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How many of you out there know what Health of Target's Target is? I group with SOOO many people that have never heard of it before and if I didn't start the group it is like pulling teeth to get them to make me the group leader so that we can use my leadership abilities.

I know, this is kind of a redundant question and maybe more of a rant, but maybe I can educate a few people. HoTT is a GREAT skill that allows you to see who your target currently has targeted and what their hitpoints are at. Example, I am a warrior so I am tanking. My wife is a cleric so she prety much keeps me targeted. With HoTT she can keep me targeted and at the same time keep up with how much life the mob we are fighting has left. This allows her to easily decide whether to complete heal me or heal over time based on how soon the mob will be dead. As the tank, if (Karana forbid) I lose aggro I see exactly who the mob now has targeted which can help me get where I need to be to get aggro back quickly.

So for those who have not seen this before you may be asking "how do I get this to work?" First you must be grouped with a group leader who has purchased this skill via the leadership abilities. If I remember correct these came out with GoD (or maybe OoW). You can press the "L" key to bring up the leadership ability window. Click on "Health of Target's Target" and click the "Make Hotkey" button. Put this new button in a button window and whenever you are grouped with a group leader that has purchased this skill you will be able to activate it.

There are several other leadership abilities as well. One great one is "spell awareness". As a tank this ability allows me to easily see what spells my group mates are casting, such as the shaman casting slow so I can be ready for that quick taunt. It also lets me know what spells the mobs are casting, such as heal, so I know when to try to stun to intterupt.

If you want to earn these abilities yourself click "L" and the "on" button. Then, make a group with you as leader (group must be at least 3 toons) and you will start to earn leadership experience. When you have enough points you will be able to purchase the skills.

For those of you who know all this, sorry to have wasted your time. Hopefully a few of you have learned something new that will help you enjoy your EQ experience more.

I agree, HoTT is clutch. If I ever save up enough points for it that will be my first Leadership point.

Unfortunately, I'm not much of a leader so that may never happen.

On a side note Hott is a pullers freind on those rare meetings when 2 groups are close to each other it Identifies free mobs and tells you who and when someone steals your pull. Also lets you know the sec a mobs spots the puller weather the mobs starts casting or just trying to bring you in closer before comming after you. Being an SK it lets me know the instant to start recalling my pet when pet pulling. Cant say enough about it

Other than Inspect buffs, I love all the Leadership skills.

Also keep in mind you keep all your leadership skills when you do a MM or when you shroud. Extra Attack, HP, MANA, Regen, and such can help a lot on those nicly balanced MMs =D

HoTT is everyone's best friend!!!

It depends on raid I would say sure there are other things besdies hott that are advantageous but as a raid moving forward it can make since to have more people get the group version of hott by having someone who doesnt have it take group leadership on a raid. Stipulation on this is that Raidleader must have HoTT otherwise its pointless for any of the clerics/healers in todays EQ to not have it as it makes things so much easier.

As to why you or your Raidleader would want someone not in your guild/alliance to get LAAs over someone who is I dunno.

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Edited, Sat Dec 10 03:10:05 2005 by flishtaco

make a hotkey that tells the group the lowdown on why you should be leader. It'll make it one percent less annoying.

I'm shocked more aren't into leadership points for the bonuses... +50 ATK... c'mon, you know peeps would pay serious plat for that.

But they can have it so easy.

What's the other one, +100 HP?

Amen to that. Well, this is what I used to think, anyhow. After realizing just how long it took to earn them, compared to AA's, I started to reconsider. (I did, in the end, still go with Leadership).

Keep in mind +100 HP is at a cost of.. 15 Leaderships, right? +50 Attack is.. 25-ish, or more? (It's 5 ranks of it.. the initial one is 5.. I can't remember if the price increases or not).

So, yeah, they're great. Just, when you sit down and look at it, for people more interested in quests, equipment, AA's, or other such things, Leadership's something that can take a step back.. especially when they can still enjoy the benifits by just being in a group with someone who's put all that experience into it.

HoTT is very nice but...

A mezzed mob NEVER changes it target while mezzed. If it is aggroed on a cleric when mezzed, you can taunt and incite, or stun, or what ever aggro spell is called for SK untill the cows come home, The clerics name will Still be in the HoTT box. You will have aggro but you cant see it till mezz drops.

IF your name is in the HoTT as a tank, that means you had aggro when the mob was mezzed. After they are mezzed I Tash and slow, which will normally put me slightly higher on the hate list than your normal assist hate. But you will still be in the HoTT box.

In closing, when you walk up to a mezzed mob that has a tanks name in HoTT, PLEASE treat it like it has the cleric or Chanter targeted.

Wow this is an old post of mine someone drug up from the past! Just a tip for those of you who would like to have the skills but feel the exp loss from it is too hard to stomach I have found that the best time to get leadership exp is on a raid. If you can be a group leader on a raid turn on the leadership exp and watch it fly. I don't know why but it seems the exp in a raid is the same as in single grouping for me per kill. Regular exp or AA exp are not much good on a raid so might as well be getting some usable exp during this time.

If you have a lower level toon I'd recommend starting leadership experience as low as possible. I started in mid 30's and never really noticed it hurting my exp till I got over 65. I had most all of them I wanted by then and now only turn it on when raiding.