Try it and see.
If I'm rolling on consecutive day BBS shaves, I can skip the WTG and proceed directly to XTG, as there isn't much stubble in my way. After that an ATG gives yet another BBS shave.
If it has been >24hours, I always start off with a WTG. Out of habit I suppose? I guess I also buy into the idea of "beard reduction", not trying to chop it all down at once.
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Again I find that the WTG pass, while nice and comfortable, doesn't do too much
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Well, one way to tell if is
doing anything is to look at your razor/lather as you rinse the blade. Can you see whiskers there? I sure can, although I have the similar result as you, that my face doesn't seem all that much more well shaved with just that first WTG pass.
It seems to me that the shorter my whiskers are before attempting to go ATG, the better the whole proceedure goes.
One cut I recieved in the early going of my straight addiction was caused by the razor getting stopped in its' tracks by heavy whiskers, and the razor then turned forward motion into sideways motion, which turned into me having a jumping up and down motion as a nice slice was opened in my face...
But, give it a try and tell us how it goes for you. Perhaps your whiskers will let you get away with it?