Guild Wars 2

I’ve read the wiki over and over and a lot of different posts saying it’s based on this or it’s caused by that and i still find myself on a great deal of my characters having aggro over say a guardian or warrior. The other night I was doing fractals and we got the Mossman fractal. I probably hit him like 5 times the entire fight he was chasing my mesmer aroudn even while stealthed, I had to play completely defensive. Meanwhile a full zerker warrior is just whaling on him and had he been hit he would’ve been insta dropped because of no AR and no defensives… is there a secret mechanic I’m missing?

I will say, I have played many games with aggro so I know what it is, I just don’t understand how it works in this game the guy who hits the mob the least shouldn’t be tanking from what I understand O.o

To be honest, We dont quite know 100% about how Agro works so just consider it a “Random factor”.

I dont know if you havn’t noticed but: There are No Tanks in this game.
So most likely Shared aggro. You want to coordinate "Control’ and “Support” with your team while contributing “Damage”. All professions are self-effeciant and do well in combat.

SO I wouldnt worry much about it. ArenaNet is tinkering with agro a lot so no one knows 100% how or where it goes. Again, consider it as “Random Shared Agro” as a factor for now and you’ll be fine.

Are you new to the game?

Varies. High toughness is usually a good way to ensure most enemies will focus on your character but there are some bosses who prioritize range or will go after a person reviving.

Toughness / HP do matter as I noticed that mobs/bosses tends to “stick” to ones with high toughness and/or low HP.

Also reviving (IMHO) is guaranteed aggro.

In GW the Aggro worked rly smart, mobs always went for the healer, or just the general backline and the tank had to fight for his agro.

I geuss in this game it works the same, people with low health, or high dmg get prioritised