ADarklore wrote: »

Huh? I don't know what you're doing wrong, but my bear maintains aggro sometimes for the entire fight. Especially if you use the "Y" command to send the bear in to battle first and wait a few seconds, then engage the enemy.

doesnt for me. and never regains it when i'm running around. just tested this for a few hours like i did on the pts.

I always lead off by casting Swarm, the bear taunts the enemy before it gets to me 90% of the time. Don't lead off with a big damage hit, wait until the bear grabs aggro, then you can burn it down.

Chilly-McFreeze wrote: »

Clannfear may hold aggro but he has no taunt. It was removed 2 years ago.

i believe this is incorrect. it was changed so the pet can't taunt off an active player tank, but the pet will still pull and hold threat from a sorcerer owner who is tanking and not in melee range

Aevric wrote: »

I always lead off by casting Swarm, the bear taunts the enemy before it gets to me 90% of the time. Don't lead off with a big damage hit, wait until the bear grabs aggro, then you can burn it down.

read the thread, i didn't open with any damage.

ADarklore wrote: »

Huh? I don't know what you're doing wrong, but my bear maintains aggro sometimes for the entire fight. Especially if you use the "Y" command to send the bear in to battle first and wait a few seconds, then engage the enemy.

I tried using the "Y" command and I couldn't get it to work at all.

I sometimes wonder if the mechanics in ESO are so screwed up that some enemies are aggro'd by pets while others are not for some odd reason. Most of the time if sent in first without doing any damage for approx 5/s the bear will hold aggro on small mobs, sometimes however, sending the bear in will only draw aggro from the targeted enemy, the rest will come after me. The bear seems more reliable in drawing aggro from single targets, but as I've noted before, I believe there is an 'aggro dump' that occurs either when player does too much damage or there is a 'timed' aggro dump, in which the target(s) will suddenly begin attacking the player. I honestly go into a battle fully expecting to be attacked, so when the bear draws aggro it's just an added plus, I certainly don't NEED protection but it's always more fun. It isn't like I'm running with the bear because it's an powerful ability, I'm using the bear because it's cool to have a fighting companion. Being a solo player, I don't have the annoyances of dealing with other player's attitudes or schedule... the bear simply follows along.