my dirge ld's alot, assassin is sometimes drunk or stonesd and doesnt beat me on parses...and rarely have a coercer....all in all a 16 or 18?% transfer from a assassin doesnt even come close to a amends of a pally on a dps class(hence why i call it a crutch)...yet i still hold agro in FTH and MMIS just fine with my own dps/taunts and whatever i might get from transfer....agro control for a tank is about what happens in the first 15 seconds of the fight...if u can lock it down for the first 15, u should never lose a single target fight, least as a guardian imo.
On a side note, the hate mod froma dirge is nice, but i prefer em just because of the other buffs, CoB, stoneskin and the like....survivability is first priority as MT anyways..u dont kill stuff when your dead

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