Is provoke broken or am I doing it wrong?

[Artair]

Just don't panic and provoke as soon as you lose the mob unless your next attack is RoH. Preload your combo then voke > RoH. A dps should last more than 5 seconds vs a single mob. Consider melding some STR to your accessories too for easier snap agro in those situations, then you can use lesser enmity skills to pull it back without much trouble.
Don't be afraid to cover the person with hate while you build up to voke > RoH too if it's a really hard hitting mob or boss.

[Vistari]

Is there a way to macro cover to target's target so that I don't have to switch to the player to cover them?

[StouterTaru]

Is there a way to macro cover to target's target so that I don't have to switch to the player to cover them?

/ac Cover <tt>

I use the same thing with Eye for Eye to slap it on the tank.

[Synestr]

Yes, <tt> is your friend in many situations.

[Vistari]

I used that cover macro last night and it worked beautifully. Thank you.

You can't miss the tethered line between you and the person you're covering.

What other <tt> macros are you guys using as a tank?

[Synestr]

I used to use the <tt> on my cover but I found I am just faster at clicking the person getting smashed then hitting the macro.

I have a <tt> set up for stoneskin when I am OT, but as tank that is really it. On SCH or WHM I have <tt> set up for all my DPS stuffs. This way I can rest on the Tank and still DPS without much target cycling. Same on BLM with E4E, etc.

Not quite what you asked for but, yea...

[Zaft]

I would suggest using /ac "Cover" <mo> actually, because there will be situations where you want to use Cover on somebody who isn't being targeted, but will shortly (such as Earthshakers or Akh Morn).

[Vistari]

Thanks for the advice.

On mouseover, is that mousing over their name in the party window or their actual character on the screen?

[Zaft]

Either.

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