05-06-2005, 10:15 PM
Hedon,May 6 2005, 11:24 AM Wrote:A good mage will always announce, when he is going to AE, so that the priest can shield him, before he even gets started, as well as to make the priest aware that he is going to have spam Flashheals into the mage in the coming seconds.
Even better are mages who know to wait a few beats at the start of a fight to let the warrior build up a little aggro (especially on any elites) and gather the mobs before spamming aoe's. Just a few second pause at the start of the fight makes a huge difference in the amount that I have to shield and heal. Also, it allows secondary aoe'ers to set themselves up, too. For example, shamans can drop aoe totems and hunters can get themselves setup for their volley (after the warrior shouts and gathers mobs to him/her). If the mage waits a few beats before starting, then all the party's aoe power can fall all at once and kill mobs before they get a chance to beat on the mage too much. I think the problem with many mages is that they mistakenly think that they are the party's *only* source of aoe and think they're going to pull all the aggro immediately anyway, so they think they might as well start spamming immediately. But if the warrior has a little aggro built up, then the mage can spam a couple aoe's before pulling aggro, and of course the supporting aoe'ers do make a difference.