy threat lead. You don't want just enough. You want as much as you can get where a circle shirk will last you the two minutes of Diversion's recharge.

Given the current numbers people are putting out, you want a threat lead coming out of the opener probably in the range of 300,000.

I have met quite a few DPS obsessed tank that I have to stop casting/attacking to let tank get into more safe spot of aggro, so I always make sure I am about 10-15% more aggro than anyone in my party but not more, there are always chance I have to dodge AOE while range or caster still dashing out dmg.