06-29-2005, 10:42 PM
Treesh,Jun 29 2005, 08:43 AM Wrote:You edited right after I posted! Monkey! ;)
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.
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Of course. I use aoe hate liberally, including piercing howl, thunderclap, demoralizing, and I save challenging shout for when I need to do something drastic. And I try to have a secondary healer in the group for this kind of problem, but, again, that's not always possible, and I have to tank accordingly. Good tanks, warrior or pally, adjust. The situation you mentioned is tailor made for a pally off-tank to help with. He can heal you, and maybe even draw a couple of them to him.
--Mav