Why mark targets?

[Souljacker]

Why are some folks so AGAINST marking? It takes literally half a second, can be done on the run as you are coming up to the pull, and gives people a nice visual sequence to remind them of which monsters are most dangerous and which can be mostly ignored. More AoE would be nice to clear the packs out faster, but right now there's not enough to justify making a healer's life harder if she wants to put a few monsters to sleep.

I see no reason NOT to do it. If it seriously detracted from my ability to tank a dungeon I'd say yea, it's wasting too much time. But it doesn't. Smash a macro 3-4 times to number them up as you come up to them and then start your pull. I'm usually done before I'm even in shield lob\tomahawk range.

[Viridiana]

I find it funny that so many people are responding to a 5 month old thread without really even reading it. . .

[Souljacker]

You want people to read 19 pages before responding and then only respond if the thread was started within a specific time frame? These forums are slow enough as it is. Don't discourage posting.

[Zoeila]

marking seems like it would be easier for kb mouse players.

[Fango]

in 8mans dps classes must know the kill order of things.
in 4 mans also, why have tank job do any marking when it's dps job to know kill order? tank's job is to hold hate on whole pack, if dps goes orange on enmity, dps switches target / uses cd lowering enmity. it's that simple really, don't blame tank for not doing dps job :P

[Aeora]

Play Monk and then see if your opinion stays the same.

My main is monk. . . . I'm lvling War atm, I don't mark for people because I've never needed it.

[Raestloz]

My main is monk. . . . I'm lvling War atm, I don't mark for people because I've never needed it.

When a DPS pulls aggro from you and you try to regain it while another gets pulled by the healer for trying to keep you alive, resulting in a hectic pull and overall increase in Waste of Time™ and Bad Party Experience®, you'll change your tune.

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[Aeora]

When a DPS pulls aggro from you and you try to regain it while another gets pulled by the healer for trying to keep you alive, resulting in a hectic pull and overall increase in Waste of Time™ and Bad Party Experience®, you'll change your tune.

They won't. . . because I actually watch what everyone is doing and plan for it

[Souljacker]

They won't. . . because I actually watch what everyone is doing and plan for it

Well aren't you just the most epic tank in the whole wide world!

Is it necessary? No. Does it make a run a thousand times smoother, especially for new DPS who might not yet know the kill order? Absolutely. Is it easier in low level content because mobs barely tickle you to get away with just spamming overpower indiscriminately? Yep. Is it a thousand times easier on your healer in places like Stone Vigil where mobs hit like trucks to have a kill order and CC some of them?

You betcha. There's a bunch of reasons to mark. If you don't want to acknowledge the value in it because you think you are some sort of ubertank that can just faceplant everything - that's your choice. I hope I never get filtered into one of your parties.

[Raestloz]

because I plan for it

So you choose to not mark, but claims that you plan for what everyone else is doing

Seems legit