Melee DPS to the rescue

[Fredco191]

Here's An Idea! Attack It Until It You Get Hate And Then Run Around The Tank.

[Reinha]

It's a really nice gesture to go help the squishy party members, but imo it's the healer/caster standing far back that should move to the tank when they gain aggro. Everyone has the tools (movement keys) to help the tank take off the mob and that's why I don't usually jump to the rescue when I see someone get hate. When I'm the one with accidental aggro I run to tank and mark the target with a square if needed. Very simple.

The worst kind are the players who pull hate and then start running away from anyone who tries to grab the enemy off them. Like what are they thinking, that the mob is just going to get bored if they run in circles long enough? Anyone running around like a twat can keep their enemy, lol. Even if I'm tanking.

[gddanimations]

Thanks everyone so far for the fantastic thoughts, I love the simple solutions that some have offered, which honestly in battle I hadn't thought about. I have all the respect and love in the world for all of those adventurers out that there keep us on our feet and deliver the long range artillery!

[Sida]

While optimally the healer, if getting aggro does the running to the tank, a running healer is not healing. Nor is one whose heal casts get interrupted by hits. While this shouldn't cause troubles majority of the times, then there are those times it does. Say, if healer rips aggro because they actually need to chain heal, the need to chain heal has not necessarily passed when melee senpai picks up the add from them. While party can survive a lack of top dps for a while, it doesn't necessarily survive a lack of heals for a while. And then there are those tanks who don't pick up stuff even if it is ran to them. What I'm saying is, yeah, it's good for the one who ripped a mob to run it back to the tank. But dps coming to rescue is still much appreciated.

[seekified]

One of my favourite raid moments ever is still that time my PLD got shredded by Nael, I popped both my defensive CDs plus Bloodbath, emergency tanked for 15 seconds while the tank was raised and healed, then passed aggro back to him with an Elusive Jump. I love DRG, I really do.

[Osteichthyes]

Whenever I see the squishies getting squished I try and do what I can, although as a NIN main this is a lot easier than most simply because we can make whoever we want the main tank.

[Ashkendor]

I do this even when I'm playing a ranged DPS. If I see a mob peel off to a DPS or healer, then that mob becomes public enemy #1 until such time as it is either 1) dead or 2) back in the tank's custody. Other party members are not as sturdy as a tank, nor are they on the receiving end of focused healing the way the tank should be during a pull. It's way too easy for squishier members of the party to die before the tank notices the mob isn't on him anymore or the healer notices someone else is getting hit. Best case scenario, the other DPS focuses on what's hitting them in the face as well, we play ping-pong with it for a few seconds till it dies, then we return to our regularly scheduled pull. Worst case scenario, I end up fighting it alone and pulling out all the stops (defensive cd's, taking the mob to the tank, self-heals, slowing/binding the mob and kiting if all else fails) and hoping to god that the healer notices something is hitting me. I honestly kinda thought this was just a 'me thing' because I'm actually a tank main. :3

[AeirTalies]

It's happened a lot in my time playing, and I always try to pick anything the healers get. Usually I just pull it straight to the tank and he'll realize something happened and provoke or build back up the hate through other means.

[Jim_Berry]

I'm curious to see if anyone has the same knee jerk reaction I do, and to see what others do when it happens.

You're in a party and in a decent scrap, when a monster jumps out and goes off to mangle one of the casters. The Tank doesn't notice or is in a tough spot so you break away to try to either drop the threat or get it off of the caster. Anyone have any thoughts on getting the hate to break off and attach to you? I know it would be in very rare situations, but sometimes I wish there was something you could do to generate hate and help get targets back in line.

As a NIN, I'd hit the person with {Smoke Screen}, hit the mob a few times, then hit the tank with {Shadewalker}.

[Jim_Berry]

One of my favourite raid moments ever is still that time my PLD got shredded by Nael, I popped both my defensive CDs plus Bloodbath, emergency tanked for 15 seconds while the tank was raised and healed, then passed aggro back to him with an Elusive Jump. I love DRG, I really do.

Nice! I have Shade Shift and Keen Flurry as NIN to help me in moments like this. I wish I could use Bloodbath.