tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post893289860198137517..comments2024-03-18T19:38:53.390-04:00Comments on Parallel Context: Molten GiantsRedbeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-30321729509054512712010-07-10T02:16:10.044-04:002010-07-10T02:16:10.044-04:00I quit tanking VoA because in pugs too many tanks ...I quit tanking VoA because in pugs too many tanks think its funny to not taunt off of you at 4 stacks and let you die. Once that started happening 50% of the time I switched to DPS only.Dyre42noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-67180943474505863172010-07-07T14:25:00.160-04:002010-07-07T14:25:00.160-04:00Amazing post Soul!
PuGs are notorious for players...Amazing post Soul!<br /><br />PuGs are notorious for players not actually playing their role/class. I have seen so many DPS pull aggro and instantly assume it is the tank's fault. Sometimes it is, sometimes it really isn't. Even within our guild (which does include some new WoW players learning to raid), we have to frequently remind people to watch their threat, hold of on DPS for a few seconds, use feign death if you are a hunter who has pulled aggro.<br /><br />It is usually unnecessary to use any kind of style/finesse in 5 mans these days, but have you ever noticed how much smoother it goes! It is like night and day. Quickly throwing up a mark on the initial target to help insure that the tank knows which mob will be most likely to run off. Standing at max range if you are rdps or a healer to avoid unnecessary AoE dmg. Throwing out some CC if you see that there is a caster hanging outside the group attacking random group members. I got a huge 'thank you!' for throwing out a sheep on a caster in UK the other day. It is sad that I got such a shocked reaction...SayvilleLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07926052899037298274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-48866868252207741502010-07-07T13:59:30.094-04:002010-07-07T13:59:30.094-04:001) If your tank is a Paladin, ignore the rest of t...<i>1) If your tank is a Paladin, ignore the rest of these tips. Paladins are so facerollingly easy to tank with most people will have no trouble holding aggro, even the bad players will excell.</i><br /><br />Good thing you said most. I've seen the exception, and it ain't pretty. ;-)<br /><br /><i>If your tank is a Warrior, be very cautious of the first few pulls. Warrior tanking takes a lot more finesse than the other two I have mentioned.</i><br /><br />Agreed. I'm usually not so picky about being directly opposite the tank unless the tank is either a) a warrior, b) a druid, or c) a bad DK tank. Druids have some leeway, especially at high levels, but low level druids don't have those extra abilities yet.<br /><br /><i>(Sounds a bit control freakish I realize... but my sanity cannot take it when a tank will pull two mobs at a time).</i><br /><br />Heh. As a DPS I can't take that either. Was in a Drak run the other day when the tank pulled the first three trash mobs. I had three void zones drop on me in four seconds. (Yay me.)<br /><br />From my experience on the DPS end of things, in terms of aggro issues <b>with the same quality of tank</b>, I'd rank the four tank classes (from least to most likely I'm pulling aggro) as: Paladin, Druid, DK, Warrior. Naturally, that also means I'm not starting to hit right after the tank engages, but take a couple of seconds to swing around and take position. (In the first set of pulls with HoR, I extend that time until I know all of the trash mob has made it to the party. You wait too soon, and that straggling Shadowy Mercenary aggros on you instead; then you get to find out why the Shadowy Mercenary is #2 on your "to kill" list.)<br /><br />Another thing that I'd like to say as an indicator of a good tank is the willingness to use raid markers in a 5-man. Some people gripe about them in the daily runs, but a tank that's disciplined enough to mark down how he wants the DPS to address the trash or a boss fight (The pair of bosses in UK or Arcatraz, for example) is going to be disciplined in tanking too.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com