Spag
08-22-2005, 08:31 PM
<DIV>I just cannot resist sharing my latest experience this last weekend. It was simply one of the best grouping experiences I had ever been in. Everyone in the group was completely amazed at our effectiveness.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I joined the group we had become a four man group with a guardian, cleric, conjuror and myself, as a warden. We were all about lvl 37 or so. We were in the Enchanted Lands, working on the lvl 37-39 ^^ rats there. All was normal until the Guardian had to log off. We did not wish to break up the group, so we continued on, and the Conjuror's pet and myself took turns tanking. Shortly thereafter a lvl 39 warlock joined the group, and a few friends of mine did as well, both were Wizards, lvl 34 and lvl 35 I believe. At this point we had a cleric, warden, conjuror, 2 wizzies and a warlock in group, which made for some good DPS, but aggro became an issue. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We decided on something I had not tried in many levels. We opted for me to do nothing but main tank and taunt to keep aggro from the casters. This was done by pulling the intended target, and firing off all my group cures as soon as they cycled. The mobs were going down very quickly, with no lost aggro. This worked so wonderfully, I talked the casters into going full burn to see if they could pry aggro away from me. The lvl 39 warlock was the only one that could pull aggro, and only if he started casting while I was running back with the mob. Once I got back to the group and began my cycle of group cures, there was very little chance I would lose aggro. For the next hour or two, we did this, pulling anything in the area, singles, heroics, anything, it did not matter. I lost aggro maybe 4 -5 times during that period, and each time was right off the pull before I had a chance to fire off a full round of cures, and only once was not able to get aggro back within a few seconds.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My power usage in group was the most, as at the end of each fight i was about half power, everyone else was about 75%. Downtime was minimal, as I would use a manastone and a regen, and be back to full health and power withing 20 seconds.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The warlock in group was simply amazed that he could go all out and not pull aggro. In his terms it was very rare that someone could hold aggro from him, let alone when he tried to pull aggro. He even stated that he was already looking at rolling a priest and had not yet made up his mind which, until then. He decided druid/warden on the spot.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It was simply amazing, and I thank everyone in the group for such an awesome experience. I did not want to give out names, as I do not want to assume it would be ok with them. They know who they are, and they had just as much fun as I did. Sadly it was 5:30 am when I had to log off, and I cant say whether or not they continued, and I had felt bad for having to cause such a good thing to come to an end.</DIV>