A Thread By A Tank For Future/Current Tanks.

[GrossFabio]

Nice thread, very usefull! I'm a beginner in MMORPG an tanking. Would you mind explaining concepts of "aggro", "aggro rotation" the "hate bar", etc? I haven't had problems untill now, but it seems I could become a better tank knowing these basic things.

[Evandis]

Nice thread, very usefull! I'm a beginner in MMORPG an tanking. Would you mind explaining concepts of "aggro", "aggro rotation" the "hate bar", etc? I haven't had problems untill now, but it seems I could become a better tank knowing these basic things.

Aggro is the term for attracting a mob's attention without actively engaging it. Such as when you run by a mob and it chases you and attacks you, because it is an aggressive mob, which is the root of the term aggro.

What the OP meant is enmity or hate, which is how much the monster feels you are a threat. To break it down, if you have 200 enmity and the healer ha 100 enmity, the mob feels like you are the biggest threat and focuses his attacks on you.

The hate bar or enmity meter, shows who the currently targeted monster feels is the biggest threat and is attacking.

[TaranNos]

Nice thread, very usefull! I'm a beginner in MMORPG an tanking. Would you mind explaining concepts of "aggro", "aggro rotation" the "hate bar", etc? I haven't had problems untill now, but it seems I could become a better tank knowing these basic things.

Aggro is how much the enemies hate you, if you're the most hated, they will attack you. This is affected by pretty much everything you do in combat. Damage gives aggro, healing gives aggro, etc. Some of our skills as gladiators say they do increase enmity, which means they produce more aggro than they would as a straight damage skill. So an aggro rotation would be the order you use your skills to maximize your aggro.

The hate bars are the little white bars to the left of people's class icons in a party. It shows how much the enemy you have targeted hates that person.

[GrossFabio]

Thanks! This is what I needed to know.

My "default strategy" is: shield lob -> flash -> fast blade -> savage blade -> rage of halone -> flash -> change target -> repeat from fast blade. And I use provoke and shield lob if some mob just go for another player.

Its working until now, but I fear things will get a little bit more harder from now on (last dungeon I did was haukke mansion).