Guild Wars 2

Can someone from Anet clarify how exactly agro system works in this game? It really is a problem when you play heavy with 4 light armors and you are only one that boss DOESN’T agro, or other way around, when you are only light armor and get agro all the time.

I play quite a lot and i still haven’t figured out how it works. It’s not melee first, it’s not first to agro range/hit, it’s not highest dps, it’s not highest armor rating.

So dear Anet, can you pls give as a note how to handle agro in this game?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Aggro

Actually it is several of those things you claim it isn’t. I highly disagree, I have seen it work exactly as described in the article.

Not sure…but if you chop down the Champion Groundskeeper’s tree in the middle of the Maze in Orr? He will chase you…by passing everyone in your party no matter how much dmg they are doing to him….to try and kill you. Just you.

I basically ran/kited/dodged him in circles while the rest of the party killed him. He was quite single minded, lol.

Have never had agro like that in this game. My guys were laughing themselves silly. And, I’m yellin at em..“Kill that son of a kitten!”

1) Most trash mobs will function as described on the Wiki.

2) A lot of special enemies have their own aggro rules. A good example are the Bandit Riflemen in CM: They will always target the one with the least toughness/armour and prefer targets that are holding ranged weapons. So much so they don’t even retaliate to players striking them in melee if there are ranged targets available!

I have absolutely no idea how the aggro in this game works and I’ve read the wiki a couple times now. I’m not saying that wiki is wrong, just that I don’t happen to see it unfold in practice as it’s described.

Having said that, everyone loves my thief in a group because I always get tagged and then I just avoid all the damage. So, as long as others stay out of AoE range no-one takes any damage or ever has to worry about dying. They love me!