Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan View Post
Aggro management never was anything of importance or enjoyment.
Wait, you're kidding, right?

You know spamming your damage combo pre 5.0 as a tank would just lead to a DPS eventually overtaking you in hate? That the enmity meter was actually something you had to keep track of since a lot of times your burst would overtake anything a tank could manage? Now all you have to do is make sure your tank has their stance on and you can pop CDs without a care in the world. You can argue that it wasn't enjoyable for you, but to say it wasn't important is just flat wrong.

And no, AoE tanking has changed for sure. Your AoE abilities were split between damage and enmity generation. For example, knowing when to use Unleash, HS>SS, or a DA-AD as a DRK was the difference between a mediocre tank and a good one, since they'll Unleash before any stray adds murk your BLM.