EQ Conundrum

[Izmael]

Logic would want you to kill the blue mob first. This way you take less overall damage as you let the highest DPS mob live for less time than the softest mob.

In practice, people usually kill the green mob first though. I don't know why, I do it myself as well. Just feels natural.

[kaev]

Originally Posted by Izmael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Logic would want you to kill the blue mob first...

Yes. Whatever CC you've got (root, mez, charm, kite, even offtank) can cope more easily with the weaker mob while you focus on taking down the more dangerous.

Exceptions would be:
- a weak caster mob when you don't have mez, kill it before it gets lucky
- a really tough primary target (undercon with too many hp), clear the chaff so you can get down to business
- the tougher mob is still p easy, do whatever you feel like at the time

[freakyty]

Originally Posted by Izmael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Logic would want you to kill the blue mob first. This way you take less overall damage as you let the highest DPS mob live for less time than the softest mob.

In practice, people usually kill the green mob first though. I don't know why, I do it myself as well. Just feels natural.

I agree. If you have any sort of crowd control, the blue dies first.

Even without crowd control, you'd probably want to eliminate the blue first because they are the bigger threat.