There's a good post over at Balance of Power about aggro management, along with a great 300/Demotivator mashup that prompted me to make this one :D
In short -- squishies don't want aggro, the tank does. But the math behind it is interesting. For example, I didn't know ranged DPS have to out-DPS the tank by 30% to pull aggro away from them.
I do occasionally pull aggro from the main tank - today I did a run of Mana Tombs with a level 64 - 66 group, and quite frequently out-aggro'd the tank. But I think I know what to do when that happens: don't run away, in fact, run towards the tank and frost-nova the mob in place to allow the tank to re-establish himself at the top of the threat table.
Labels: aggro, blume, theorycraft
I had a really busy day yesterday. As well as killing hundreds of ogres for the Kureni and getting my new Talbuk mount, I gave up on herbalism and took up a needle and thread and started tailoring.
Picking herbs has been good to me, it's made me money on the auction house and potions and elixirs to keep me going on the battlefield. But now that I'm almost level 70, I'm getting to the stage where I want to wear some really powerful clothes - some nice epics. And what better way to get hold of some epics than to make them myself?
I headed to Ironforge and went to see the apprentice tailor. I spent the rest of the evening running back and forth between him and the auction house, buying up cloth on auction then making simple clothes. I'd forgotten how hot Ironforge is - all those open air forges and smelting. Eventually I'd learnt how to do everything the trainers in Ironforge could teach, so I teleported myself to Stormwind and started training there, in a tailors at the edge of the Mage's District.
The only problem is, it's a long way between starting out as an apprentice tailor, and crafting your own three-set of epics. I have a bank full of Runecloth and Netherweave, and plenty more stuffed in packages in the mailbox, but I really need more silk and Mageweave. I've already bought up all the cheapest stacks of cloth on the auction house, and funds were starting to look a little low, as I'll need to buy my flying mount very shortly...
Picking herbs has been good to me, it's made me money on the auction house and potions and elixirs to keep me going on the battlefield. But now that I'm almost level 70, I'm getting to the stage where I want to wear some really powerful clothes - some nice epics. And what better way to get hold of some epics than to make them myself?
I headed to Ironforge and went to see the apprentice tailor. I spent the rest of the evening running back and forth between him and the auction house, buying up cloth on auction then making simple clothes. I'd forgotten how hot Ironforge is - all those open air forges and smelting. Eventually I'd learnt how to do everything the trainers in Ironforge could teach, so I teleported myself to Stormwind and started training there, in a tailors at the edge of the Mage's District.
The only problem is, it's a long way between starting out as an apprentice tailor, and crafting your own three-set of epics. I have a bank full of Runecloth and Netherweave, and plenty more stuffed in packages in the mailbox, but I really need more silk and Mageweave. I've already bought up all the cheapest stacks of cloth on the auction house, and funds were starting to look a little low, as I'll need to buy my flying mount very shortly...
Yes, after a day of grinding ogres in Nagrand I finally amassed enough Obsidian Warbeads to convince the Kurenai to let me buy their best stuff -- including this great Talbuk mount. It's very high up off the ground compared to normal mount, and a much quieter and smoother ride than my old Mechanostrider.
Incidentally, the Kurenai are also the first group I've ever reached Exhalted with, and the grinding wasn't nearly as bad or as boring as I thought it might be!
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