Who To Sheep?
Just a quick question regarding both dungeons and large groups.
As a Warrior. If I was marking the targets in an instance, who would I be best marking for the mage's sheep. Is it one of the casters or is it best to target a melee mob. I've been lead to believe it's wise to take down casters first. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm sure the sheep target will change depending on the group in question (or even the dungeon), so this is just a rough guide to your average dungeon group.
Edit. I should add this applies to Sap, Hunters trap and any other CC. Sheep just spring to mind as I play with a fellow mage.
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Old 02-01-2008, 09:24 PM #2
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Just a quick question regarding both dungeons and large groups.
As a Warrior. If I was marking the targets in an instance, who would I be best marking for the mage's sheep. Is it one of the casters or is it best to target a melee mob. I've been lead to believe it's wise to take down casters first. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm sure the sheep target will change depending on the group in question (or even the dungeon), so this is just a rough guide to your average dungeon group.
Edit. I should add this applies to Sap, Hunters trap and any other CC. Sheep just spring to mind as I play with a fellow mage.
Most groups I am in tend to sheep the casters, trap/sap a melee and kill the rest fast.
The sheep should be able to last through the entire fight with a few refreshes and casters are tough on most hunters without silencing shot because they won't run to the trap. Once all the other mobs are dead the tank can walk up and tap the sheep to steal aggro off the mage.
We don't want to sap casters usually because they will start casting when they wake up and if the healer heals the rogue before the tank can get all the way to the caster you can lose a squishy healer.
Casters are fine to pull with line of sight but that takes communication to be sure no one jumps the gun and starts attacking it before it gets to the right position.
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Old 02-01-2008, 09:42 PM #3
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Generally I will mark a caster/ranged for sheeping as they can be tricky to pull properly. I like to tank the melee mobs as they will follow me around and it's easy to keep tab-sunders on them.
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Old 02-01-2008, 11:12 PM #4
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The general rule of thumb is to sheep the nastiest and most dangerous mob in the pull. Usually this means a healer or a caster (particularily those with CC spells), but an occasional melee mob with Mortal Strike or similar abilities can also fall in this category.
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Old 03-01-2008, 12:50 AM