Guild Wars 2

It’s not my first thread about this but this time I did some tests and the results are bad…

I don’t know if I am the only one having this issue but, every single dungeon I do I get focused even if I stay 40 meters away of the whole group bashing bosses. The most conclusive test was is SE P1, the last boss was near the stairs where you pull the asura and I was about where the chest drops after the 3 golem champs and that boss came after me… Other test, when I get a group and we stack, there are 5 people one in the other and I am the only one receiving hits till I go down unless it’s aoe… I have no added toughness and I am running with my friend who plays a guard with 1800 toughness and I am still the one that everything runs after. Is my character bugged, is the engi always focused for everybody, are silvari which I am a race that gets focused???

I am at a point where I can’t stand this issue any more, I tought it was my build or gameplay but I have tried EVERYTHING, every build I found with every gear and everything still jumps on me….

Other example, the last boss in SE P3 where you pull and stack on a wall, at some point the boss hits someone in a stack with a powerfull punch, I am the only one on every single occasion that eats it and goes down…

In any case, feedback on this issue would be appreciated because I put a lot of time on my engi and now I just stashed him in the toy box and I don’t appreciate it…

Do you use a shield?

Tried with and without same problem.

I just have to say that this is indeed something that I have noticed as well. It is not something that I would denounce as bad play, but rather unfortunate mechanics. If the game’s aggro mechanics are as our wiki suggests, then it would seem that damage is a big factor in the equation; meaning we deal lots of it consistently.

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

Supposedly each mob is tailored to have a hierarchy of attributes that they focus on, which becomes a problem for us as we are generally well rounded in every respect. A lot of mobs will prioritize targets if they have something as simple as a shield, while a majority of others I believe will pursue debuffers (vuln/weakness stacking). It is just unfortunate that some of our strongest attributes is what causes many mobs to single us out before other players.

Do you only notice it on specific boss encounters or all of them?
Are you first to attack/initiate combat?
Your guardian friend…is his damage output too low (ie – not a threat)?
Do you ever stop attacking and kite to drop aggro?
Do you spec for extra endurance regen and dodge often?

I find that (obviously) knowing the fight mechanics always help. Sounds like you do. But also build for some active survival, namely more dodges. With a zerker build, I love Invigorating Speed and Infused Precision. Near constant vigor & swiftness makes outrunning and dodging a cinch. Couple that with a knockback or some soft-cc and you should be fine no matter the aggro.

I get focused almost every time I do a dungeon or fractal with my Engi, regardless of my build. It’s sort of annoying, but there’s nothing much to do about it. At least we can usually handle it.

I must admit of being the one to pull stuff in dungeons and nearly always be the first one to hit but after a couple of seconds even if I run 40 feet back from everybody I never lose aggro… I can stay alive in most cases but it implies using the elexir gun and healing turrent meaning I do no dps… The fact that I usually do stuff with Axe warriors that can do more damage in auto attack than I will ever be doing and I’m still the one getting kitten d baffles me.

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Is my character bugged, is the engi always focused for everybody, are silvari which I am a race that gets focused???

Another sylvari engineer reporting for duty. This happens to me constantly. I have a little added toughness but not a ton. I also don’t do impressive damage output. No matter what traits I have running, no matter who else is with me and what their build is, I constantly get focused.

It was absolutely horrible in an Arah run, once, where Lupicus was just solely focused on me. And when I’m doing exploration with say, 1 other friend, no matter who the friend is, I get focused by everything.

It’s always weird when I switch to any of my alts (I play all classes) and I’m not getting constantly focused.

I think it may have something to do with the kits we equip and/or our trait combinations. If I put 10-15 stacks of bleeding or vulnerability on a target via grenades, a lot of times the monster will forget about the warrior in his face and come see about me. I’m starting to think aggro priority changes for targets that are farther away if the put out decent damage or lots of conditions quickly. A lot of times as well, melee fighters are looking for tells so they might not have as many raw attacks per second as you might.

The ranger meta currently flips that since pets have so much armor and life and they go right to the target without player input. I don’t really know what’s going on there but since I started out as a midrange engi I just assumed I’ll always get aggro.

its very abusable.

be ready for it and know how to react and then its not necessarily such a bad thing. almost 0 skills require you to stand still. your buddies can attack while walking too, and as long as youre being chased down the boss isnt attacking, so its kinda like a few free blinds cuz of stupid melee ai.