There seems to be a common misconception that EP will always aggro if aggressive. This is simply not the case. SE wants robber crabs to aggro us therefore they aggro. Just like how they took away the aggro abilities of GoV mobs in lowbie zones, there's no rule of thumb here they follow. If they were to follow the rules set forth in the game up to the robber crab point, they wouldn't aggro. EP shouldn't really ever aggro period because it's just a stones throw away from being too weak. Would you try to run up to Chuck Norris and kick his ass? Probably not because you know you'd lose, even at his age he'd probably have you down on the ground before you could finish delivering your first blow.

Now, how is a crab gonna look at a IT+++++++ that they can conveniently still harm at a steady rate and think, "oh shit yeah I got a chance, alright chums let's do this! Robberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Craaaab!" Ya know? Come on. Really? What happened to self preservation?


To the OP, you know just as well as I you invis/sneak up and you never fight a single thing because it's an annoying roadblock to your end goal to do so, so your favoritism of aggro is pretty null. Am I just wanting to run through areas without bothering with invis sneak? lol you're damn right I do. I've been aggroed enough for 8 years. If I want to kill a robber crab then I'll do it. I don't need aggro to decide for me. Not at level 99. If I had a chance in hell of dying I could see the need for aggro, like on DC or higher mobs. But there isn't a chance in hell of you dying unless you aggro a dozen EP mobs. Intentionally.

With all of that said, I am pretty confident that the only reason this stuff still aggros is because SE has been lazy to change the governing rules.