Doing it Wrong

[roguebait]

I've got to be doing something wrong on my paladin.

You can see him here. (The unenchanted shoulders and missing belt buckle are simply because I cannot afford the enhancements, and I haven't had the opportunity to get in touch with somebody who can make the leg armor. The cloak is the exception - it's green and so I really don't want to waste an

Comments

[christy_elias25]

Well Im not sure what you are doing wrong but their are two common problems.....Range not attacking YOUR target so u dont have enough threat built up if they are geared fairly well...AND PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH THEIR THREAT...so all i am saying is it may not be your tanking :)

[enveri]

Seconding. Pure DPS classes can put out a lot of threat, especially as they gear up. Mages and warlocks specifically (I've never played them, but I know my still-leveling protadin has no trouble maintaining threat...except with these two classes).

Warlocks have an ability that generates massive threat, make sure they aren't using it. Mages are just... dps machines. :/

Hunters should always be misdirecting, but you don't mention them as a problem, so.. :/

[roguebait]

Good to know I'm not the only one. It's to the point now where I don't want to touch my mage and lock because, seriously? I don't want to be That Person.

Of course, I play FIYA not frost, have since I made my mage at the launch of BC, and it still sends me into paroxysms that frost is out deepsing fire. But that's a tale for another day.

[archangelbeth]

It's that dadgum frost pet that the Frosties get. That's my fire mage's story, and she's sticking to it. (And since my frost mage is A: not 89 like the FLAMEBAIT mage, and B: a puntable gnome, she's keeping quiet.)

[tracietaxi]

All reply's are good so far. Making sure RF isn't forgotten is probably your biggest concern. The bigger concern is your dps slamming away without waiting a second for you to get aggro, which is probably what you see more often than not. I have been playing my priest as shadow running dungeons with my bf's dk tank. Oh boy can it be a mess if I don't hold off and wait for him to get threat! But, it does seem like the AoE threat generation is somewhat harder in this expansion, I'll see as we progress. Good luck to you in your tanking!

[roguebait]

I've made the mistake of not having RF up a time or two, myself, so that's always the first thing I check.. and the second, and the third. JUST to make sure.

[felknight]

I usually switch to Seal of Righteousness when AoE tanking, as well. It helps a little because it hits all targets in melee range, rather than Seal of Truth only hitting the main target.

[ear_envy]

this.

[tasha_mac]

I long for the days when maintaining aggro was the tank's job AND the dps's job. I watch Omen like a hawk when I'm playing my mage, my finger ever-hovering over that Ice Block or Invisibility button. Used to be, when a mob peeled off a tank and went to nom a dps, the tank let the mob free until the dps ate floor tiles, then picked the mob back up again. Now it's the tank's fault for not being able to generate huge amounts of aggro with one button push

[roguebait]

Frost mages always seem to want to start the fight by casting their pet's freeze, though. Which puts the mobs where I don't want them, and gives them an instant snap of damage.

[tasha_mac]

That...what...

That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I think it was back in BC when Ice Barrier first started casting a free Frost Nova if it broke. It was great for leveling, but the first time that happened in an instance and froze all the mobs in place, my stomach dropped. I've never specced out of a talent faster.

I know you want some free Shatters, but ffs, there's plenty of stuff to do before you get to that. Stop being lazy, mages!

[roguebait]

I asked one mage to kindly stop it and she was like, "I don't think you know how frost works. We freeze things." I wanted to rip her a new one; instead I stopped saving her.

[elialshadowpine]

Suggestion, if you're regularly forgetting RF: SmartBuff. It lets you choose which buffs you want to always have up and gives you a visual reminder, and binds casting the buffs to the scroll wheel. I would seriously forget RF all the freaking time if not for this add-on, it's BRILLIANT.