This Thing You Call Aggro.

[Drasca]

Sending the pet in and killing it as fast as possible is the alternative.

Elites don't die fast.

The drawback is that you may not be able to generate aggro enough to pull it off

If the Hunter is trying to kill something then Seduce and Sheep are out anyway.

He shouldn't have been trying to attack that CC'able target at all. Its a duh moment if both seduce and sheep are available. Hunters refusing to listen to reason and attacking anyway would be kicked from my groups.

Beyond that, hunters have many options to disengage from targets. FD, Disengage, scatter, wing clip, concussion, etc.

We tell him stop attacking, he doesn't listen. Do we really want a someone solo'ing in our party?

I don't really buy the notion that CC is required because the hunter can't perform this role without dying. My hunter is level 48 so perhaps I won't be as strong against an even level elite later as I am now but currently I'd be very confident in doing this role

Lol. You'll quickly find different soon. You simply won't either be able to absorb damage or dish out damage fast enough, or damage-control the mob so it won't do damage to others through normal attacks.

Serpent Sting is always contra-indicated regardless of the tactical situation.

Let me think. SS... Takes up a debuff slot (pushing other useful debuffs off), doesn't help universal damage, and prevents CC... vs what? a very incrimental amount of damage that doesn't even generate a lot of hate? The negatives greatly outweigh the positives here buddy.

If when you see the debuff you start screaming "bad hunter" you're adding considerably to the potential for the group to fall apart

Refs blow whistles and make call red on fouls. I do the same. Sting is universally bad to open with. Mid battle when a MA has already engaged, fine. Not really a big deal.

Try to steal aggro when you're a class inefficient at aggro-theft, and unable to kill elite mobs, before they kill the priest or you. Its not going to fly buddy.