10-21-2004, 04:39 AM
Tal,Oct 16 2004, 04:08 AM Wrote:I do have a question for you and Lemekim if you don't mind since you both have played to the level cap in the end game instances. I have always felt that it is my role as secondary tank in groups to off-tank any adds before they go after the squishy center of the tootsie roll pop that we call a group. Recently though I ran across a priestess who told me to stop doing that as it would "lead to a wipe". Now I should tell you that when I off tank I grab the add before it can make it to the casters, get it pissed off and then move back into position next to the warrior. I then switch back to the warrior's target only switching back to the add if it looks like its not going after me any longer. Most of the parties I have been in up to Temple seem to be appreciative of this role I provide in a group setting. Being (at least to me) a good party member I acquiesed to the Priestess' wishes and stopped going after the adds. What this lead to was every add charging into the midst of the casters wreaking havoc for a minute or so until the warrior could get there to taunt it off them. Every battle was a hodgepodge of the warrior scrambling everywhere to keep the taunt on all the baddies nearby. We successfully completed Temple but it seemed more hectic than other instances.
It's a tough question, since it's so situational, which is partly why I've delayed answering your question. Before I fully answer, I need to know what your definition of an "add" is. There seems to be two definitions of "add" in use on the servers.
1. (My prefered) A mob that unexpectedly joins a battle in the middle of a fight. This could be a patrol who moved in too close or a respawn, for example. The key here is that it was an unexpected addition to the fight.
2. Any mob that causes the number of mobs to be greater than one. For example, "Attack Barov and shackle the add." I this case, the additional mob is fully expected from the start.
I'm trying to picture what you're doing. Are you trying to peal off some of the expected adds onto you? Or are you noticing a new mob joining the fray that is perhaps making its way to a clothwearer and heading it off at the pass?