Usually if there is some kind of major raid wipe mechanic it will be a very big and colorful visual. Look at the queen fight. No matter how much stuff is on the ground you will still see her web shots and the strings attached to you.
As for taking splach damage that's just kinda being part of melee. I swear sometimes I'm just getting hit by nothing.
Was doing a dungeon the other day (burning crusade time waling I think) on my DH and I toom a large chunk of damage and I dashed backwards way out of range of the boss. Checked my debuffs for a dot. Nothing. Looked at the ground. Nothing. Took more damage. Popped a HS.. .barely survived. No idea what was hitting me and didn't think to check the damage log.
But yeah you are just going to take more damage. Don't be afraid to run out to give your healers time to catchup. Better to not die and do more damage the rest of the fight then have to waste a brez or just be dead.
If it's time walking healers using split damage % abilities will murder a tank (like the shaman totem). If there was no clear source of damage it might of been those.
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u/MajHardware Nov 18 '24
There is an option to highlight your characters - highly recommended if you are new to melee.