Its your face do what ever you like and are comfortable with. If you take your time and you are confident with your angles and your face can handle 3 passes you will get an even closer shave. From the looks of it and what alot of people do and say wtg and xtg is more then enough or even just wtg. Stick with what you like and perfect it once your confident in your lather/technique etc try to get slowly into atg if you want. It seems to be all about personal preference and what you like and are comfortable with.Gluck Ty