(12-19-2014, 08:00 PM)Nebbs Wrote: Bla bla random tank stuff jumping in here..
There are two main ways multiple mobs are killed that means you have to adjust how you tank.
1. Sequential -Â DPS kill them sinple target style in the order you mark2. Parallel - DPS AoE all the mobs down
- DPS kill in a random order - So you need to mark the kill order
- Healers pull hate from all engaged mobs - so you still need a few Flash/Overpower in there
- Alternatively you can spread your rotation across the mobs, using the highest hate blows for the mod that you are fighting the DPS on
3. It has to be complicated - You get a single target dps and an aoe dps and a hate creating healer
- DPS and Healers get hate on all mobs - so you need to maintain hate on all mobs with Flash/Overpower and spreading any rotation
- You have to dodge mob aoe attacks, and make sure to gather them up
- Best to mark the first kill for the single target DPS as you will have to put rotations into this
- Best to blow several Flash/Overpower to grab sufficiently the rest of the mobs
- And that WHM doing Holy.. just hang in there and get your provokes ready
Now for some insights that might help you sleep at night, when you loose aggroJust some random thoughts from a life in the Tank lane by someone who is a psycho DPSer at heart.
- DPS have ways to stop getting hate, skills, switching targets, stopping to press buttons and the ultimate hate dump = death.
- Most dead party members who pulled hate didn't stop their hate generation, and even if you had tried to get it back you would likely loose hate to the dpsing WHM from the other mobs.
- When the party plays on the limits then stuff is going to come loose and that is okay. The aim is to not wipe more than it is to not have deaths. So be a big picture tanker and let a few eggs break.
- Most problem causes generally end up with a symptom at the tank end. So even though it might seem your fault it is likely this occurred some place else.. missed heals, slow dps, stupid pet etc..
Alternative: Pld use flash until mana is gone
War use bloodbath + beserk + steel cyclone then overpower 2-3 times
No mob will ever get away,