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Originally Posted by nwin
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1) You should always open with a backstab, as you will cause higher damage then if you BS after you engage. He had a hotkey that was setup as /attack off, /assist, /doability [hide], /doability [BS].
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Very bad advice for a few reasons.
A: The word always.
If you "open" with a backstab with a warrior tank, you're either going to get aggro immediately (assuming you engage immediately) or you're waiting too long to deal damage (assuming you wait until warrior has sufficient threat to hold off you). With warriors, you generally open with auto attack, evade, and then start backstabbing when the mob drops to an HP percentage that your particular warrior consistently holds threat at. It takes a little trial and error to find out what that percentage is with each individual warrior. Leading with a backstab is, however, perfectly fine with a snap agro tank.
B: Macroing backstab (into an evade macro lol?)
You don't want your backstabs automated into a macro, especially an evade one. Evade is for shedding aggro and backstab generates quite a bit. Those two things shouldn't be on one button. Keep your backstab button independent. There's times you'll want to BS and times you just know you'll get hit if you try to squeeze in more damage, especially in situations where the mob is already ping ponging off of you and the tank.
C: Macroing assist (in an evade macro lol?)
Again, an assist macro is something you want independent. There's situations where your tank will engage a secondary target while maintaining aggro on the primary target. You don't want to be on that second target until your tank wants you on it. Keep the assist key by itself so you assist the tank when you want to assist. While we're on the topic, do me and every enchanter on the server a huge favor and type /assist off. That stops you from auto attacking when you assist.
D: Backstab damage
Regardless of when you use backstab in a fight, the potential damage doesn't change. Your potential for aggro does. Backstabbing at 100% mob hp isn't a great idea.