monk agro question

[dremtak]

heya monkies<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />).............52 zerker here.....i group alot with a monk friend of mine and he is constantly getting agro from me. if i lead off with my top 3 taunts i can hold agro for most of the fight if im non stop casting my abilities but if i slow down even a little on the spamming he often tends to get agro from me. so i'm wondering is he maybe doing somthing hes not supposed to be doing ? any help would be appreciated...thanks guys<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) <div></div>

[Eyes_of_Truth]

<P>Monks and brawlers are the best single-mob aggro class in the game hands down. If he is using dragon stance (or the upgrade) it has a 50% chance to taunt mob with each hit, and he does more damage probly which gives him the single target aggro advanage.</P> <P>BTW, unless he is much less equiped than u, i suggest leting him tank the single mobs and you fo offensive and use your protect skills on him.</P> <P>Toodles!</P>

[zabor]

yeah check if he has dragon advance / storm stance up. It's a tank buff and not good for dps.

[dremtak]

<span><blockquote><hr>Eyes_of_Truth wrote:<p>Monks and brawlers are the best single-mob aggro class in the game hands down. If he is using dragon stance (or the upgrade) it has a 50% chance to taunt mob with each hit, and he does more damage probly which gives him the single target aggro advanage.</p> <p>BTW, unless he is much less equiped than u, i suggest leting him tank the single mobs and you fo offensive and use your protect skills on him.</p> <p>Toodles!</p> <div></div><hr></blockquote></span>i don't mind others tanking, but the healers don't like the monk even tanking on single encouters .............feedback i am getting is that monks do awesome tanking single encounters, but when they do get hit ......they get hit real hard and are harder to keep healed at times................is there any suggestions on single encounter situations that will help me?....................he does "fd" when he does get agro but this has been alot imo.

[x0rtrun]

Sounds like he just needs to learn to control his agro. Get him to space out his CAs a bit more. Maybe look into upgrading some taunts/dps or something cause he's just gonna get more powerful over time and pull more agro unless either he learns to control it or you get better at holding it. IMO both are necesary. <div></div>

[Almeric_CoS]

<DIV>I've been hearing tales of Monks who refuse to turn off Dragon Stance/Advance because not having it on means they "aren't using their character to its full abilities."  Those Monks are morons, and make the rest of us look bad.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you're supposed to be tanking, and your Monk friend is on DPS duty, tell him to turn off Dragon Stance and he shouldn't be stealing agro from you very often if you're keeping up your end of the deal.</DIV>

[dremtak]

thanks alot for the info guys i really appreciate it................ill find out tonight what stance hes using and such and post my results <div></div>

[Bladewind]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> dremtak wrote:<BR>thanks alot for the info guys i really appreciate it................ill find out tonight what stance hes using and such and post my results<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Dragon stance (storm stance if you are 55ish+)  is an additional ability past offense/defense/solo stances, so ask specifically if he is using it.  All it does is proc hate, so it should only be used if he is tanking. <DIV>  In other words, be sure he has it off <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Nacire]

Also you can suggest he keeps defensive stance on even when yer tanking.  It will lower his dps just a smidge more AND make him significantly less squishy when he does steal agro.  NOT the combined stance, but the for real defensive.