Quote Originally Posted by Wildanimal
This post is about putting the HoTs up BEFORE anyone has entered combat... HoT'ing the Tank before a pull...
The question is whether or not the HoT ticks create healer threat after combat is started even though they were applied before...
That doesn't matter... So, you hot the tank before he pulls, then the tank pulls and gets himself into combat. When your hots tick they'll put you into combat, thus starting to generate threat. Whether or not you put your hots on before he entered combat or after, it does not matter. If he just pulls, sits there and doesn't generate threat, you will pull off of him with your pre-hots.