Our role hasn't really changed all that much (I'm speaking from the lvl 50
point of view and pulling in the planes, and the harder mobs on Norrath.) We
are still needed in PoH w/o a doubt. I believe Verant has nerfed FD to what
they want it to be, which is just causing ppl to play more and items for high
lvls harder to get. This is extremely evident in the drop percentage of
plane armor. When PoF first opened, armor dropped quite often, now you can
get groups of 18 to 30 ppl on a plane, spend 18 hours plus and get maybe 5 to
7 drops total. Verant is just tryin to make more money off us, and that is
where my major gripe is. There are various ways around FD pulling technique.
Pulling to a 'safe' spot and waiting til one mob is left, then have an
archer shoot that one mob and pull it. This makes it so the monk cannot fight
though the entire battle. Then we stand up, the aggroed monsters run back to
us at the 'safe' spot and we FD again, having the archer pull one more when
it is left. This method is the safest, but the most boring for us. Another
method is to have an enchanter along. The monk pulls to the 'safe' spot, and
has to wait until ALL aggroed mobs are on him, then FD. The enchanter cast
their AE mem blur, and the monk waits until one mob is left, then pull it.
This will not work on PoF, as the enchanter will be aggroed before being in
range to cast the spell. It is also dangerous if ALL the mobs aggroed to the
monk are not in area of the spell. So in standing will cause the ones not in
range to aggro again and pull everything in the way on you again. This
allows the monk to participate in the battle but is riskier. No longer are
we able to pull AND fight, so we don't contribute nearly as much to a group
anymore. Oh, and on a side note, FD DOES NOT work like they have said on
mobs lvl 35+. From personal experience, I have FD 15 to 20 times in a row
and still have mobs aggroing me that are no where near line of sight. The
whole FD nerf and it's excuse for one is just a ploy by Verant to stall for
the expansion, and for this reason as all others everyone has, I plead with
you to continue to write in feedback to have FD put back to it's original
status. We were once also instrumental in corpse recovery, but having mobs
continued aggro, now it is near impossible unless the dungeon is a low lvl
for the lvls involved. I could go on and on, but it would take hours to
write out all the feelings I have on this subject.

Kanja
Rodcet Nife