In a message dated 5/28/99, 4:33:00 PM, eq_wizards@onelist.com writes:
<<Maybe it's just a quirk of my character's nature - but if I'm grouped,
there is never mana left for an emergency Gate. I can't bring myself to
Gate-out on my Tanks - even in the most hopeless of situations, so we all
die together. >>

When I play my shadow knight and my group is deep in befallen on the 3rd
floor and all the sudden I get hit by 6 greater skeletons, 3 necro thero, 2
ice bones, 3 ghouls etc etc, I see that as the party leader this train is
going to run over our asses. So I yell RUN and stand my ground to the death.
If my wizards did not take the time to gate out I would be pissed. I am
willing to die so that you might escape to have everyone die is a waste. The
rule of thumb should be based on your group. If you are all friends and work
well together then you should know when to gate and when not to. If you gate
and your leader hasn't given the run command then your are a coward. Every
party needs a leader, usually a paladin or tank is best for this position.
Since they know how much they can take. As long as magic users keep everyone
informed on mana with "LOM or OOM OOM" then the group should work out fine.
So basically I think you should Gate only when you get the command in battle,
or your leader is dead and the rest are running.