Aggro in every UQ.

[edde]

Hey everyone, I am a Gu/Fo main and I am new to the PSO2 game as well as NGS.

I've come to love the game and now that I am grinding end game to get over 1400 bp, a lot of meseta, a good amount of n ex cubes and other things, I have been slacking lately and only showing up to UQ's when they are up.

A little info on myself, I come from a **** ton of other mmorpgs, and I love action combat ones like this. (However I don't play wow or ffxiv)

Regardless, I've been doing UQ's lately and I have been getting aggro quite literally 100% of the time I do them, and I will not lie. It is f***king annoying. While gunner has an amazing iframe to work with, having to constantly dodge like 9 fireballs from the 3 headed nex vera (dragon boss), or every single ability from the other UQ boss, it is mentally annoying.

I am fully capable of dodging all of their attacks with ease and obviously that is not the problem. >> I don't want aggro. <<

I always look at the nearby players list whenever I load into a UQ and I always have at least 2 or more hunters on my team. On top of this, I even wait for a good minute for everyone to attack the boss just so I can try to not get aggro. S*** doesn't work.

>> tl;dr, I was just wondering if someone has any sort of fix to this because it is very very annoying. Or just any sort of information on why I am getting aggro all the time. << ty.

I am a free 2 play player btw. Only thing I've bought so far is some cosmetics from the OG pso2.
stats:
https://prnt.sc/15w0hw1 -- bp
https://prnt.sc/15w0pvc -- gear
https://prnt.sc/15w0s91 -- literal stats. ik my dmg is low, grinding for better augs.


^^^ posting this because idk if my bp or some sh** has anything to do with it ^^^



>>> if this type of post has been made I apologize in advance <<<

[Oni]

Wtf is lightshot and why does it take so long to load? sus

Anyway your attack and BP are higher than most peoples' so you're probably just the one doing the most damage and none of the hunters are using the taunt.

[VanillaLucia]

Gunner is one of the higher DPS classes so the more aggressive you are and the more damage you do the more aggro you will draw even if the Hunters nearby use War Cry (you'll outperform their attempt to draw aggro).

[edde]

Originally posted by VanillaLucia:

Gunner is one of the higher DPS classes so the more aggressive you are and the more damage you do the more aggro you will draw even if the Hunters nearby use War Cry (you'll outperform their attempt to draw aggro).

Yeah I somewhat came to that conclusion after a while. I even try to slow down my attacks just so someone else can grab it, no luck though. ]:

[gmBlindfire]

My BP is currently 1403 ranger/gunner or something around there and I'm the same. I get the Dattyl boss's long arm of death every time and the dragon fire breath always comes my way. I think it's just because of BP because I don't try too hard to do my highest possible DPS while my friends do there best to make the most of their skills and photon arts. So, I doubt I do the most damage despite my BP.

Not that I mind the easy resurgir procs.

[PJ]

The boss will fire attacks at you even when you don't have aggro.

[edde]

Originally posted by It's me:

The boss will fire attacks at you even when you don't have aggro.

I understand that completely, but I'm talking about literal aggro. (the type that tanks should have not a ranged dps)
I'm well versed in aggro and all that sh** to understand if I'm being targeted or not. (I just want to know specifically why and if I can prevent it) << if anyone knows, that is.

[gmBlindfire]

I'm not sure exactly how aggro works in this game, but what I'm sure the OP is talking about is the same experience as mine. A 10-15 minute fight and nearly every single target attack(ie dattyl arm and fire ball before the dragon gets three heads) coming your way suggests to me that you kept aggro the entire fight.

I don't think it was meant to be like that. Let the other players get to dodge some of those attacks.

[gmBlindfire]

Originally posted by cooked potato stick:

[ (I just want to know specifically why and if I can prevent it) << if anyone knows, that is.

I think it's all BP related. I can't view your screenshot, but I'd bet you're probably decently high. Like I said, I don't believe my DPS outmatches my friends and I have the same issue. Maybe try taking an armor piece off before a fight and see what happens.
(I don't get this formating, apologies for the weird quote)

[Lapinoire]

You'll know if you have aggro if the boss has a red eye next to its health bar.

All I can say is, if you really don't want aggro(which is dumb, especially on a counter class like gunner), then equip worse gear. Either you're playing too well, or everyone else is just bad, but gunner does some pretty good damage.

Keep in mind that bosses do have a split aggro mechanic where there is one person with the main aggro, and the boss targets the second or third on the enmity list(which is hidden, by the way).

[edde]

Good Idea. I'll try taking one off and see if anything changes in this next UQ. I'll be sure to post here if it changes or not.

[edde]

Another thing to add here.

As weird as it may be, I also only seem to get aggro in UQ. Whenever I go out to do a PSE Burst or something like that, I usually never get aggro. Regardless, I will still try to take off some armor & or items to see if it helps or not.

(I assume the people in the PSE Bursts might either have a higher BP than me or some other reason I don't know about. But this is also why it confuses me when I do these vs a UQ.)

[thenameless]

The Hunter Taunt is not a real taunt we know from other MMORPGs.
Taunt=set you on the first position of the aggro List.
Hunter taunt makes your attacks counts a bit more for aggro.
If we look at FFXIV after Shadowbringer,you need only one AoE aggro skill now,
and have the first position til the end of the Fight.
Thats its too easy but at ARR Release it was a hard Job to hold the Aggro against strong DDs.
Maybe the Hunter gets a better Taunt later.

[edde]

Update to this post: Just finished this UQ, and I had unequipped all 3 of my armors. This left me at a bp of 1266. (3 might have been too much, but I think the max I needed were at least 2 armor pieces off)

My bp with all 3 of them on is 1382. I didn't get any aggro at all during the entire fight (which was wonderful) but at the same time I was also handicapped as I had only about ~310 ish HP and my defense was severely low (hitting the 399 or 400 mark with all 3 armor pieces off.) With all 3 on my defense is at 519, so a 100+ defense bonus alone.

I also did not have any food buffs applied so there is that as well.

So, in short, for all rangers and gunners who suffer this aggro curse, you will have to limit yourself pretty hard if you want to just cruise by during the boss fight without having to move that much.

(I probably should have realized to limit myself, but at least it is somewhat clear now for what to do. 'Cuz this sh** is annoying.)

[David84]

im running ranger/gunner throw my sticky pop laser sticky goes off before laser finishes get refill on pp bar and keep firing after this i cant loose aggro but with over 500 defence about 5% dmg reduction and 50% fire reduction i laugh at nex baby dragon

[HollaDolla]

Elaborate flex post.




F2P BTW