Just did my first fb

A lot of the tanks here are, well, kinda new to tanking. So they don't really understand the concept of holding aggro on ALL mobs instead of just one.

I usually heal the tank with 1x or 2x Ironheart before they aggro a group of mobs. That gives them enough time to build aggro and still stay at full health.

Now when they run into mobs without Ironheart on, I heal them with Ironheart and immediately cast it on myself after because I know I'm going to eat 1 or 2 hits before the tank has enough time to pick them up

slayer1o1 wrote: »

hey im fairly new to this, what does aggro stand for?

A mob (monsters, humanoids,etc.) that is attacking you.


So aggro means that something is attacking you.

aggro means you're attracting the monster's aggression. Simply put: you pissed off the monster and now he wants to make you pay

And yes, healing does **** off monsters quite a bit. But as others have already said, most of the time you shouldn't be attracting too much aggro though. Although this tends to come naturally with experience.

The key is to keep an eye on what creatures have been engaged by the tank. If your tank is good, if he has 2 or 3 creatures on him at a given time, he will attack each of these monsters as soon as possible to keep them aggressive against him. This way you can heal him without any worries as the creatures will be more pissed off with the tank than with your healing. However, if the tank only attacked one of the three, chances are the other two will start coming towards you if you start healing.

Again, as others have already said, it's a good idea to cast an Ironheart on your tank *right before* he engages a monster, this way you won't attract any aggro and it gives your tank plenty of time to properly engage all of the monsters around him before you can start healing him again. Don't rush your healing! Give him a chance to aggro first.

If you do attract any aggro, you're not going to want to stick around and fight because of our low HP/def. ratings. Usually I'll try to slow them down and run towards my party members. When I'm in a good party, they'll pick up the monster right away and I'll never die from something like this. When I'm in a bad party, I get pissed off cuz I die.

1) tell your tank(s) to attack all of the monsters that are attacking him

2) if you do attract any aggro from healing, try to slow them down and then run amongst your party members. Tell your party members before you start to pick up any monsters chasing you in case they don't know any better.

3) Be careful where you step! In most FBs there are usually a couple of spots where you probably won'T be clearing out the whole area so be sure you watch your back and stay away from any monsters that aren't being targetted by your squad. Usuually if you get caught by a monster you didn't see, your team won't be fast enough to save you because they might not be aware of your situation until it's too late.

In the end, Clerics will often make or break a party so it's in your party's best interest to keep you alive. Try to remain on the back lines but try to remain visible. I usually hang out next to some archers. They can push back monsters that come too close and they are good at picking off any monsters I might have accidentally aggro'd.

Well just like a lot of people have said already, staying back is the first general rule. Put as much distance from you and the mob as you can, this will allow extra time for you to run away and or get others to notice and take them off of you. Just as some people like to get angry when you are a little slow on heal you should just as rightly get angry when the attackers and tanks do not take the aggro off of you. That is part of there job.

Also when and if you ever get into an Fb or something similar with a crew of idiots that don't know how to strategically attack mobs,jumping in on tons of mobs at one time, let them die, and get the hell out of there. If you die you wont get res'ed but they will probably expect you to come back and res there sorry ****. If they get mad at you then so be it. If they become overly bothersome then leave them to there own devices, no sense in losing xp over some idiot(s). ^^

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actually i rarely if ever draw aggro after someone's hit something.

so yea, before your tank charges into a mob, stack 3 or 4 ironhearts on him.

then after he goes in, make sure he hits all the mobs before you restart healing.

counting to 3 or 4 seconds before each ironheart is a good way to layer healing too

This may sound like a stupid question but what's an FB?
I'm level 19, should I be doing FB's yet?

Well, If you want to be better in doing FB's, I would suggest next time having maybe a Wizard, and higher leveled Barbarians, and Archers.
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