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Old 07/22/08, 7:35 PM   #878 (permalink)
 Kyth
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Originally Posted by archkiller View Post
Our mages/warlocks complain about aggro sometimes and said that there are times where at the start of the fight they get chain critical shadowbolt/fireball and have to use soulshatter/invisiblity early in the fight like just 1min into the fight. Is there anyway to overcome this?
Just commenting on the bolded bit:

You *never* "have" to. All they're doing is reducing their total damage done for a short-term dps gain. Your tank's threat is no different in minutes 3-4 than it is in minutes 0-1, so it's silly to use a threat ability on a five-minute cooldown so early in the fight when they can just stop casting for a bit and stay under the tank until 50-65% (lower percentage if you're getting lusts, higher if you aren't.)

Saying "I have to stop casting for substantial portions of the first part of the fight" is valid. Saying "I had no choice but to shatter/invis" is bad play.

 
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