First Impressions

[JustAGuy]

Control the aggro ... Control of the aggro of "mobs" of "critters" or "creeps" or whatever the heck they're called in WoW usually revolves around a "tank" character, one with a lot of hit points taking the brunt of the attack and the healer type character healing the "tank". Once attacking and aggro has been established upon the tank, other characters typically join in the attack on the monster.

I was about to mention something about aggro. I've never played a MMORPG, but I've read about this concept and was going to mention it to Bolty. You summed it up quite nicely, though. This is exactly what a good "tank" needs to do, be the center of attention (get that aggro!), allowing the mages to deal the big damage unfettered. Perhaps a mage is a support class that will never be able to solo, despite Blizzard's claims of "anyone can do it"?

I read on the Blizzard forum that a Paladin can heal himself, thereby pushing himself to the top of the aggro list. Whether he heals himself or another player, it could be that a smart Paladin player can serve as quality crowd control.

While there will always be pompous arses and morons abound in all games in EverQuest I found that the percentage of impolite people were much, much, much lower than that of b.net.

This is why I want to get into WoW! I figure, if there are more credit card holding players, then there will be more maturity. Although, the possesion of money is not necessarily equal to a higher maturity level, still, it's nice to have something to hope for in a gaming experience.

EDIT: Muh grammarrr be bad