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When soloing always use an animation (later on you can use charm instead)...
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How long does Charm work on each type of /Con? (e.g. green = 2 minutes/ Blue
= 1 minute/ even = 30 seconds/ white = 20 seconds/ yellow = 10 seconds/ Red
= Who the Hell do you think you are?!)

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Now just wait (med if you want to) and watch your animation's health... tank
for it when needed.
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I know that most casters suffer from MPS (Mage Panic Syndrome) and get
nervous when a MOB starts to play with him physically, disrupting spells and
other wise being mean. The reason for this is that they have not meleed
very much. I have purposefully attacked an even fight without a pet for 2
reasons.
1) It increases your Melee skill
2) It increases you Attack and Defense skills. Defense only increases if
you are physically hit. Getting hit now increases your ability not to later.

I also make sure that when I get outmatched (me at 2 bubs of health with it
at half health) I have guards nearby to save my butt or I can make the zone.

I am used to getting beat on in-game. I am mostly solo and I die ALOT. I am
used to it, so if I am going to die I may as well increase as much of my
skills as I can. Right?

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Bahir