Quote Originally Posted by Mikey_R View Post
Just looking at unbuffed potency, PLD has the strongest 12 AoE at 270 total potency, the rest are 260. Warrior and DRK have the benefit of a damage buff, which brings the potency up to 286. This is not a massive difference and is not the cause of losing aggro. It is more likely to be things like Flood of Shadow or Orogeny.
It could very likely be a mix between SkS 2.5 PLD now available making it feel slower plus being used to DRK's dungeon pulls. DRK is the only tank with an oGCD AoE that you can kind of use as often as you want, and isn't limited by recast time.

As for the old rotation it was a bit of both. Maintaining the DoT was both a consequence of your rotation like MNK & DRG but with this current tier it was fun figuring out if it would be worth reapplying the DoT so it falls off or fore-go that for your normal 123 as the boss becomes un-targetable, just like most melee, BLM, BRD, Healers, & GNB. Now that parts gone.

I get why they remove DoTs and I can see why some people aren't fans of them. Consistent DoTs like Healers, most melee, BRD, PLD, and BLM are something that falls on the player to manage, and managing that alongside your resource, 2 minute bursts, what mechanics are going on (whether you need to heal someone or not), etc. can get pretty hectic and having that DoT fall of means an extra GCD to reapply. Two if you're BRD. I'm just not a fan of them being so set in removing all these consistent DoTs for classes.