Tanks That Hate Fluid Aura

[Bayman]

Let me explain when TO use it as a tank.

If there is a caster mob out of a group, toss it back into the group.

If there is sleep going on... dunno why there would be, but for sake of the argument... have the tank move the pack away from the sleep so overpowers don't wake it up. Then boot the thing into the pack as a wakeup call when the time is right.

Otherwise, don't move my mobs around on me.

Simple?

[mythicrose]

Thank you for not even reading the OP like everyone else.

Quite contrary. I read and dismissed the OP as he/she pretty much decided to annoy his/her group willfully. The rest of the thread had discussed how annoying the knockback is.

Knocking back non-primary targets makes the tank/party take less damage and can interrupts casts. Freeing up the healer to do more damage themselves. You can be the tank without having absolutely everything hitting you. Yet everyone that breaks sleeps seems to think they can't which is even more annoying.

Only undergeared tanks and healers need crowd control like sleeps and knockbacks. It is up to either to speak up and be honest with the group that they need to make use of them. Stone/Stone2, Aero all you want. FA is a nuisance to just about everyone but the conjurer and archer.

[Kimzark]

FA is a nuisance to just about everyone but the conjurer and archer.

even for conjurer can be a nuisance, in case it goes out of cast range while casting a skill, only to be interrupted (in 8 men content... if that ever happens).

Edit: i.e. both whm doing some DPS, one of them decided to cast FA on the same target the other whm was attacking with stone/stone II.

[MythToken]

Stop feeding the trolls, and stop discussing this, its not a discussion. I clearly ended this thread a page back.

The problem isn't game mechanics/dps/ect. The problem is attitude of OP. And the rest of the socially inept people on here.

[StealthPaladin]

as a tank i am finding this ridiculous. fluid aura is really nice why is everyone trying to get people to stop using it? if tanks cant adapt to the full skillset of other classes, then they're kinda bad tanks. it's not the whm's fault.

its pretty simple:


1. pull group of enemies
2. flash twice
3. whm use fluid aura on last enemy that would be attacked
4. group takes less damage, enemy returns to tank

[Alukah]

Why would you revive this toxic thread? Let it die.
Play nice and don't grief others in dungeons.

[Backflippinbadger]

ive been on both sides of this action as well..when playing as a WHM i wont use it until the said monster is almost dead or when another player besides the tank catches aggro...i truly believe ppl. only want healers to heal only while in dungeons or parties.Not to mention for a healer to put out damage is kinda frowned upon for the most part ........use sleep instead

There are very few things in this game that I dislike more than healers that just heal, specially in low level dungeons.

[Codek]

[Asierid]

Oh Shi-

Look what you guys did now. This is all your fault.

[Teirshin]

as a tank i am finding this ridiculous. fluid aura is really nice why is everyone trying to get people to stop using it? if tanks cant adapt to the full skillset of other classes, then they're kinda bad tanks. it's not the whm's fault.

its pretty simple:


1. pull group of enemies
2. flash twice
3. whm use fluid aura on last enemy that would be attacked knocking it out of the AOE's and other dmg so that now it lives longer in the end rather than dying with the rest of the pack.
4. group maybe takes less damage, enemy takes less damage for sure and dies slower

Fixed that for you.

And just wow.... necro thread for the ages!