The things you read when up late at night! Love the site - big fan! Anyway since this page was made back in 2007 but still has a lot of useful information, I'll just say that "Provoke" is still a great tool to have as a tanker. Normal Taunt on a tanker (although should be good enough) simply isn't due to its limited number of foes and recharge time. There are many other tools to keep aggro on a tanker yes - but none as easy as using a power like provoke/taunt. Remember that COH/COV is about the journey and not the end game in many respects and many tankers have very poor aggro control in the "main" levels of 12-35. Most builds can squeeze in Provoke for their tanker since it's a pool power and has no pre-req. You'll be the envy of other tankers being able to hold aggro EASILY during these gaming levels without explaining a single word to PUGs. I also see many Tanks take a self-rez which in my opinion, can be easily skipped and replaced by Provoke. (Awakens are cheap - and you're always teaming with a tank so someone else will be glad to rez you when needed.) Provoke is also excellent as a back-up for the trigger happy Blaster and Scrapper now-a-days that tend to pop up often (Defenders and Controllers usually behave themselves) All other AT's outside of Brutes and Tanks should still avoid this tree as Jordan stated though. I just wanted to throw in my 2-cents for a highly UNDER-RATED power that is Provoke. Extra Taunt IO's benefits aren't too shabby either.