06-29-2005, 01:43 PM
Mavfin,Jun 29 2005, 08:23 AM Wrote:Also, non-elite mobs, mixed with the elites? I rarely worry about those as MT. Rarely do I have to. The off-tanks/mages/rogues clean them up while I thoroughly piss off the elite(s). Rogues are free to hit them as hard as they like. Non-elite trash mobs are perfect for rogues high damage to clean up, especially if softened up by AOE from mages/warlocks. I only worry about non-elites *if* they become too much of a problem to a group member, or the elites are dead. :DYou edited right after I posted! Monkey! ;)
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That's why I do it that way. We frequently don't have mages with Taranna and Eth so no big AoEs to hold aggro against the heals and when GG has to heal the tank a lot, the non-elites beeline for him. Since druids don't have a fade (hooray for the dagger that drops in Sunken Temple that has a fade proc!), he can't just shed the aggro on the little buggers and if someone doesn't get them off of him, the heals are stuttered and the tank is dead. And druids also don't have the fancy shield to help the mages stay up without taking a lot of healing or else the mages burn extra mana because they have to use mana shield. If the tank at least does a thunderclap or dem shout or something to get aggro on everything around him, then there's going to be a lot less peeling of those trash mobs. Yes, concentrate on the elites in the group, but if you're a warrior, you have very good skills to use to keep lots of critters on you and keep everyone safe without having to focus on every single critter.
Intolerant monkey.