I think the idea of stances is neat but I've got all my maneuver points tied up already. If you must pick one, likely executioner would be your best bet. Mongoose may seem nice but all those extra swings do add roundtime and one happening at the wrong time could be fatal. Dervish looks nice, but it just isn't something that fits with my hunting style, I am more about killing my target and moving on to the next.

The only problem with stances is retaliation strikes do have RT, so if you rely on stance dancing during hunting ya can get some unexspected RT from it. It only gets bother some with alot of strike back shield skills too.So with just mongoose ya should be fine unless ya take on a 500+ waracamp with all of em in one room at a the same time.

leave a sack of mistletoe out side an orc camp and a few kegs of cheap booze, and wait a couple hours orcs breed fast

but on the other hand, with shield deflections and mongoose it's funny to wipe out a group of 3 or 4 without taking an offensive swing.