(03-09-2015, 08:03 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Doton being dropped on bosses.
Fun fact, I do (did?) this. I don't know if it falls under the purview of the others, though. Forgetting Oath and Defiance, for example, are main staples of the class - if you're tanking, you're going to want them on because they're more or less required to maintain enmity over your DPS unless you're running full STR gear or something. Your basic combat rotation comes next in the line, mostly because it's usually just a 1-2-3 deal barring a couple unique exceptions and the next step usually lights up to further cement the "DO THIS" mindset.
Doton versus Raiton, however, is more of a DPS maximizing thing. And, truth be told, I was using Doton because I thought it was actually worth the extra DoT damage. Get Huton up pre-pull, Doton, then Kassatsu into Suiton->Trick Attack. Then I used Raiton if I wasn't refreshing Huton/Doton and Trick Attack was still on cooldown. That was my Ninjutsu rotation, rather than the apparent "proper" rotation of Huton, Suiton, Kassatsu->Raiton, then Raiton forever when not refreshing Huton/Suiton.
There's a distinction that, I think, needs to be made between knowing the basic mechanics of one's class and maximizing their DPS. Expecting the former is not Elitist, expecting the latter is. I had enough of folks demanding macros and "proper" rotations playing my Hunter in WoW to ensure I was doing world-ranking damage on raid bosses, I really don't need the same thing occurring in my daily roulette.
(That said, I'm totally dropping Doton out of my NIN rotation since it's one less thing to maintain in the double-rotation if it's not worth it over Raiton.
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