Originally Posted by
lilbyrdie
Great post. Very useful.
Also, I like the term "Rush Bait" -- I've been doing something like that, but now have a name for it and a better understanding of why it works so well.
As a fast walking mage, I find myself out front a lot. So, I started moving out front, nuking mobs away from me (fireblast) and walking back through the party so they'd get to them faster (slow pokes! ;) ).
Turns out, I was both protecting myself (getting away from the mobs) by taking all aggro and protecting the party who could clean up, free of attacks. I had starting doing it because it helped funnel mobs closer and kept my out of range of mob archers. What I'd missed -- though obvious -- was that since I had aggro, no one else was taking damage. It's actually a pretty slick play style and can be done without the rest of the party even realizing what's going on (and might even work better if they're just blindly nuking).
I'll be using the term rush bait now. Thanks! :)