A couple of newbie tank questions

[tocsin]

Thank you for all the input everyone. All of you have been very helpful.

I have stuck -> marks where some new questions are. the rest is responses. Thank you!

->I am unsure how to make a macro that will mark everything different numbers. the macros that I have made for that just mark each creature as 1 sequentially. does someone have a good example of this?

I play on PC, but use an xbox controller (for carpal tunnel reasons) while tanking. I have had some trouble using more than 8 buttons ]on the crossbar than a single side, but I suppose that just comes with practice. right now I macro fast blade and fight or flight together, so I can remember to use it, and it seems to work pretty well.

->Is there a way to work targeting with controller to things that aren't directly in front of you? I have run into a fair amount of situations where adds spawn from like 3 different directions, and im frantically tabbing thru my targets (holding r2 and tapping r1) to try and find just the one furthest away target while spinning my character around to change look directions. I'm hoping there is a more foolproof way.

I will avoid macroing in chat announces. it seems there is a unanimous agreement in that.

- Mark them all
- Lob on #1
- Flash once per enemy (2 times if there are two enemies, three times if there are three...). It effectively secures aggro, blinds them all, and doesn't boost their blind resistance as long as the 3rd flash goes off less than 6 seconds after the 1st.
- Fast blade on #1 => Savage Blade on #2 => RoH on #1 => Fast Blade on #1 => Savage Blade on #3 => RoH on #1 => Flash => Rinse and repeat

This is actually a very useful rotation! I have been having issues figuring out what to do about AoE threat once my mana runs out, and this helps a lot. Thank you!

->Also, quick shield bash question. If I think an enemy is going to launch a stunnable AoE (ex. Gas Bomb self destruct in Halatali). is it worth it to not use skills to prep, or is there a sign that can be used to tell when to stop comboing and prepare to shield bash the ability away?

Shield Lob causes the same aggro as Savage Blade (x3 modifier), which is much more than Fast Blade,

I never knew that. Thanks!