Gaining Enmity In Boss Fights with Adds

[Zaft]

It's a case of the tank either being bad or lazy. Tanks should be at the spawn point with a combo prep'd when adds are about to spawn. If you do get threat, then yes, running towards the tank is the best.

[MXMoondoggie]

It's not as noticeable if the healer is only healing one target as the spawn occurs, but AoE heals can generate ridiculous initial aggro.

This is part of the problem because some healers just spam group heals constantly. The amount of WHM's i see casting Medica II before or directly on the first pull for the Tank is ridiculous. Really obvious add phases that Healers don't prepare for bug me too like Cerberus in WoD you always get that one Healer who spams heals then cries because all the adds aggroed on them. As soon as the slabber spawns you know the adds are coming so why do it to yourself when you can wait like 30 seconds for the OT's to pull them? You don't even want to be using any group heals at that point anyway if a bunch of medica II or group heals are going off then chains will get silly.

Sometimes it really is the Tanks fault for not paying attention but so many Healers just don't take care of their own aggro and then blame others when it goes wrong.

[VanilleFang]

Snip.

I main SCH and I shake my head at, and say something after the third time to, WHMs that use medica II before pulls. Its annoying that they do it then take a bunch of damage in the first few seconds, and then whine that they died/are dying all the time. It is one of the worst things that a WHM can do in raids and dungeons, yet the ones who do it never seem to get that.

I've only ever died once to Wolfsbane, and that was when the OT died. Recently I've had countless co-healers (WHMs and SCHs) that have died multiple times to Wolfsbane and complained each time that "wolfsbane hates me" (no duh, you AoE overhealed when it spawned) and/or "need OT to hold the damn mobs". My last run saw me reviving my co-healer 9 times on Cerberus alone. 4 for the first go, 5 for the second. (Team wiped) At least 4 of those were because of Wolfsbane. And yet all they did was "joke" about being bad, and complaining that the OT wasn't doing their job. Its mind boggling, these players.