Quote Originally Posted by Kazrah View Post
There's actually one singular reason why you'd need to do that: tank swapping fights to let healers know to switch their main target. I know, not exactly a necessary thing, but it does make life a bit easier for harder content that involves that mechanic.
Ah, that's quite a different context to be using it in! That makes more sense than in a standard dungeon run. And it would be used sparingly, I assume, and not just their opening attack for every mob? So I guess other players have seen them doing it and copied the idea without understanding the actual purpose (or correct use of Provoke), and it spreads that way until all tanks think that's what they're expected to do when provoking....