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01-14-2010, 04:33 PM
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There is no question that as we PUG up the Dungeon Finder (http://www.wow.com/2009/12/11/dungeon-finder-reactions-from-players/)system for our daily random heroic we are going to encounter a lot of bad tanks. It's not surprising really. These are people who spend all day every day getting smashed in face, typically by monstrosities many times their size. And more disturbingly, they chose to do this in the first place. So it should be no surprise that these aren't the brightest people in WoW.
However, it's often far too easy for us DPSers to blame the tank for losing aggro. After all, holding aggro is their job! What is strangely easy for us to forget is that not pulling aggro is our job. It's time for DPSers to take a long hard look at just how good a player we are before yelling at the tank.
Join me after the cut as we take a look at why pulling aggro is the fault of the DPS almost every single time.Continue reading Pulling aggro in PUGs: who's to blame (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/pulling-aggro-in-pugs-whos-to-blame/)
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There is no question that as we PUG up the Dungeon Finder (http://www.wow.com/2009/12/11/dungeon-finder-reactions-from-players/)system for our daily random heroic we are going to encounter a lot of bad tanks. It's not surprising really. These are people who spend all day every day getting smashed in face, typically by monstrosities many times their size. And more disturbingly, they chose to do this in the first place. So it should be no surprise that these aren't the brightest people in WoW.
However, it's often far too easy for us DPSers to blame the tank for losing aggro. After all, holding aggro is their job! What is strangely easy for us to forget is that not pulling aggro is our job. It's time for DPSers to take a long hard look at just how good a player we are before yelling at the tank.
Join me after the cut as we take a look at why pulling aggro is the fault of the DPS almost every single time.Continue reading Pulling aggro in PUGs: who's to blame (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/pulling-aggro-in-pugs-whos-to-blame/)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/)
Pulling aggro in PUGs: who's to blame (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/14/pulling-aggro-in-pugs-whos-to-blame/) originally appeared on WoW (http://www.wow.com) on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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