Save Yourselves problem

Whenever I use it I saw the word pop out from my char and gain the energy but the icon never showed in the left top of the screen, also it won't renew Aggressive Refain I'm not sure is it truly working.

"For 4...6 seconds, all other party members gain +100 armor."


OTHER means everyone except you. So you don't get SY.

read the skill again, you will know why.

SY! is usually run in 2 copies or some form of other prot (Shelter) for this reason.

SY only works on your party members, not on yourself.
Because it affects your party members, you still gain energy, but you don't gain it's effect

Damn Ninjas >.>

Unless you're using it for aggro control, in which case you just want one copy, for the express purpose of making the user the most attractive target for the mobs.

I'm not convinced mobs care about adjusted DR. I've never seen them aggro onto an SY spammer. Seems like they only evaluate "base" DR. (whatever that is exactly.)

There are a number of factors that affect aggro, not just AL. Add to this the fact that the AI is not very good at switching targets. If you use it when the mobs have already engaged then yeah, they're not likely to break off and come after you just because of the AL difference.

SY is not a sure thing, like dropping a magnet into a pile of pins. You can't come along and use it whenever you want and bam, all mobs come to you. You have to apply aggro control right from the start and maintain it carefully. SY can help with that, but it's just one thing among many.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/a...t10467042.html
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Aggro

PS: FWIW, there are monster skills like "Enemies must die!" that directly manipulate aggro.

You could also carry "Watch Yourself!" (in addition to SY) to give yourself some armor and renew AR.