While I am using sims for part of my theorycrafting. My "feelings" aren't really my basis. Actually playing the class and working with several other experienced tanks on that class to see various perspectives and different sides of everything are the basis for my guide and my spreadsheet. I don't care who you are or what you do. I can say I'm the king of England but that means nothing. While yes fallout can heal more (I was a big supporter of it in the beginning and now recommend both talents) many of us prefer Feast for the smoothing. If you go back and read over everything I've talked about and everything that I've done since Alpha when I started to theorycraft the Demon Hunter, you would realize that I have put a lot of effort and time into all of this and didn't just play it once and throw a guide up. My opinions have changed a lot since the beginning and by acting like my "feelings" are what made the guide, you are insulting the past 4 months of work for both myself and the rest of the community here and on the other forums/discord, of which I am active in.
I know the proc rates for fallout and I understand how haste works in conjunction with all of the abilities. You have to consider the other choices in that row as well. Compared to Soul Rending that gives a good amount of leech for 5 sec every minute plus the two meta cds, vs having around 1 extra Demon Spikes a minute. 5 seconds of pretty much invulnerable plus healing to full or 6 seconds of smoother intake.
What you stated about felblade doesn't make any sense in this context. It does not effect Demon Spikes at all. Shear is enough to give a Demon Spikes and Immolation Aura also gives 20 pain. I never mentioned anything about Felblade.
If asked to choose what you want, a mediocre shield you can have 3 times a minute or a cheat death every 3 minutes, meaning you can have 2-3 during progress, 99% of tanks would choose the cheat death. It's between an all around slight surv increase our the potential to save a wipe atleast once a fight. This going based off, usually if a tank dies during progress, it's a wipe. Unless soul barrier gives a massive shield or is used in very specific instances, it will never be chosen by a progression tank.
Please read all of my material and look over everything I have done on both this forum and the beta forum, as well as the demon hunter discord, before you accuse me of using my feelings.
Thanks!
Munkky