Any tips on transitioning to BRD?

[Thegreatconductor]

My tip regarding BRD at 52 is to stay in ST until 54 or 55. At 54 on my WPMMM group I was pulling 40k+ per hour sustained XP. I would start by entering the middle-left hall, fight my way up and then around that circle (it's full of trolls), then kill one balcony boss and jump down to the dragons, clear all of the circular room and the south hall (including Morphaz and Hazzas, then run out and reset. This was all done by pulling small groups (either one or two packs) and arcane explosioning them down while spot healing with my priest. The warrior did very little of anything during my later levels in ST. Now at 55, (well, 56 now, but started at 55), I'm doing what I believe are called "Torch Runs" in BRD. It involves accepting then canceling and repeating a quest that gives you infinite 6-spawns of 50-56 elite mobs without resetting the instance. That's how I would transition to BRD.

When you do these torch runs are you doing the same thing as far as AE and spot healing or do you need to use the warrior as a proper tank to get agro etc?

[Earshy]

When you do these torch runs are you doing the same thing as far as AE and spot healing or do you need to use the warrior as a proper tank to get agro etc?

The warrior has become pretty useless actually, and I've found myself wishing I had a 4th mage or a warlock instead of him for 90% of the content I'm doing right now. I do pull with him, but I'm starting AoE as soon as the mobs get to me then just spot healing with the priest. It's been working better for me than gathering with the warrior and spamming demo shout long enough to get aggro, etc. The warrior has pretty much been assigned "taunt the bosses" duty ^_^. Oh, and he looks pretty cool I suppose.

EDIT: Just recorded an example pull for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INPBSPa1EUM&feature=youtu.be