Leadership AbilitiesFollow

I don't know all of them - but the most sought after Leadership ability in most groups and raids is Health of the Target's Target (HoTT). It's nice to know exactly who has aggro.

I dont have any of them myself but HoTT is nice, not really required but nice. I also like the find PC one for when some idiot (usually me) gets lost and is trying to find group. Course that one is sorta like any other find feature in game in that it tends to ignore up and down think its called z axis.

Just keep collecting them. I like the spell recognition one, so you know what spells are being cast.

Mana ones are pretty worthless so get those last.

I would recommend them in this order

1. HoTT
2. Designate MA
3. Find PC (This one is adictive)
4. Hit Point Enhancment
5. Mark NPC ~ As a chanter I love this so I can mark the next target that is pre tashed and slowed. Others may rightfully disagree. So far 1 level has been enough.
6. Spell Awarness is nice to know that buff is INC or the mob is CHing.
7. Offensive Enhancment
8. HP Regen Not a big deal minor amount but some days you need every advantage you can get.
9. Mana Enhancment /yawn +100 mana is nothing to me.
10. Health of NPC Again I like this as a chanter becasue I constantly have different mobs targeted and I can still see the MAs targets health
11. Delegate Mark NPC. Bah if they want to mark NPC let them be leader.


I plan on getting all of them eventually except for inspect buffs. This was nice when buffs didn't have timers. Now days is 99% worthless.

Edit* forgot show NPC health

Edited, Thu Aug 25 12:26:35 2005 by sbs

Could anyone explain the difference between Designate MA and Mark NPC, please? I don't quite get it...

Designate MA - the PC you (as leader) choose with this ability will have a pretty white ring around his target at all times. Throw it on the tank or the puller and have everyone beat on the white ringed target. This is pretty much set it and forget it, and invaluable when you're having crowd control issues - when people actually pay attention, you end up with a lot less damage in the form of broken mezzes or confusion about exactly what mob is rooted and what mob should be moved. Heck, it even helps when you have no crowd control at all, as having everyone beating on the same mob = 1/2 incoming damage that much sooner when you get an add, as opposed to everyone but ranger #1 beating on the right mob. As a secondary convenience, once this ability is purchased, anyone in your group can use the command "/assist group" to get the MA's target, and thus do not have to change their assist button every time you change pullers.

Mark NPC - You get the ability to hit a hotbutton to put a ring around the mob you're targetting. With multiple levels, you can mark multiple npcs at once. This is a more active ability, as the ring stays with the NPC even if you retarget. Delegate Mark NPC allows you to give this same ability to one of your party members.

You can have both of these abilities going at once, as the rings look different. Personally, I find Designate Main Assist to be invaluable, whereas Mark NPC is a convenience. I've gotten DMA as my first leadership ability on all the characters I have working on leadership, and I've never regretted it.

another good use of Mark NPC is for puller to tell the MA what mob to attack first.

As a bard, if I have multi mobs inc (intentional or not), I'll be switching target a lot although I give lots of time for tank to /assist me to get the correct target when I give the inc message.

anyway, the intended mob is usually 50% slowed and other mobs are ready or almost mez parked. it would be chaotic if the tank /assist me too early, or too late and got the wrong target.

with mark npc, there won't be any confusions.

Joe, the amount of LAAsthat you can have saved is dependent on your level (for those in the early 50's it's 8)...

unless it's been changed, I still believe it's way more efficent to get leadership AA at lower levels.

from oberservation (from a year ago), leadership AA is more related to number of mobs killed, not so related to the numerical exp each mob gives.

I could get a ton of leadership AA when doing LDoN while it barely moved my regular exp bar.

plus, 20% of exp earned reduction when leadership AA is turned on. 20% exp at level 30 may mean 15 mins of killing. 20% of exp at level 65 may mean 5 hours of killing. while the leadership AA is growing at the same rate doesn't matter lvl 30 or 65 (or even faster at level 30).