We do have single target taunts on all attacks. I believe it is supposed to be that way in PvP or it would have been removed after the two beta PvP test events. Even during Statesman's Strike I repeatedly punch-taunted Positron whenever I ran into him. (That or he really liked picking on me out of the crowd. Must have been the cute demongirl costume. 
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That's just my conclusion, Jonyu will have to make it official.
I doubt it's intentional. Tanks had their auto-Taunt removed completely in PvP. It would be frighteningly unfair for Brutes to keep theirs.
Frankly, I'd think that smackin' a sucka in the head is Taunt enough for most.
As a Brute I had an Arena match against two other players. 1 was a Brute and I kept getting Taunted.
BTW what the heck is Taunt supposd to do in PvP situations??
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If you are taunted in PvP then you are only allowed to attack the taunter. If you target someone else and attack, your target will be shifted to the taunter and your attacks will be directed at them.
It has no purpose in a duel other than to maybe psych-out your opponent.
The single-target Taunt is not supposed to work in PvP. If it is, it will be fixed in the next build.
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I was certainly being taunted by Brutes attacks in PvP in Bloody over the weekend.
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Psst, Jonyu, could you have a word with the others about doing something to make Tanks work in PvP, too? I don't think any AT's entire PvP worth should be based upon a single power, in this case Taunt, do you?
Yes, I've just elected you the Tanker rep, too.
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Sweet! Stalkers will no longer be able to hide behind their simple-minded brothers.
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Note the "Single Target" part, Taunt, like tanker's taunt, will still be effective. 50% chance to taunt will probably still be there.
Maybe we need to change the descriptions, taunt and punchvoke, to make it clearer?
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I was certainly being taunted by Brutes attacks in PvP in Bloody over the weekend.
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ditto
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I was certainly being taunted by Brutes attacks in PvP in Bloody over the weekend.
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same here.
I laughed at the guy when I saw "taunted" on my screen while fighting him......no [censored] I want to hit him. No one else mattered anyway 
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Saw alot of Taunted lines in PvP back in beta. But been avoiding PvP as much as possable. I see nothing good about it.
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Apparently you've never had your squishy two-shotted by an SS/Inv running Rage and who knows what other team buffs. Well I have and it suprised the hell out of me. I spent the rest of the match hiding from that guy but he was everywhere. First time a tanker ever hunted me 
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The single-target Taunt is not supposed to work in PvP. If it is, it will be fixed in the next build.
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Psst, Jonyu, could you have a word with the others about doing something to make Tanks work in PvP, too? I don't think any AT's entire PvP worth should be based upon a single power, in this case Taunt, do you?
Yes, I've just elected you the Tanker rep, too.
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I dunno, I beat the living crap out of some poor scrapper this weekend with my Inv/SS in Warburg. But he started it!
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Apparently you've never had your squishy two-shotted by an SS/Inv running Rage and who knows what other team buffs. Well I have and it suprised the hell out of me. I spent the rest of the match hiding from that guy but he was everwhere. First time a tanker ever hunted me
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If you could buff a Rikti Monkey up that much they'd be a threat, too. 
And give them knives and stick them in the cage at the Monkey Fight Club!
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It certainly was working, I got that Taunted message a lot in Siren's Call this weekend. And my (scrapper) taunt didn't seem to affect them at all.
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It would be nice if tankers had a special ability that ... you know ... actually *worked* (in pvp i mean).
If Gauntlet is unbalancing in PvP, simply make it so that instead of 'punchvoking', it creates a PBAOE for each punch, which increases the duration/magnetude of a successful use of the Taunt power. At least then Tankers would be able to have a special ability that works in PVP, just like every other archetype.
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Why not?
Fought a DM/Inv Brute in Siren's Call and after every attack the log showed a "you have been taunted" message.
Fought an EM/EA Brute solo in BB, who allegedly slotted his attacks with Taunt, and I did not get taunted once in several battles with.
Prior to that, I fougth a DM/DA in BB and I was getting taunted.
Do or are Brutes supposed to have a single-target Taunt on their attacks in PvP?