Hunter's Instance Role...

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My main is now lvl 42 with no real instance play, so I'm reading this thread with real interest. I haven't instanced because I'm not terribly interested in pickup-groups, and my guild is small and mostly lvl 60, so I spend most of my time soloing or running with my wife who is usually 5-10 levels below me, or 5-10 levels above my alts :(

That said, the following surprised me:

1 - Do not pull mobs off the tank, either with massive aimed shot, or your pets growl.  The tank expended time and effort to become the damage sponge, so let him.  Pets are hard to target to heal, so often the pet will have the aggro on a mob, until it dies due to lack of heals, then the mob moves to #2 enemy, the priest.  Communicate in advance with your party how you want to try to handle adds.  That is, have the tank double team them, mage sheep them, or have your pet tank them.

I don't understand how mitigating damage to the tank is a bad thing. If my pet can get above the tank on the aggro list, that's wonderful--give both the tank and the healer some breathing room. The important thing is that the tank not overestimate the pet--if the tank manages the aggro as if the mob was attacking her, then the priest is safe if the pet dies.

Now I can see this causing issues if the tank is drawn away from the mob that the pet has locked-down.

I know I don't fully understand threat management yet, nor do I understand the warrior's repitoir (mine's only 12). Am I missing something?