Wow, lots of great stuff to read in this post. It's helped me quite a bit thinking about both my hunter and how my priest will handle things when she gets high enough to start grouping with someone other than her MT.
I know that when I'm in an instance, for the most part, my pets Growl is off. She's in straight DPS mode, and I sic on her on whatever the MT is on. That makes it quite easy for me to turn "Squishy shield" if needed, recalling her, putting on growl as she (and I) run to the new target and begin attacking. That's pretty much the only time I have her growl on in an instance, unless I forget to turn it off after a shielding.
In the group that I'm usually in, I find that I'm generally second on the "high armor" level, with GG the main tank above me, so I take up the role of dealing with squishy peels if I can. Usually it's a race between GG and I to see who can deal with the peel more quickly. He's a pretty fast Gnome. ;)
On the subject of peels...I find that I only tend to do it if I get lucky with a long string of crits. Not much I can do about that. But I acknowledge the fact that the MT is usually busy. As well...if I've managed to peel something, by the time it makes it the 40 odd yards to me, it's on it's last legs, and I just finish it off. I also wouldn't want to make the MT run the 40 yards-ish to me, dragging everything with him. That screws everything else up, as everyone has to retarget while the MT runs around. So if I peel something off, I fully understand that it'll likely be 'just' me killing it. Which I don't usually have a problem with.
I guess I tend to do OK with aggro in a group/instance. I can't really recall ever using Feign Death for anything other than complete wipe avoidance. My problems in instances tend to come from pet pathing... ;)
I know that when I'm in an instance, for the most part, my pets Growl is off. She's in straight DPS mode, and I sic on her on whatever the MT is on. That makes it quite easy for me to turn "Squishy shield" if needed, recalling her, putting on growl as she (and I) run to the new target and begin attacking. That's pretty much the only time I have her growl on in an instance, unless I forget to turn it off after a shielding.
In the group that I'm usually in, I find that I'm generally second on the "high armor" level, with GG the main tank above me, so I take up the role of dealing with squishy peels if I can. Usually it's a race between GG and I to see who can deal with the peel more quickly. He's a pretty fast Gnome. ;)
On the subject of peels...I find that I only tend to do it if I get lucky with a long string of crits. Not much I can do about that. But I acknowledge the fact that the MT is usually busy. As well...if I've managed to peel something, by the time it makes it the 40 odd yards to me, it's on it's last legs, and I just finish it off. I also wouldn't want to make the MT run the 40 yards-ish to me, dragging everything with him. That screws everything else up, as everyone has to retarget while the MT runs around. So if I peel something off, I fully understand that it'll likely be 'just' me killing it. Which I don't usually have a problem with.
I guess I tend to do OK with aggro in a group/instance. I can't really recall ever using Feign Death for anything other than complete wipe avoidance. My problems in instances tend to come from pet pathing... ;)
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