Originally Posted by Quigon
Not quite true - you use shield slam before revenge if you have or are expecting "infinite rage", so revenge can be off CD for 1.5 seconds or so.
Kinda epitomizes the whole reason of discussing TPR vs TPS. You need to make decisions as a warrior - don't think that you don't unless you want to play half-assed. Every time you press HS you're making a decision.
In a low rage situation, obviously revenge comes first. But throwing words like "always" around is always a bad idea.
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I understand using the word always is technically incorrect, but for all intents and purposes the two abilities take precedence over everything but essential debuffs.
The order of operations just flips from shieldslam, then revenge in the unlimited-rage scenario to revenge then shieldslam in the limited-rage scenario. In both cases you'll give those two abilities priority over other threat generation abilities.
Because of the way GCD's line up with the revenge ability cooldown, You can't get any additional revenge uses without disrupting your shieldslams and/or dropping a devastate from your rotation in the unlimited rage scenario. If you're doing a standard SS, Revenge, Devastate x2 cycle, you won't be able to get in a second revenge at 5 seconds because you're back on the GCD. So I guess from that perspective, yes, you have ~1 second where it's off CD and you're stuck on the GCD unable to use it. However, you're still using it whenever you can (technically the GCD and the ability cooldown limited you from using it earlier), which was what I meant by the word "always".
Edit: I do think it's a good idea for anyone who wants to tank as a warrior to sit down and do the math of what the total threat is for each of your abilities. Then divide that by the rage cost. Total threat is your threat per GCD, the number you just divided is your threat per rage. You need to have a good idea of what both of those are so you can adjust your cycles accordingly. It doesn't take too long to start figuring out what abilities should become "habit" and which are optional.