----- Original Message -----
From: "bigmaca3" <bigmaca3@...>
To: <EverQuest@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: SV: [EverQuest] Gaming Death

> --- In EverQuest@y..., "LAINE. Mikael (Nol)" <laine@e...> wrote:
> > If i got a clerc that would tell the group they will bail as soon
> as things
> > starts to look bad i would just stick around and wait for a real
> clerc. The
> > game is dull when played safe, the game is actually fun when played
> towards
> > the limits of what can be done.
> >
> > -domi
>
> I have had Clerics and casters bail on me. It happens. People don't
> realize that if they unload that big damage DD or DoT or heal for too
> much too soon the mob is going to head straight for them. It can be
> hard to hold aggro on a mob when that happens. My Ranger has had to
> become good at peeling the mobs off the casters just to keep them
> alive. They'll never make it if they run!
>
> I have seen and been involved in total party wipeouts, and they are
> no fun! I'd rather the Cleric survive it, maybe we'll get a Rez?
>
> I play a Cleric from time to time as well. He fights to the death
> and beyond! So he has a melee mentality!
>
> Tul
>
Well, sometimes it's not even the healing, its sometimes when the tank goes
and pulls 10 mobs after the casters have stated they are low mana. And if I
think it will help I will have my cleric beat on things with his hammer.
Mostly when he can't med bc he gets aggrod whenever he sits so his option is
to stand there and be useless or hit the mob from behind. and yeah, I've had
the people pull and dump a bunch of mobs on me and then flee. I generally
always announce that I am going to run just before I run and I tell the
other members "I'm oom. RUN!" Sometimes I will stop and wait for the people
to run past me. Depends on the pull. If they are not trying to tank the mob
off of me and I can't get it off and will die, I will pull it to the guards.
luv,
-Su