Tanking
luckyny7
If you are trying to tank how do you keep the bad guys from chasing your healer all around the place and keep them locked on you?
HawkofStorms
You don't.
Guild Wars does not have a standard aggro/threat system like most MMOs. Throw out all your preconceptions about how to play MMOs when you come over to Guild Wars. There isn't some "attack me" taunt button like in most games because GW doesn't need it and wasn't designed to require it. Tanking is actually a terribily inefficient and slow way to play Guild Wars. There are no tank classes. The warrior class has some of, if not the best, DPS in the game, and even though they have high armor rating, they are not tanks. There are builds designed to tank, but they are best used for solo farming or certain speed clear builds. Otherwise, in normal play, you should never tank. A monk can easily throw a single protection magic spell on a character under fire, and for a few seconds they can "tank" all the damage they are taking with ease.
If you still want to tank... keep in mind the monsters in GW act somewhat intelligently and will target the backline at random and try to attack foes with low health/armor. The only way to tank in this game is to body block via positioning and to use snares and knockdowns appropriately.
But honestly, you should never be using this tactic.
Guild Wars does not have a standard aggro/threat system like most MMOs. Throw out all your preconceptions about how to play MMOs when you come over to Guild Wars. There isn't some "attack me" taunt button like in most games because GW doesn't need it and wasn't designed to require it. Tanking is actually a terribily inefficient and slow way to play Guild Wars. There are no tank classes. The warrior class has some of, if not the best, DPS in the game, and even though they have high armor rating, they are not tanks. There are builds designed to tank, but they are best used for solo farming or certain speed clear builds. Otherwise, in normal play, you should never tank. A monk can easily throw a single protection magic spell on a character under fire, and for a few seconds they can "tank" all the damage they are taking with ease.
If you still want to tank... keep in mind the monsters in GW act somewhat intelligently and will target the backline at random and try to attack foes with low health/armor. The only way to tank in this game is to body block via positioning and to use snares and knockdowns appropriately.
But honestly, you should never be using this tactic.
Iuris
You must make sure of two things:
A) make sure you're the only target for the enemy (meaning, you need to be an aggro bubble away from the rest of the party)
B) not do anything that breaks aggro (not move)
So, move ahead of the party, use a bow to lure enemy in, and then stand still. Only attacks enemies you can attack without moving.
A) make sure you're the only target for the enemy (meaning, you need to be an aggro bubble away from the rest of the party)
B) not do anything that breaks aggro (not move)
So, move ahead of the party, use a bow to lure enemy in, and then stand still. Only attacks enemies you can attack without moving.
cognophile
If the enemies come within aggro range of your healers, you can't necessarily stop them from chasing the healers, but you can slow them down with snares:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Snare_%28tactic%29
E.g., apply crippled condition, use hexes that slow movement, body block, use knockdowns, and/or use ward against foes.
It can also be helpful to have a minion master in your party, because the minions tend to act as a meat shield.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Snare_%28tactic%29
E.g., apply crippled condition, use hexes that slow movement, body block, use knockdowns, and/or use ward against foes.
It can also be helpful to have a minion master in your party, because the minions tend to act as a meat shield.
Neo Atomisk
there are 2 real tanks in the game.
a) minion masters use meatwalls in a similar manner to an offensive line in football
b) permas
don't try tanking as a warrior - your job is DPS, aoedps, and KDing the entire map
a) minion masters use meatwalls in a similar manner to an offensive line in football
b) permas
don't try tanking as a warrior - your job is DPS, aoedps, and KDing the entire map
luckyny7
Yes. I was looking for the taunt that I have seen in other games. Thanks to all for the info.
Quaker
Actually, it is possible to tank, if you have a team of humans - warrior gathers agro then the rest attack from range. But it's very very difficult to tank when using heroes or henchies - it's too difficult to control their placement, etc.
And, as has been said, in GW it's not a very efficient tactic either - there are much better/faster ways to do things.
And, as has been said, in GW it's not a very efficient tactic either - there are much better/faster ways to do things.