Darian,Aug 2 2005, 01:54 PM Wrote:Everyone in the party needs to know what mobs they're going to be pulling and whether they're elite or not. Crowd-controllers need to understand the most pressing threat, if there are controllable mobs. The tank needs to know his primary and secondary targets for lockdown. The main assist needs to know what order he intends to lead the group through the mobs. And everyone else needs to know what's coming so that they (1) aren't caught clueless and (2) remain mentally involved in the action.Excellent point and I'm glad you put it in writing. This is something that I just assume - everyone is going to try to know what's in the pull. Some of the pulls are a little trickier than others to let people know just what is and what isn't coming, but everyone needs to make an effort to know.
Any suggestion that there's any member of the party who doesn't have a need to know what's coming in the pull is a bad idea. It leads to people who aren't fulfilling "key" group roles into playing like lazy automecha.
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However, this does not mean to have everyone crowd around the person who is scouting out the pull (like the Line of Sight pulls), especially if it's a rogue doing the scouting. Priests can mind vision the scouter, warlocks can use the eye of kilrogg, rogues and druids can just stealth to peek (but be careful). If you're a mage who needs to get a target for sheeping, have the scout target something for you and then /assist the scout. You won't really find out the pull composition that way (if it's around the corner or out of your visual range/nameplate range), but at least you will be ready to help with crowd control.
Intolerant monkey.