When a Tank dies in an 8-man...

[Maeka]

Why is it when a tank dies in 8-man, they get back up and proceed to fight the other tank for aggro?

You'd think that with Rez sickness, a tank who dies should know that they should turn stance off, or slow their DPS down so that the fresh tank can keep tanking the mob until the first tank's sickness wears off?

I see this again and again and again, I'm usually the OT, and if the MT dies, I throw stance up, Provoke and take over... then the other tank gets up, vokes, and tries to fight me for aggro, while having Rez sickness (and sometimes causing others to get hit with cleaves and/or gets himself hit with cleaves in so-doing).

It's especially funny if he has been getting stacks of vuln periodically through the fight, and I didn't have any Vuln at all, it's like dude you obviously don't know the mechanics, just step aside and DPS like a good little boy and let me handle it.

[Kabooa]

Some bosses have 2nd-threat mechanics.

[Maeka]

Some bosses have 2nd-threat mechanics.

Then... the rez'd tank should keep himself 2nd threat, then, like an OT normally would.

[Zomkei]

Some bosses have 2nd-threat mechanics.

they’re talking about normal modes, and i’m pretty sure none of the normal modes have this mechanic

[Kabooa]

they’re talking about normal modes, and i’m pretty sure none of the normal modes have this mechanic

I mean by that logic it doesn't matter who has aggro so long as the boss isn't moving.

[Zomkei]

I mean by that logic it doesn't matter who has aggro so long as the boss isn't moving.

and i agree with you on that

[Khalithar]

they’re talking about normal modes, and i’m pretty sure none of the normal modes have this mechanic

On normal mode, the bosses that do just automatically target whoever is a tank automatically. As an example, Shinryu normal mode always autos both tanks while on ex mode he autos whoever is the two highest on his threat list.

Quite honestly, I do not see much difference between Ot and Mt anymore.

It's less about MT or OT and more about which tank is going to pull. In certain savage mode fights due to the timing on various cooldowns and how you want to space them out will decide which tank will pull.

[SamRF]

Always those players with 50k hp less than you who are adamant on tanking. Then they proceed to die due to mechanics and you take over. They get rezd and they immediately provoke boss so they're MT again.

[ArianeEwah]

Bonus points if they provoke immediately, and die 2s later due to AAs > their HP pool, or they screw up the very next mechanic. At least their provoke is on CD then.

[Anienai]

Bonus points if they provoke immediately, and die 2s later due to AAs > their HP pool, or they screw up the very next mechanic. At least their provoke is on CD then.

I like you.