Baffling behavior

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Lets be clear once more: Even Shiva Savage dont melt the tank with the speed the OP discribes. Conclusion: he isnt telling the truth or he was undergeared - nothing else is possible.

Out of curiosity, I actually tried to do a little test going into Castrum Abania with minimum iLv setting. That syncs me down to ilv260 with 34,336 max HP. Probably not the same as OP's iLv at the time of mess, but I pulled the first 3 mobs anyway and just observed:

• The smaller mob hits for like 2.4k - 2.7k, not accounting parries nor criticals. After 2 or 3 GCD they cast a self damage buff that ramps up their auto attacks up to 3.5k per hit.
• The bigger, ape like mob hits for about 3.4k - 3.7k per hit. Seen a few crits that went up to 5.2k but they're quite rare. They also have a mini, instant tankbuster that deals about 7.5k.
• I also spam my own AoE rotation to keep track how much GCD passed for each attempt. The result, I never lived past 5th GCD without counting first Lightning Shot pull. I'm "lucky" enough if I can get off the 6th GCD, at all.
• The last few attempts I did before quit, I just ran past the first 3 mobs and went straight to the 2nd pack to aggro them. This time I did not lived past through 3rd GCD (if I see crit or tankbuster connects) or 4th GCD.

All of that done without pressing any cooldowns. Makes me wonder how lower can the game let people que into the duty, iLv wise.

[Banriikku]

I tried Badrams Meddle on purpose with only so much gear to get in aka i cheesed the ilvl (or "the naked trail for healers" keep me alive for a spot in the static llul<- this is a joke). I did this with friends and they did know what i was doing. And i can tell you the mobs shred you hard, i had almost less hp then our healer and got hit by everything like a truck... on a cargo ship! As we progessed through this "fun little experiment" i could never pull more then 1 group and even said group spanked me hard. As is geared my tank normal min ilvl and a little bit above ....: Oh wonder i didnt die in seconds. The mobs are hitting hard on min ilvl but not enough for the "i was dead in 3 seconds and could not press any buttons" phenomenon the OP discribes.