The tank is also determined by the first person to follow the leader into
the room if it is an aggro mob...
On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, DJ Pure wrote:
> G'day
> > Just what exactly *IS* tanking?
>
> This is the beauty of combat, if you can code it (which i have no idea
> unfortunatly, but will have to look into it).
> the TANK or tanking is the dude that is currently taking ALL THE HITS FROM
> MOBS. That means that the person who is tank will suffer from all damage
> (unless it is a room / area effect spell) and that he is thus 'protecting'
> all the other members.
>
> How the tank is determined in a group when a mob decides to attack a group,
> well .. I'm not sure .. Jeremy, Chris or Daniel? Any suggestions?
>
> Jussy
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