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Originally Posted by Wrench
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im curious what you think this means, statler
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I am not sure that is pointed toward me?? But what I mean say a Monk pulls a Mob. He FD on it and hopes that the Warrior can get agro on it quick so the Monk can get up and beat on it without getting agro. Now the best way I like to snag a mob on a Warrior, if you have plenty of them, is with a Arrow. On average it will come right to you. Monk still has to FD but you HAVE agro.
Ok the Positing thing. Say you also have a Rogue in the group. If the Warrior pushes the mob up against a wall the Rogue can not get behind it to Backstab or for that matter probably not even hit it. Same if he pushes the mob up onto the Casters.Where are the Monk, Rogue suppose to go. And guess what, the mob is right there to hit any of the casters sitting there medding. So caster dead, or can't sit to med, and no agro by the Warrior now.
So you can see why a Warrior or ANY Tank has to think about trying to Move, Push, Pull the Mob where the casters have a straight line of sight to even see the mob where it is or how close it is getting, and to have the DPS'ers able to be sort of behind the mob to hit it. A lot of Tanks just give no thought to were the mob is, they just run to it and start beating on it.
There is a LOT of thought involved in Tanking. And it will be more important in Velious because fight last minutes instead of seconds on here now. Now a lot of fights only last 30 to 45 seconds now so it is not as big of deal. But IF you do not try to learn how to do it at lower levels than if you do it becomes second nature to do it because you have seen how mobs can be moved, pulled, pushed by Tanks. In Raid situations usually the MT will push the mob up against a wall, to basically keep it penned up away for the healers out front and the squishy Casters behind them. If they die everybody dies.
I could go on longer here but I hope you get some of the points I stated to help you and others. Hope it sort of answers your question.
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