White damage doesn't hold aggro against top end dps with many players. You absolutely have to land procs and let people know when you land them. Weapons sub 20 delay also increase the amount of reposts you experience by a large margin. Think about how many 100 hp items do you need to survive one extra repost. Sure, in small man content with suboptimal dps you may find that white damage is enough. Grouping for example you can use a 2H if you have a better haste item. Many times during fights I'm turning off attack if I see a gap in the chain because I don't want to eat an extra repost and it makes a huge difference. Damage here is very predictable, reposts increase that unpredictability by a large margin. If you can hold damage with white aggro its almost always because dps is not going all out, or you are with people who are not top tier.
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