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    Ashkendor Zahirr
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Paladin Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Buffo_The_Clown View Post
    I've learned when entering a dungeon with PUGs to do the following;

    First group of mobs, I push away one trash mob then sleep it. If no one says anything, I continue doing that for the rest of the dungeon. If someone says something about it, I simply don't sleep anymore and let the tank/dps do their own thing.
    As a tank main, I have to say that I really dislike having mobs shoved away from me when I've already got control of them. I know where I'd like the mobs to be placed and what direction I want them to face. If the mob is attacking you (hey, it happens), sure use Fluid Aura. It's a great tool for defending yourself. If you can shove it toward me all the better. If your tank has control of the mob though, why shove it away? That means we can't hit it with Flash, which means the healer is gathering aggro on it unopposed. When it wakes up, it's going to go for the healer if the tank doesn't grab it back. So we either waste TP shield lobbing/tomahawking it back over or we get to chase it. Dragging mobs around gimps your dps during the time that they're moving (they get dragged out of lingering AoE's like Shadow Flare and melee dps can't effectively flank them). If it's a big pull and we're just nuking it with AoE's, suddenly we're wasting time killing a single mob that was shoved out of them.

    Don't get me wrong; I love a WHM that can use a well-placed Repose to reduce the damage I'm taking. It's less stressful for me and for them. It's just as easy (easier, in fact) to put the mob to sleep where it's at instead of causing more problems by purposely pushing it away where your tank doesn't have control over it anymore.
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    Last edited by Ashkendor; 06-20-2014 at 05:43 PM.