Stop guarding the healer in Flash Points!

Mobs that arn't being attacked by a DPS or tank (aoe or single target) will usually get agroed by the healer.
Healer their agro generation is spread over all mobs in the fight.
thus guarding a healer in a FP with alot of trash is a good idea

I know exactly how guard works in PVE. Read the examples I gave again. They are all examples of where you may get more utility from switching guard around situationally. If you simply put guard on a melee DPS and forget about it for the entire flashpoint or op, you are not using it to its full potential.

How about I write a guide for you showing tanking is done. I don't tank with my powertech in pve and my sith assassin was never full tank spec, but the jedi guardian has enough AOE threat generating moves that I find it easier.

This has started to become an annoying trend among pugs and really has to stop. Lets look at what guard does.

"While active, the guarded player takes 5% less damage and generates 25% less threat. In addition, so long as you remain within 15 meters of the guarded player, 50% of all incoming damage from enemy players is transfered back to you."

To break it down. In PvE: "While active, the guarded player takes 5% less damage and generates 25% less threat. In addition, so long as you remain within 15 meters."

In pvp: 50% of all incoming damage from enemy players is transfered back to the tank, so long as you remain within 15 meters

At no point does a healer generate enough threat to exceed a tank's threat ceiling on any single target. Nor do healers come remotely close to the threat generation of classes like the Sentinel which lacks any kind of threat reduction ability.

Common mistake, I guarded you so you couldn't pull agro. If an add spawns or is agroed. You as the tank are responsible for picking it up. Otherwise it will go after the healer, no amount of guarding will change that. In simple mechanics. New mob Tank = 0 % threat. Healer casts heal and generates 100 points of threat, 100% threat. Add guard, healer generates 75 points of threat. Tank has 0 points of threat. 75 points of threat is still 100% of all threat on mobs threat table.

The guard did nothing! And the Sentinel just pulled agro, you should get on that.

Stop using guard as an excuse for poor play and start paying attention. Pick up adds and spread your threat around. We're not in pvp so stop guarding me.

/end rant.

I'm likely going to make a post in the guide forum. Try and nip this in the butt before the stupid overwhelms me.

For a good tank, yes this is very applicable. For a new tank I still say heal guard. A new tank probably won't understand mechanics & ergo the healer will probably get the threat.

Agreed. Speaking from personal experience, that is pretty much how I progressed lol.

Depending on the tank, there's almost never a need to guard the healer. So we'll have to agree to disagree.