Managing aggro as a Mage

[Tal]

When Things Go Wrong ™

So you drew aggro.

If there is one thing you shouldn’t do when you get aggro, is kept attacking. If you draw aggro from a level 60 elite that is at 50% health, mass-spamming AM is NOT the answer. Such a mob can probably kill you 10 times before you can take him down from 50% to zero by spamming AM. The only exception to this rule is if the mob is at 5% or lower health.[right][snapback]83118[/snapback][/right]

Quoted for god/goddess blessed truth. Nothing is more frustrating to a tank than to taunt, sunder, demo shout and shield bash and see the mob turn back to the squishie because they couldn't resist just ONE more fireball. ;)

Your MT May Vary (YMTMV)

Not all players are equal, and not all warriors are protection specced. When you are playing with a warrior you don’t know, always start slow on the DPS and push it up slowly so you can get a feel of how good he is at keeping aggro. Protection specced warriors are by far the best when it comes to holding aggro, and they are pretty good at getting aggro back from you if you screw up, but it doesn’t mean you should go crazy on the DPS. The best warrior on the server can’t save your ass if you keep stealing aggro from him; in fact, he might just refuse to do anything and leave you to deal with the mob just to teach you a lesson.

Arms/fury warriors are also pretty good at holding aggro, but not as good as protection warriors. Now, I have never played a warrior, but it has been my experience that arms/fury warriors have it more difficult to get aggro back from you. If you know you are playing with an arms/fury warrior, you need to be conservative with your DPS in order to avoid getting killed.
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Getting aggro back isn't usually the problem as we have the same snap aggro as a protection specc'd warrior with the some of the same tools for keeping aggro. A good rule of thumb is if there isn't at least a sunder don't go high dps when you have a arms warrior as your MT. (Like my Shalandrax)

Thanks for this thread by the way. :)