Mechanics of Taunt?

[Buriedpast]

You are wrong.

You can be below and then sit, which effectively makes you level 1, and then be summoned.

It's the two archaic intelligent ai functions in eq. Proximity and sitting presenting a weaker target. The proximity is based solely on melee range or not.

But it's easy to see why you'd get confused. Root a mob 3 times and dispel that root and you will be summoned. As you are on top of the hate list, but root means it's essentially proximity aggro.