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By: voll
11 posts
Score: Decent [3.00]
Its everyones job to ensure the tank maintains aggro. If you take aggro its YOUR fault NOT the tanks.
Anyone that has been playing this game for more than two weeks "Prozac" free of course, has learned the general idea of managing agro.
If you find yourself taking agro from the main tank, adjust.
If your the main tank and you find yourself losing agro, switch weapons, equip shield and bash, kick, burn AA's, do what it takes.
If you the "uber"<stupid word> chanter that has the hp to tank, why bother getting a tank, just get a couple necros and a cleric, have the necros mana feed ya, while you tank.(sarcasm off). Or better yet! Get a clue and learn how to play that EBAY toon you just bought.
I three box most xp I get. My warrior seldom loses agro to my chanter or cleric. NO "I do not just take on barely db mobs!" Mobs I take on are often barely db to my cleric and chanter, on the side of some being white con to them. <cleric and chanter lvl 63>. Rule of Thumb Tash at 94%, slow when mob hits 89%, chanter keeps self rune up just in case. Adjust accordingly.
I have found a way of teaching people to manage agro. Join one of my groups, while I am boxing, I let ya know, cleric heals MA, steal agro and die once or twice, and most stop attempting to take agro.
Its obvious when the SK/Paladin/Ranger are sitting there chain mashing their taunt button. My warrior may hit taunt two at most three times in a fight after utilizing his disc taunt. Take agro after that and you survive as long as you can keep yourself healthy.
Sound harsh? How harsh is burning your hand on a stove? Bet ya only do that once.
Everyone's job is agro management, not just the MA/SA/TA go on an upper level raid and steal agro. Any self respecting guild will warn ya once, maybe twice. If they are real softies, they will have a wizard TL you out. Hopefully not, they should just boot ya and then let you find your own way home. Gate naked and summon corpse to guild lobby. Ya have to learn the basics sooner or later.