If you are a [JOB] without [Ability], you are holding back your team at endgame

[dinantes]

By all means, if they've released something that shows that provoke actually 'puts you on the top of the list' I'd do that in in an instant. But I'll believe it when I see proof. Why on earth would a level 22 Pally skill generate more threat than anything else in the game? Seems odd.

[MelianDoriath]

By all means, if they've released something that shows that provoke actually 'puts you on the top of the list' I'd do that in in an instant. But I'll believe it when I see proof. Why on earth would a level 22 Pally skill generate more threat than anything else in the game? Seems odd.

It does put you on top of the list, just like a taunt from World of Warcraft. This is easily confirmed by Turn 2 bosses which put stacking debuffs on tanks and provoke rotations are required to stop the other tank from taking too many stacks. So yes, it instantly catapults you to the top of the threat list, but you need your warrior skills (and possibly some gladiator skills) to stay there.

[Aver]

By all means, if they've released something that shows that provoke actually 'puts you on the top of the list' I'd do that in in an instant. But I'll believe it when I see proof. Why on earth would a level 22 Pally skill generate more threat than anything else in the game? Seems odd.

Provoke evens your enmity with the person at the top of the hate list, no matter who they are, which then leaves you to use your other hate-grabs to keep the mob on you. That's all it does, it does not actually generate any enmity.