We are saying the same thing, and yes a monk's job is
to not get aggros off tanks and to not get ripostes.
I think its six the one a half dozen another whether
to just FD during the fight or to pick appropriate
weapons so that the poor tank can hold his aggros.
Doing it the way I do I never get hit (except once on
the pull and position about half the time of course),
which is my goal :)
I think its a matter of taste whether a bard is the
puller of choice in PoP (and I don't see the point of
discussing a matter of taste like that).
Bards are cool, don't get me wrong, but monks are
still the best at steady safe pulling I think. Yes
its true that other classes can pull too. I've seen
many a would be puller mess it up though... that's
just a matter of practice since I've been doing it for
over 4 years now. I never get my groups killed.
But I do wish there were a role for monks like there
used to be... damn nerf.
Quwi
--- Lorie C <
mlchiello@...> wrote:
> In PoP a bard is the puller of choice. Who cares if
> lull fails, if we can fade. Faster then trying to
> split the pull. If you are pulling aggro off of a
> tank, well, you are doing it wrong. It is not thier
> job to keep aggro off you, but your job to not pull
> it off the tank. Try FD every 30 seconds. Then you
> can do max damage.
>
> Awulfie A'Mused
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kent King
> To: EverQuest@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:48 AM
> Subject: RE: [EverQuest] Hangouts for teens
>
>
> LOL, so so true! As a monk (my main) my trouble
> right
> now is that mamby pamby tanks can't hold aggros
> when
> I'm hitting the mobs. The art of monkish melee is
> not
> to do maximal damage, but to do just a little less
> damage than the tank I'm paired with. If I'm
> paired
> with a bard or a pally then forget it. I might as
> well hold a fishing pole in my primary hand.
>
> You don't know how many times the tank I'm working
> with has over-aggroed and gotten the group killed.
>
> You also don't know how many times I've seen bards
> having to kite their adds and pull in even more
> because harmony fails :)
>
> Let a monk pull onsies... lots safer for the group
> that way.
>
> Quwi Changkane Fenin Ro Grandmaster
>
> --- "Steven R. Hulse" <steveh@...> wrote:
> > Pull several, that's what the tanks are for, to
> take
> > the beating. Unless of
> > course they are namby-pamby tanks! LOL
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Message: 2
> > > Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 10:56:24 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Kent King <propellerheadus@...>
> > > Subject: RE: Hangouts for teens
> > >
> > > That's why you need a monk :) We can pull one
> at
> > a
> > > time if the tanks would let us.
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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