Tips for grabbing BIG HATE fast.

[Maelwys]

Just get into your enmity combo fast. You say it is important to grab initial hate quick, but in reality no one is, or should be putting out large spells the moment you pull.

Emphasis on "Should".

I have lost count of the number of times an allianced SCH thought it would be a good idea to use Succor or Whispering Dawn the very moment before my sword touches a CT boss...

Starting with Shield Lob from range (or even provoke from EXTREME range) is certainly a good idea if your aim is to generate as much enmity as physically possible as quickly as possible on a foe, as you'll often spend the bulk of another GCD closing to melee range... but for bosses I can usually get myself into a position where they won't actually aggro our party until I hit them with a melee attack- so the rest of the party will not have the opportunity to gain enmity until I queue up an uncomboed BB/RoH. There's also positioning to consider - whenever you lead with a ranged attack; the mob can run towards you whilst you're running towards them... by using a melee attack as the first hit, they should stay in their original position and you can just spin them around so that they are pointed away from the other party members. For this reason, I tend to default to Shield lob for "Pulling" a mob towards us, but RoH to actually aggro a mob that I intend to tank where it spawns.