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Zui · Jun 14, 2006, 10:03 AM // 10:03

You want to kill whoever is the bigger threat to what your team is doing first. This holds true in PvP, and in PvE. In PvE it's usualy going to be the Monks and Ritualists, which are also some of the easiest targets to drop, as they have the least armor, and their skillsets in PvE are just plain bad...

zelira · Jun 14, 2006, 04:23 PM // 16:23

Thanks for the replies everyone.

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Originally Posted by Don Zardeone

... Just go for the enemy monks, rits, mesmers etc then and hope that the warrior monsters don't kill your monks before your own warriors get there...

After getting killed by an ele boss and his 2 ranger buddies in 3 hits (full 485hp), that's what I'm worried about the most. Non-boss melee enemies don't do as much damage as an ele boss, however that incident will always be in the back of my mind.

As a warrior, I try to keep as much aggro on myself. I don't know if I should run pass the warriors to kill the monk and let the casters on my team deal with the warriors and assassins.

As a SS necro, I usually arcane echo SS and cast it on the melee enemies. Then I switch to the soft target that's doing the most damage to my team and cast shivers on them.

As a ranger, mesmer, or ele, I focus the damage dealers first. Mostly ele and mesmer.

As a monk, I have no fight power. So I hit T and spacebar until someone needs healing.

Maybe I have this thing backwards, as I have been trying to prevent anyone on my team from dying over finishing off them as quick as possible.

Whispering Siren · Jun 14, 2006, 07:34 PM // 19:34

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Originally Posted by zelira

As a warrior, I try to keep as much aggro on myself. I don't know if I should run pass the warriors to kill the monk and let the casters on my team deal with the warriors and assassins.

my two cents: warriors should take the melee foes on and let the casters deal with the casters. i HATE when warriors run past all the warrior and assassin foes and head for the caster backline, leaving OUR caster backline open to warriors and assassins.

but that only really works with a well organized group/PUG. if you have an ele in your group who insists on being at the front and taking aggro first - it really doesn't much matter anymore if you try to keep warrior and assassin aggro on you.

guess it just really depends on the situation and how chaotic things are. cantha can be pretty chaotic, so any attempt to control aggro (i.e. keep warriors off your groups' casters) is difficult.

Jun 14, 2006, 10:03 AM // 10:03	#21
Zui Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] Profession: Mo/	You want to kill whoever is the bigger threat to what your team is doing first. This holds true in PvP, and in PvE. In PvE it's usualy going to be the Monks and Ritualists, which are also some of the easiest targets to drop, as they have the least armor, and their skillsets in PvE are just plain bad...