Mass pulls: don't do this.

[Gorlioliolio]

If you are running directly through the middle of a group because it is the only way to go, then by all means flash them, I'm not advocating just straight face pulling them. What I'm saying is that if me cutting a corner and lobbing 1 while allowing the others just to follow along is the difference between the healer needing to just toss a regen vs having to stabilize me before dpsing then why would I take those extra hits.

The uneven enmity thing probably stems from back when shield oath wasn't as good, if you flashed each pack you just wasted 600 mp on only 3 mobs at a time and that's 2 less flashes on each mob (assuming 3 packs). Was a lot more common for blms to easily pull agro at that point versus now where I can flash until around 40% mp and have no problem holding agro.

Also, I attempted to read your last paragraph, but about a few sentences in, I quickly realized you didn't understand what it was I was saying. You believe that I use some long drawn out route to pull, when in fact, using the same exact paths to pull that you do, I can still generate significant enmity on all the targets and still take the same amount of damage as you do.

You don't take the same amount of damage though, if your close enough to flash because you pulled early and pulled them into a pack then they are close enough to smack you, that's 2 mobs hitting you that otherwise wouldn't have. I get where your coming from about the agro thing to help out healers so that they can mid run stoneskin you, I really do and like I said, any pug I will do the same but if you can't understand that 3>1 then there is really no point in arguing with you.