any effective way of controlling aggro?

[TaruSGonEWilD]

Are there any effective ways of controlling aggro as a ranger other than holdng back when you think you need to? I mean I am just learning about how exactly trick attack works (yeah i know i'm a bit slow but I never ptd with a high lvl thf so I never heard about trick ) and I was wondering if there was anything that a ranger could do to control the horrible aggro it draws from things like sidewinder/slug shot. I don't imagine they would allow TA and SA to work with ranged attacks, but god if they would...

[poweryoga]

if it would, all drks and thfs would lose their jobs.

Plds can be the worst tank ever and we just need to SA TA a sidewinder... instant 800+ damage of hate on tank.

But as for hate control, nothing you can do but pray for a good tank. Turn on defender, cast utsusemi, bind it and run.... whatever you have to do to survive.

As a ranger, i am particulary keen of good and bad paladins. There are about 5 or so plds that i would NEVER party with again just because of how many times I died under their watch... (draw aggro with sharpshoot? COME ON)

[TaruSGonEWilD]

heh well I am already formulating a list of people I refuse to PT with since they seem to travel in waves with me to new areas as we progress through lvls. But i guess the utusemi/blink option is about the only way for rng/nin to get themselves out of a jam... you would think that there would be some better way of doing that. Maybe if you sub thf and go with SA and TA with your dagger/axe to transfer some hate off of you but it doesnt seem like it would be very easy to get the tank between you and the mob. Worth a try though i guess/hope

[poweryoga]

on the contrary, sneak/trick is useless with the abysmal damage you do with your axe/dagger. I'd much rather have berserk or utsusemi than a 24 damage sneak/trick.

There's always the pld's cover, but that's out of your jurisdiction.

[ZQM]

THF's are your best friends. Communicate well with the THF. If his Sneak + Trick attack is almost ready, you can go full out and drawing aggro is a good thing.

[poweryoga]

i wouldn't say that... sometimes my sidewinders last through a SA+TA+DE.

Thats a bad thing...

[FeralisCallidus]

i wouldn't say that... sometimes my sidewinders last through a SA+TA+DE.

And that's when you stick your thumb in your ass. :spin:

[TaruSGonEWilD]

lol looks like i will be looking for some good thfs to perma pt with later on