Hello, this is my first post on VGMonks, although I've been a "troll" at work for a long time now.
I had a discussion the other day with a friend on what to do if you strip agro off your tank in a group or raid.
Basically, its a conflict of interest between FD or not. Being a Qalian drunken, if I happen to pull agro off of a tank, I have no problem staying alive, and what I will normally do is either invul or use a few of the dodge abilities to give the tank some time to take the agro back and once they do I will immediately FD to clear the agro. The reason I do this normally is as most know alot of times if you strip agro and then FD immediately the mob won't always go back to the tank, instead it will start bouncing around smashing all the squishies. Also just fyi I don't pull agro all the time ;p very rare after GU6 with a lucky burst.
I still hear it every now and then if I strip agro, people (other classes) telling me to FD (or I will die, lol). Wondering what other monks think on this subject.
Ultimately its a matter of conmmunicating with your tank. If they tank expects you to FD (which most will) they will not intend to target you and use rescues or defensive target aggro boosting manuvers. If on the other hand you tell them that you will go invuln and then evasive, they will know what to expect and everyone will likely be cool with things.
That said, arguably you shouldn't be pulling aggro in the first place unless you are intentionally allowing yourself to do so. You are the one dps class that almost never has an excuse. If you do a major crit you can always FD immediately afterwards and not pull aggro etc.
If the mob tends to ping pong after you FD it usually implies that multiple party members need to do a better job of controlling their aggro. A good solution is to let them die repeatedly.
That said if you can consistantly stay ahead of the other DPS's aggro and help moderate the ping pong and the net result is that your group safely and effectively mows through things faster.../shrug who can really complain so long as you use your aggro planting ability to help the tank secure things when he/she looses it.
PS a troll at this point is a term usually used for people that make posts in a forum designed purely to piss off and annoy others and generate dramatic flaming responces. AKA you are baiting and fishing for responces "trolling". You are not a rather a lurker.
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