Bully

[NedDevi]

<DIV>Has the lvl 45 taunt "Bully" always had a damage component to it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've only had it a few days but I could have sworn at one point I was successfully using it to taunt up mezzed mobs prior to attacking without breaking the mez.  Last couple of days I was breaking mezzes left and right until I checked the description and saw that it does damage as well as increase hate.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Personally I think that a negligible amount of damage included with a taunt is not particularly useful or desireable.</DIV>

[Diabol]

<DIV>Maybe i've been wrong here, but I thought taunts always broke mezz, even with no other effects or damage.   Because of that I have always avoided group taunts when someone was mezzing so i've never really found out the hard way..</DIV>

[NedDevi]

<DIV>I'm positive that Mad Cry and BFC did not break mezzes, but then again I was reasonably sure that Bully didn't either so you might very well be right Diaboliq.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I usually group with an Illusionist buddy so whether it is needed or not most encounters end up with something getting mezzed out of sheer principle.  If I didn't have aggro on a mezzed mob I would taunt it up until I did before attacking, now Bully consistently breaks it (and I believe Sunder does as well if the knockdown fires).  I can always go back to the old taunts in these situations or use buffing for aggro, but I'd like to use my current taunts to do it.</DIV>

[Styk]

NedDevine if you count up how many times you use bully in a fight the dmg adds up.... if you use bully once the DoT's add up to 100 dmg.... when i tank i use it what 5-6 times.... plus its an awesome agro tool.... currently i have it app4 ( spent the ruby on Destructive Rage adept3 ) bully is my next one to become adept 3Strykr Destructicus46 Berserker

[NedDevi]

<DIV>So it has always caused damage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>::smacks self::  Guess I've been breaking mezzes unwittingly for over a level, doh!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good point Stryker.  I'll throw mad cry back on the tool bar for these situations.</DIV>