From: Vince Seese <seese@...>

>First is easy. You all ran 20 min to your fav kill spot. Played for
>hours of fun. Night is over. Do you gate home, leaving your tanks to
>run thru what might end up being hostile areas (but usually aren't), or
>do you run with them?
>

As for point number one. I usually run home with them, unless something
comes up that requires me to log off faster.

>2nd is harder. Basically, do you die with your party, or abandon them
>when there is trouble? All of this talk of shadowstep gate has made me
>think Im in the minority here. My tanks actually tell me they expect to
>die so I can live, if it comes to that. BUT - I don't think its right
>to leave them. Am I doing them a disservice ? I would rather try one
>more time to get that root off on the MOB killing them so we can all
>live (or die) together.

#2 My Philosophy is this. If all the rest of the groupo has fallen, and
there is one tank and you. Fight with the tank till the enemy is dead or
till the tank looks like he/she is not going to make it. If they arent
gonna make it Gate the heck outta there. You have to remember, we have
built in weaponry and armor, they do not. If we live then we can do
everything in our power to hold off what ever killed them in the first
place while they gear up to exact revenge.
Almost every group I have been with tells me to run for the hills when the
tanks and clerics are almost destroyed. They find it much easier to return
to a hostile place where bodies lie when they have artillary as backup.

hope this helps with your decisions.

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