Quote Originally Posted by 'Captive',index.php?page=Thread&postID=211336#post 211336
Hmmm - I'm sort of wishing I hadn't gone with a Guardian as the tank for my current group.
Odd. I have played of each tank (zerk, guard, pally, sk, monk, bruiser) to at least level 30, exclusively in a 6-box config... I got all of them past level 40 except for the Pally (i just hate paladins for some reason). I started as a Guardian, so I compare all tank abilities to him. There are two things that make your tank great: Healers & Aggro Transference.

I run a Templar & Defiler with my Guardian and can literally stomp through Chelsith like it's a day in the park. The key, tho, is a Dirge. Dirges not only reduce group Aggro, but they can also channel aggro to your guard. Troub's cannot. If I yank out your Troub and replace him with a Dirge, your aggro issues will disappear.

I just started a new team: SK, Warden, Illusionist, Troub, Conjy, Wizard. I absolutely love the firepower of the team but I hate the glass-cannon feel it has. Maybe once I get them into T1 shard armor and all lvl 80 w/ 100+ AA's, things will change.... But as of right now, at level 24, I really have to pay attention to aggro and save taunt spells for when i NEED them.

Just to verify things, I yanked out the Troub and added the Dirge to the team. My aggro problems were gone. With auto-attack and the two taunts of the lvl 24sk, my lvl 76 Wizard (mentored to 24) was unable to pull aggro of the SK. With my troub, the wizard would have died.

It's sad to say... but there are a couple of classes that make Boxing exceedingly easy and they are Templars & Dirges. All of their special abilities just... rock.

As for getting Feared... get used to it :P. Once you outlevel the Mob, you won't get feared as much, but it still happens. I mapped the key "shift-R" to toggle Crouch/Walk mode. Even with the dirge's speed song, when crouching and walking, you won't move that far. I also setup the following macro key across all my toons for when i need them to get-back-together (for instance, after being feared):
/autoattack 0
/stopfollow
/target TANK
/follow TANK
/pet backoff
/stand

G'luck