This Thing You Call Aggro.

[Tal]

My main beef is that warriors/hunters/etc try to aggro through attacks while the rest of us are trying to CC, thereby popping it that steps on our toes. In the few seconds you think you can get an intercept/TC in, I'm already casting and it'll CC/repop before you draw aggro. The problem is compounded if its a priority target, like firebrand invokers, or dragonkin taelons, which will aoe the entire party.
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Mid-battle its better for a mob to be intercepted and THEN cc'd rather than CC'd which can be resisted. This has the effect of keeping your tank on the top of that mob's hate list rather than the squishies it was bee-lining for.

The problem lies in that the healer is on top of the hate list when battles longer than the initial CC. Unsapped, or Unsheeped, they charge toward the healer in an intense battle, then become poly/charmed again at the healer's feet, further building hate. Someone inevitably pops the second CC, and steals aggro but not before the healer takes a potentially fatal hit if the healer is right next to it.[right][snapback]78614[/snapback][/right]

Proximity to a CC'd mob does not generate additional threat. The AI checks for damage debuffs before proximity upon pop.

For engagements under a minute, sure you may have enough hate, but anytime where the mob has been CC'ed to near full duration at least once before--there needs to be some distance between the healer and the to-be-popped CC.
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While it is always best for a healer to keep distance to any of the mobs proximity does not equal hate generation. If anything the cc'er will be the one on the top of the hate list. Times you have seen a mob beeline a healer upon pop is usually due to the healer healing the PC highest on the hate list shortly after pop.