At 11:59 AM -0700 6/11/99, Seth Young wrote:

>Has anyone ever found the feign death skill to be actually useful in getting
>creatures that are attacking you to stop? I have been practicing non-stop
>since I got the skill and it is now at 50, but fighting crocodiles and
>caiman, not once has feigning death, whether i fell to the ground or not,
>stopped them from biting me. Is there something about the use of the skill
>that I am missing or is it just not that useful?

Oh my God... Feign Death along with Mend are the two biggest
advantages of being a monk in the first place. First off, take whatever
time you need and do nothing but pound that Feign Death button until you
max the skill out for your level (90 at level 17). I can GUARANTEE that
this skill WILL save your life repeatedly. There are a couple of things
which can increase your likelyhood of success, though. First, stop
attacking your opponent before you try to FD. Others claim that having low
HP as well as having your back turned will help, but my experience does not
bear this out.
I could go on and on about Feign Death (as a matter of fact, I
think I did in a post just last week), but please dont give up on it yet.

P.S.: If you had a bunch of problems yesterday getting it to work, Verant
was having odd server lag that made a successful FD much more difficult.
It claimed my life more than once.

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Aaron Braunstein
Pacific Data Management, Inc.

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