This Thing You Call Aggro.

[Drasca]

Serpent Sting or any other DoT used to break CC is dumb, yes.  Doing ANYTHING to break CC is dumb, SS is in no way unique in this situation.[right][snapback]79019[/snapback][/right]

SS is a solo skill and PvP, not a group one. Do you see experienced locks using curse of agony on all targets willy-nilly? No. There are more important debuffs, and better use of the debuff slot.

The only reason not to DoT

Scroll up and read about the Debuff limit.

You're out of CC at that point.  Those guys aren't going to magically become CC'd, they need to be killed as quickly as possible

A hunter doing a Serpent Sting round is the safest AoE imaginable in a party and lets him continue to support the focus fire effort at the same time.

Not when there's other targets that can be CC'ed. Poly'ed targets don't always stay that way, and sometimes need to be engaged. If all other targets are dot'ed, that removes CC potential.

There is a need to poly non-intial CC targets mid-battle. Don't mess with it.

That said, Drasca, yes, you really need to start a Hunter.  Your understanding of how disengage, FD, and traps work is completely wrong.

Be specific, because Hunters can and will FD / freeze trap at someone's feet if given the chance. They have CC skills that don't involve dots, aggro, or off-tanking.