What stance do you bruisers use?

[MysticoN]

Cant decide if i should use offensive or defensive stance. whit bare fist i dont get the proc from offensive right?

[Raca]

<p>I use offensive always and go defensive when we get adds or on a tough named(while grouped). Solo I only go defensive if im killing 5-10 at one time and my health starts to sink, I never go defensive vs named while solo, fights just too fast and I need the extra dps to take it down. Sure there are exceptions, pretty much go offensive till you cant.</p>

[MysticoN]

<cite>Raca wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I use offensive always and go defensive when we get adds or on a tough named(while grouped). Solo I only go defensive if im killing 5-10 at one time and my health starts to sink, I never go defensive vs named while solo, fights just too fast and I need the extra dps to take it down. Sure there are exceptions, pretty much go offensive till you cant.</p></blockquote>But dont a bare fisted bruiser gain more from defensive stance since he cant get the proc from the offensive stance? Offensive stance sounds alot bether to me if a bruiser use weapons. or can the offensive stance proc go off while bare fisted?

[Gestalt79]

<p>Both the offensive and medium stance will proc with bare fists.</p><p> As for what stance, mostly I'm in either offensive or the mixed stance.  Some named I have trouble in full Offensive, switching to the mixed is sometimes better for me.  Defensive only against notably harder mobs, you just take a big cut in DPS, sometimes to the point I can't kill the mob before it kills me because of the poor damage I put out.</p>

[KBern]

I usually use medium or offensive.  I only use defensive on the rare occasion when I tank for a group.