I do actually have Awareness slotted in my WAR and DRK bars, and I have had practically no use on it either.
Foresight I have used because, well...I figure some mitigation is better than none. It tends to be the first cooldown I would pop...and even then that would likely take a backseat to something else like Shadowall.
Bloodbath and Convalescence has always been a boon for me, either to pull me out of a near-fire when solo'ing, or to help take some pressure off of my healers while tanking. Tied with a well-placed Mercy Stroke in solo situations and I usually have found myself coming out of a fight that I probably should have died on otherwise. Admittedly, Mercy has been not terribly huge in group situations for its healing ability as I always seem to mis-time the thing...but I still find myself firing it off in order to just add a little extra bursty punch.
The pair of abilities I'm having difficulty working into my rotation is Dark Dance and the Parry Proc Skill Whose Name I Can't Recall Right Now. Obviously they pair off together, but...I'm just not finding a situation in which that is terribly helpful. It's like the Shield Swipe skill for PLD--it's there, I have fired it off when it procs because I'm trained to follow cues...but I just...I'm not sure.
Also, I'm having a helluva time mapping things comfortably right now. I've got a good rotational arrangement (and a SteelSeries keyboard with a gamepad, which is immensely helpful), but I just...I can tell it's gonna get really hairy, really fast.
Foresight I have used because, well...I figure some mitigation is better than none. It tends to be the first cooldown I would pop...and even then that would likely take a backseat to something else like Shadowall.
Bloodbath and Convalescence has always been a boon for me, either to pull me out of a near-fire when solo'ing, or to help take some pressure off of my healers while tanking. Tied with a well-placed Mercy Stroke in solo situations and I usually have found myself coming out of a fight that I probably should have died on otherwise. Admittedly, Mercy has been not terribly huge in group situations for its healing ability as I always seem to mis-time the thing...but I still find myself firing it off in order to just add a little extra bursty punch.
The pair of abilities I'm having difficulty working into my rotation is Dark Dance and the Parry Proc Skill Whose Name I Can't Recall Right Now. Obviously they pair off together, but...I'm just not finding a situation in which that is terribly helpful. It's like the Shield Swipe skill for PLD--it's there, I have fired it off when it procs because I'm trained to follow cues...but I just...I'm not sure.
Also, I'm having a helluva time mapping things comfortably right now. I've got a good rotational arrangement (and a SteelSeries keyboard with a gamepad, which is immensely helpful), but I just...I can tell it's gonna get really hairy, really fast.
