Can tell how much aggro a 55 monk can do by just party up?

He probably didn't think you brought together enough mobs for SS to have as much of an effect as possible. Still, it's a stupid thing to do. we havent even gone to UW, thats the thing. He was looking for 55, I agreed, he joined, was about to go to UW, and he just left, and asked for a different 55.

well at least you didnt waste your gold on a retard true, lol, but very lame thing to do... wish I knew his reasons. heh.

Ok, this SS necro was looking for a pro 55monk for UW. I consider myself pretty good one in UW.

He claimed he can tell how much I can aggro and said I suck, by just joining party with me. I was about to enter UW, asked him if he was ready, then he left party, and right away, was asking for a different pro 55monk, lol. Look at pick below.

that possible, some type of bug? Or some looser player?
There had to have been more to the conversation. Did you ask him anything? did he ask you anything? What's your secondary class? What kind of armor do you wear?

There had to have been more to the conversation. Did you ask him anything? did he ask you anything? What's your secondary class? What kind of armor do you wear? nope, he joined for about 30 secs, then just left, and said that I dont aggro enough, after I asked him whats up.

nope, he joined for about 30 secs, then just left, and said that I dont aggro enough, after I asked him whats up. You avoided some of the key questions.

A: what's your secondary class? If you're not mo/w, then he was quite correct in thinking you can't aggro very big, because only a mo/w can do so efficiently.
B: what kind of armor do you wear? If you're not wearing full tatoos, then you're probably new at farming UW, and thus, probably don't aggro big groups.

Not to play devils advocate, but I've spent a good deal of time in ToA searching for PuG monks and necros. I can generally tell by simple observation or a couple questions how good someone will be, and will do my best to save myself the hassle of going down with someone who will likely waste my time.

AH... streamline thinking... isnt it wonderous?

Many secondaries can work as 55 monk tank. And to say that the Mo/W is the ONLY setup that can take on larger aggros is just ignorance. As a Mo/Me who uses all tattoos EXCEPT pants, i can take on 8+ smites up to 10 sometimes. I go very often with a guildy, and have 3 ppl on my friends list that i had randomly met, who had been so impressed, that they asked to remain a contact for UW farming.

And im sorry, but to say "No offense, but i can tell if they are good by what they wear..." is just plain BS. What happened to "do not judge a book by its cover" ?? This debate just comes back to the classic Guild Wars debate over what is better:: Skill or Equipment? If you saw me, and thought "oh, he sucks, he doesnt have full tattoos..." i would scoff at you for such a thing. 90% of the friends i have that farm also dont have full tattoos or are only Mo/W... In fact, one friend of mine has farmed and ONLY farmed for all his GW life since release with a 55 monk. He is not a Mo/W, and he does not have full tattoos. And he is incredibly good at farming both as the 55 Monk tank or SS necro.

To the OP::
Ignore these people who say you can tell whether or not a person is "good" by what they look like. It is a sad thing if a person does that. It is purely based on your skill, knowledge and experience in the game that determines how "good" you are at a particular thing, like 55 monk tanking. We have different opinions on "good". To me, a good monk can take 14+ smites (using a PS build), and dies very rarely. This cannot be done with a Mo/Me. Seriously, I see no advantage in going /Me rather than /W. Bonettis can fill up your mana in 2sec and allows you to tank so much more than you could with /Me.

AH... streamline thinking... isnt it wonderous?

Many secondaries can work as 55 monk tank. And to say that the Mo/W is the ONLY setup that can take on larger aggros is just ignorance. As a Mo/Me who uses all tattoos EXCEPT pants, i can take on 8+ smites up to 10 sometimes. I go very often with a guildy, and have 3 ppl on my friends list that i had randomly met, who had been so impressed, that they asked to remain a contact for UW farming.

And im sorry, but to say "No offense, but i can tell if they are good by what they wear..." is just plain BS. What happened to "do not judge a book by its cover" ?? This debate just comes back to the classic Guild Wars debate over what is better:: Skill or Equipment? If you saw me, and thought "oh, he sucks, he doesnt have full tattoos..." i would scoff at you for such a thing. 90% of the friends i have that farm also dont have full tattoos or are only Mo/W... In fact, one friend of mine has farmed and ONLY farmed for all his GW life since release with a 55 monk. He is not a Mo/W, and he does not have full tattoos. And he is incredibly good at farming both as the 55 Monk tank or SS necro.

To the OP::
Ignore these people who say you can tell whether or not a person is "good" by what they look like. It is a sad thing if a person does that. It is purely based on your skill, knowledge and experience in the game that determines how "good" you are at a particular thing, like 55 monk tanking. It's not streamline thinking, I've thought of and experiemented with many different builds in UW, and found from experience that mo/w works the best. As cerb said, we clearly have different definitions of the word "good" when it comes to UW tanking. I know that it takes a great deal of experience in UW to ever get good at it, and if someone is going to be spending that much time down there, he will probably invest in the best equipment somewhere down the line. More armor vs anything means absolutely nothing to a 55hp monk, so the only viable option for armor would be ascetic. As to your "skill or equipment" statement, I can't possibly know a persons skill without seeing him play, but I will make my best judgement based on his equipment. As I said, there is no reason (aside from look) to use anything but ascetic armor when using a 55hp build. There are many reasons I said that mo/w is superior to any other class, most of which involve bonettis (a skill underrated by many people.) Bonettis is absolutely priceless in UW, and is essential for efficient AND reliable runs. Bonettis has saved my life in many instances (in which I lagged, or in some other way messed up) not to mention the ability to tank 16 smites at once.