Hunter Agro off pet in aspect of viper

[Sammycableguy]

When i use aspect of the viper and send my pet (with growl on) into multiple mobs the ones that are not the main target drop agro on my pet and attack me even though I have performed no action. When I use aspect of the hawk however the mobs stay aggro'd to my pet and can be killed 1 at a time without losing pet threat. If aspect of the viper only replenishes my mana why does it cause this threat drop off my pet and immediately aggro me?

[Niyu]

no orange eating on boss pull!

have your pet nibble them.

i see nothing wrong here, it's an aspect you shouldn't even have.

or were we moving toward no mana downtime just like retail? not just hunter, but every mana class.

[Drakokan]

Every action who replenish mana or life ( using a potion too ) generate aggro. And same goes for viper, is dumb but work this way
Players can generate threat by dealing damage, healing, casting beneficial buffs, and removing harmful debuffs. You can also get it from generating large bursts of Mana, Rage, or Energy.

[Maaadcheddarrr]

Spirit bond ticking is already generating threat, add in ~150mp5 and you're gonna pull threat on packs. With an owl's AoE screech you will have to time a FD properly to reset threat and keep from pulling again. In your case, with no AoE threat, you will ALWAYS pull threat on the other mobs. Without AoE you have to attack each one a little bit to keep threat on your pet.

I run with viper on through trash when I solo content and it is difficult at times and this is with a winterspring screecher using screech on autocast. When I run group content I switch aspects as we move and then back to hawk on certain packs and on bosses as even with 5/5 efficiency mana is still problematic so it's hard to run without viper.