Strategy - Howto KissAssist with a merc tank

[Redbot]

KissAssist wasn't made to play with mercenaries, and it especially wasn't made for merc tanks. That said, I've found a way to make it work.

1. In-game, set your merc's role as tank, and your puller's role as puller. (if you don't do this, the merc will chase after your puller's mobs which can be disastrous)
2. The merc tank's stance should be "aggressive"
3. Every toon should assist the merc tank, EXCEPT one of your casters. That caster should assist the puller. (pick a caster that can draw serious aggro, such as a cleric, druid or wizard)

Normally a merc tank will ignore your puller from time-to-time even when they're near, causing your puller to die every 50 or so pulls. With the method above, the caster will draw aggro from the puller and bring the mob right into the middle of your camp, which will trigger the merc tank (and then your whole group) to join in the fight.

Tested 40+ hours now, no puller deaths.

 

[kknights]

Thanks for sharing. That was a problem I ran into since I use a merc tank 99% of the time (and would make it impossible for me to completely AFK kill since occasionally the puller would stand 0.1 paces outside the KA assist range and die like you said :P). If people are still having issues pulling aggro might want to consider popping on Negation of Subtlety AA provided they can take a few hits.

 

[eqgeek]

You can try setting the pullers camp behind the group but that might not work always. I usually set my mage to pettank role even with another tank and assist the puller.