by ZsaZsa Vavoom » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:30 pm
Stupid question inc...
So recently I've noticed two different things regarding aggro that I couldn't quite explain. Perhaps someone can shed light. Though even as I start to type this, I think I may know the answer.
First case. A group of people are fighting a mob that is definitely KoS to me. I run up to the group. I'm standing like a foot from the mob. I'm still swirling; no crossed swords. Even if I didn't happen to smack it in the mouth and join the fight, I'd surely expect aggro from a mob that hates me as I stand face to face with it.
Second case. We're doing the Stasis event. FV, Lanys, and Curator are cleaning house. I get rezzed on the opposite side of the room from where the carnage is taking place. It is pretty clear we're going to wipe, so I'm thinking about camping. But I notice that I have no crossed swords; seemingly no aggro, and I'm on the opposite side of the room from them, so I figure I'll just keep my distance and lay low. Then, as the raid is about dead, I suddenly get summoned and instakilled.
As I type these, I'm wondering if I've made some incorrect assumption about the relationship between aggro and the crossed swords icon. For a while, one of my main uses of that icon was to figure out if I'd cleared aggro when I tried to outrun a mob. So at some point I wired into my brain, "Crossed swords == aggro. No crossed swords == no aggro." Now I'm wondering if it isn't quite that simple... Where did I go wrong in my assumptions?
ZsaZsa Vavoom of Drinal
85th Level Paladin of The Kindred and Keeper of the Funk