I'm new at tanking/mmo rpg's in general

[sstewart]

So I was hoping for pointers on holding agro. I'm a level 32 worrier and I'm tired of doing it wrong. So any one out there want to help? If you have in pointers on techniques let me know, or is it just normal to be bashed on doing the tank role?

[juniglee]

Hi,

When you pull trash mobs, pull them in with Tomahawk, then hold them in place with Overpower. Do turn on your Defiance as well if you aren't already doing that, that gives enmity modifier bonus to all your weapon skills. Your basic aggro rotation is Heavy Swing -> Skull Sunder -> Butcher's Block for single target aggro. The key thing to do is you have to maintain aggro on every mob that you have pulled. Healing generates universal aggro, so if you don't keep those other non-primary mobs aggro'ed from time to time, they'll run off towards your healer.

Other than that, mark your targets, so DPS don't focus different targets.

I won't go into class mechanics but that's the basics of keeping aggro. Good luck, and do let me know if you need further elaboration.

[sstewart]

Thanks i do ok tell boss battles in instances then I just fall apart plus I'm on a ps3 so marking targets is pretty rough maybe I should go out and practice on lady bugs... Lol

[Nathan061111]

Marking on PS3 is only slightly more difficult than when using a Keyboard, the key is practice, practice, practice. Put the mark 1,2,3 etc on your second or 3rd hotbar and practice using it. You'll need to get used to switching between multiple hotbars if you want to be good at your class at Level 50. Anyway good luck mate and don't give up.

[Warrlordd]

If it seems like any one is flaming you, do your best to pick through the anger and get something useful out of it. It's gonna happen, for sure, but as long as you try get better you'll be fine.

[Shneibel]

butcher's block w/o combo have eminity as well.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

The additional enmity / aggro moves I think generate the most aggro in ascending order (might be wrong)

Skull Sunder out of a combo
Tomahawk
Butcher's Block out of a combo
Overpower
Skull Sunder in a combo
Butcher's Block in a combo

(Don't know where Steel Cyclone fits in all this actually)

I didn't understand this when I first started tanking and new to 2.0. As a gladiator, I would repeatedly use Shield Lob on targets. Or I would only Flash once. And sometimes I would let the ranged pull, because I thought I could easily recover from it like in other games.

Having a weapon that is within 3 levels of you will also help significantly. If you are on the lower level range of a dungeon e.g. if you are 32 with an older weapon and your teammates are 35, using levxel 35 quality weapons, they may easily snatch aggro away at this point.

I suppose a lot of factors. But the folks above advice should work. You'll mainly want to make sure the healers don't overtake you in aggro. Then it's a matter of finding some agreement with the DPS. Spoken or unspoken.

[Codek]

I few other common mistakes I see from new players:
- Keep your weapon updated! (If it's 5+ levels below the DPS players then they may overwhelm you with aggro)
- Never use provoke when you already have aggro (this is more common to players from other MMO's)
- If a mob is close to death (or even half if your far ahead in threat), start dumping threat/enmity into another target

[Lemon8or]

Contact me in-game later today. I'll help you out.

[sstewart]

Thanks for the feed back guys.