At 10.48 03/06/99 +0200, you wrote:

>From: Vincent Archer <Vincent.Archer@...>
>
>According to Dan Alexander:
>> I'll have to remember /ASSIST. I got whacked last might (again =). My
>
>It's a hot button on the same button set as my offensive spells:
> Hit Fx (whatever position the tank is), 6 (assist), 1 (big nuke)
>
>> companion and I were jumped by three cents, and we pretty much just took
>> whichever happened to be closest to us. If mana had held out, we would
>> have made quick work of them, but such is life. Thinking back on it now,
>> maybe it would have been better if we'd both focused on the same one until
>> it dropped, then regroup on the next one.
>
>Assuming you have 3 peoples dealing the a fixed amount of damage over time
>vs 3 mobs dealing a fixed amount of damage, check what happens if:
> 1) you engage each other 1-on-1
> 2) all 3 engage 1, then switch to the next
>
>Basically, you can see that it will take the same time to kill them in both
>circumstances (you need the same amount). However, if you use tactic 1, the
>all mobs deal damage over the full time, while using tactic 2, only one mob
>deal damage over full time, while one will do damage over only 1/3. Since
>mobs do the same damage at all time, unless almost dead :)

you forget one important thing about tactic one as all MOBs get hits on all
casters there is also VERY BIG probability that they will interupt at last
some spells so a.) battle will be longer and MOBs will deal more damage b.)
You will use all mana on interupts and fizzles and ........ MOBs
will....... You.

>How this is done is by having the combat leader doing the targetting. Once the
>leader says "I have a target", all click /assist. The combat leader is
>usually the main tank - not necessarily the group leader.
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