Quote Originally Posted by WhoIsThis View Post
What I found interesting is that a significant amount of time (and you've seen this first hand mooger), is that I end up holding aggro despite the presence of birds releasing everything they've got. First, that implies that pure int mages are probably in the same ballpark (not a surprise - our drain life and frostbite attacks are quite damaging to single targets, as are our area spells) or that there is some other factor at work. .
Yes, I have seen you completely hold aggro with Phys and I and Mitsu just unleashing everything. I wonder if the game, in the background, takes a time period like...5 seconds...figures out who dealt it the most damage during that 5 secs, and aggros there. Not necessarily at first, the one to nail with a high damage skill seems to get it initially....but maybe afterward? Just a wild-a$$ guess.

Yes, repulse shot works wonders when you have aggro, as long as you don't blast the boss past the reset point. And having Evasion on as much as possible, ofc.