Just as a note, Ranged and Magic protection as well as warcry aura are highly usefull in PvP. But not so much in PvE as there's just very few mobs that use ranged or magic attacks.
I agree that there needs to be an element of chosing the best aura, so I'd be against all auras having their own timer. I'm in favor of one timer for all protection auras, a seperate timer for regen auras, and yet another one for the remaining auras, as those groups just aren't comparable in usefullness.
Berserk is already on it's individual timer so is irrelevant to this discussion.
To the stories meant to serve as examples that these other auras can be useful, I say they miss the point. Yes, you used them, and yes, they helped. But you only used them because you knew you wouldn't need the protection aura, and though they helped a little, if you hadn't used them the outcome would've been the same. It's still not comparable to a protection aura that can by itself make the difference between a victory and a wipe.
I agree that there needs to be an element of chosing the best aura, so I'd be against all auras having their own timer. I'm in favor of one timer for all protection auras, a seperate timer for regen auras, and yet another one for the remaining auras, as those groups just aren't comparable in usefullness.
Berserk is already on it's individual timer so is irrelevant to this discussion.
To the stories meant to serve as examples that these other auras can be useful, I say they miss the point. Yes, you used them, and yes, they helped. But you only used them because you knew you wouldn't need the protection aura, and though they helped a little, if you hadn't used them the outcome would've been the same. It's still not comparable to a protection aura that can by itself make the difference between a victory and a wipe.