Hey Archer! Watch Your Agro!?!?

Sweet/N/Low - Heavens Tear
Sweet/N/Low - Heavens Tear Posts: 21 Arc User
edited December 2012 in Archer
You know when your toon icon starts flashing red it means your in battle right? Well i had a 90bm tell me (86 archer) to watch my agro. I thought it kinda funny cuz if your hitting with no skills then its kinda hard to lower your dmg.

Anyways he told me that the flashing red on my name indicates agro. That it gets brighter and faster the more agro you have? I always thought i just means your in battle. I been here since beta and i never heard such a thing. Has something changed with it?

Confused....
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  • krisnda
    krisnda Posts: 4,655 Community Moderator
    edited December 2012
    Not sure what that person is talking about, but there's no way (currently) to "watch your aggro."

    That is a nice idea though.
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  • Chigenkaiona - Dreamweaver
    Chigenkaiona - Dreamweaver Posts: 756 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Sweet/N/Low - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    You know when your toon icon starts flashing red it means your in battle right? Well i had a 90bm tell me (86 archer) to watch my agro. I thought it kinda funny cuz if your hitting with no skills then its kinda hard to lower your dmg.

    Anyways he told me that the flashing red on my name indicates agro. That it gets brighter and faster the more agro you have? I always thought i just means your in battle. I been here since beta and i never heard such a thing. Has something changed with it?

    Confused....

    I have never noticed this.
  • Sweet/N/Low - Heavens Tear
    Sweet/N/Low - Heavens Tear Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Thanks for answering b:kiss
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  • opkossy
    opkossy Posts: 11,177 Community Moderator
    edited December 2012
    That person has no clue what they're talking about. The flashing is only an indication of being in combat state.


    And if you want to lower your damage as an archer and are currently auto-attacking, skill spam. Normal attacks have always led to an archer's highest DPS. Performing deadly shot -> a fully charged take aim -> the two DoTs -> repeat, on the other hand, is abysmal damage in comparison due to how long it takes and will, while showing bigger numbers on the hits themselves, actually lower your damage a good deal. Just don't do that sparked or during a HF or the higher DPH (especially if you crit) may wind up making up for that and getting you aggro anyways.
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  • Amy_Acer - Heavens Tear
    Amy_Acer - Heavens Tear Posts: 121 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Good tips thanks. this is the OP btw b:victoryb:cute
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Sweet/N/Low - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    You know when your toon icon starts flashing red it means your in battle right? Well i had a 90bm tell me (86 archer) to watch my agro. I thought it kinda funny cuz if your hitting with no skills then its kinda hard to lower your dmg.

    Uhh.. archers deal more damage with normal attacks than with skills.
  • opkossy
    opkossy Posts: 11,177 Community Moderator
    edited December 2012
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Uhh.. archers deal more damage with normal attacks than with skills.

    I used to die a little on the inside when I was in squad with a skill spamming archer and they told me it was because they wanted to do most damage or when someone would tell me on my archer to stop using skills so I wouldn't take aggro.

    Now I just laugh at it all because I've mostly given up on trying to educate most of these people.



    And on a side note, time to drag this to archer forums because... and stuff!
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  • Amy_Acer - Heavens Tear
    Amy_Acer - Heavens Tear Posts: 121 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Uhh.. archers deal more damage with normal attacks than with skills.


    uhhhh yes i can read what the mod said thanks... b:chuckle
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  • TempleSlave - Lost City
    TempleSlave - Lost City Posts: 324 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Krisnda wrote: »
    Not sure what that person is talking about, but there's no way (currently) to "watch your aggro."

    That is a nice idea though.

    Of course you can't "watch" your aggro. Obvious derp.


    You can...

    Remove Rings
    Switch Arrows
    Pause attacking
    Remove Tomes/Blessings

    There are a whole bunch of things you can actually do to manage your aggro. Or if you just wish to be silly and argue semantics, then by all means continue the stupidity. b:pleased
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  • opkossy
    opkossy Posts: 11,177 Community Moderator
    edited December 2012
    TempleSlave - Lost City wrote: »
    Of course you can't "watch" your aggro. Obvious derp.


    You can...

    Remove Rings
    Switch Arrows
    Pause attacking
    Remove Tomes/Blessings

    There are a whole bunch of things you can actually do to manage your aggro. Or if you just wish to be silly and argue semantics, then by all means continue the stupidity. b:pleased

    And if your designated tank is horrible even doing all that won't help you at times.

    Besides, you're the one arguing semantics considering it was fairly obvious he meant literally watching aggro in a manner similar to what OP mentioned. As in there being some indication of how much threat level you have somewhere outside of the boss suddenly turning towards you and trying to bite your head off.
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  • Elenacostel - Heavens Tear
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,822 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Amy_Acer - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    uhhhh yes i can read what the mod said thanks... b:chuckle

    Obviously I cannot. Curse my poor skimming skills!
  • opkossy
    opkossy Posts: 11,177 Community Moderator
    edited December 2012
    Elenacostel - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Obviously I cannot. Curse my poor skimming skills!

    It's because my post count is so low now, isn't it? b:sad
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  • Vindis - Dreamweaver
    Vindis - Dreamweaver Posts: 614 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    OPKossy wrote: »
    It's because my post count is so low now, isn't it? b:sad

    It will be back to normal in afew weeks.
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  • Geckofreak - Sanctuary
    Geckofreak - Sanctuary Posts: 2,280 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Lol, low level days, before aps and fishies, i always pulled aggro. I would pause attacking and watch them rage at me after barb complained that i was pulling from him. Back in those days, a good number of people actually were in pk mode, so when i got upset enough, i would drop squad and show them how hard it was for me to control damageb:laugh

    I suggest setting up a macro of mixed non aoe no chi required skills that repeats to use for not holding aggro. This macro also works well in trials, the only place where using skills as an archer actually makes sense
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  • Aviron - Harshlands
    Aviron - Harshlands Posts: 18 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    What I do to avoid pulling aggro, at bosses at least, is hit 3 times and pause then hit 3 times and pause. Works just fine that way even if tank has low refines on weapon. You don't have to drive yourself crazy by removing any gear lol.
  • Geckofreak - Sanctuary
    Geckofreak - Sanctuary Posts: 2,280 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I got tired of watching my aggro recently, so i just spark bloodvow in bh abba and seat, seat especially, and pull the boss, and die, rez, die again normally before boss is dead cause of that 1 shot skill.

    Honestly, i like having aggro now, its funny
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