Speedrunning: Status Buffs and Aggro Management.

[Abbul_Stonecleaver]

I play on PS4. No way am I gonna click that pad and fumble around trying to remove that icon while I'm pulling, especially if it's a speed run. Can't assume everyone is a PC player.


With that said, I tomahawk everything or OP if convenient as I'm moving to place them. I myself don't have issues with pulling, just saying you can't expect every tank has an easy time removing regen.

[KaitlynOfOz]

I play on PS4. No way am I gonna click that pad and fumble around trying to remove that icon while I'm pulling, especially if it's a speed run. Can't assume everyone is a PC player.

With that said, I tomahawk everything or OP if convenient as I'm moving to place them. I myself don't have issues with pulling, just saying you can't expect every tank has an easy time removing regen.

I personally have seen very few if any tanks remove any buffs before doing pulls, so it always seems to fall on the healer to make sure the buffs wear off before the next pull, or to move in flash range and not panic and start kiting. That being said, i am not one to use medica 2 in any situation when the entire party is not taking damage because that is just overhealing and extra hate. A regen and cures is usually enough to keep a decent tank alive during pulls. additionally using holy is helpful, but i only use it to the extent that the stuns don't start becoming fully resisted (about 3 holys) because the tanks i seem to run with don't have any downtime between mob pulls and using all your mp on holys in the first group, only makes it harder to heal them on the 3rd and 4th pull (shroud can only do so much and a speed run doesn't have much "out of battle" mp recovery inherit in it).

[Giantbane]

I play on PS4. No way am I gonna click that pad and fumble around trying to remove that icon while I'm pulling, especially if it's a speed run. Can't assume everyone is a PC player.


With that said, I tomahawk everything or OP if convenient as I'm moving to place them. I myself don't have issues with pulling, just saying you can't expect every tank has an easy time removing regen.

If you're not confident holding agro during a pull against a regen on a PS4: Click the middle touchpad button 3-4 times to switch focus to the status effects, select the regen and hit x (i think?) to click it off, it just takes a second or 2 once you've done it a couple times.