So, the other day in SolB - the usual bat/bug group formed.

Made 48th as I predicted, but I found that I was controlling
the group more so than I have ever before. And well, some
L50 people decided to be 'back seat bards' - which I promptly
disbanded them. Had to tell the shamans to stop piercing the
bats for 5 and 6 dmg, and sit their pretty arses on the floor
to med. Had to get the cleric on the floor a few times too.
Had to plan spell attacks, since the shaman was trying to
malaise the bat and poison it, before drowsying it. Just
little things like that tend to make me wonder how these
people made L45+. I mean if you wanted to swing a sword
or pierce with a spear, you shoulda decided that 40+ levels
ago. If medding is boring, or you wanna raise your X skill
then I politely ask that those people either cease or leave.
Sounds strict, but when you have people's lives in danger,
and monsters that can hit in the 100s, I'd like the cleric
to be medding for heals rather than bashing something with
a hammer and doing < 10 dmg, mostly wiffing. Then you've
got these clerics that must nuke no matter what, <rolls eyes>.
Wasn't a good night, like the one before, to say the least.

Some idiot wanted me to twist manasong in battle, when we only
had one caster and no snarer. heh. Chains alone basically is
a job in itself on these LDCs and lava beetles. The same idiot
got fussy cause I wasn't playing the 'healsong' for him during
multiple mob pulls. (Without an enchanter, I become a shotgun
pixie striker - and that is in fact a full time job) Making
two lava beetles disappear from battle with pixie strike is
a huge challenge. But this dude kept ranting about how I should
be healing him at 6 or 7 hp per tick, heh. So he takes a hit
for 102 and I heal back 7 of that - whooptiedoo! <g>

The next pull, I agree to show him what happens when I just
'speed him up and heal him' as he put it. 2 sonic bats, and
1 lava beetle show up. I start berserk, no problems. They
stick on the tanks. I twist healsong, and instantly I am
swarmed... down two bubbles in less than 3 seconds. Already
proven my point, then begin to attempt to recover this f'up
with pixie, the guy is asking where the speed and heal are.
After all the things were killed, I located the hotkey bank
with my Disband button and clicked it for him.

o Manasong seems to have very low taunt if any at all.
o Berserk may or may not get the attention of creatures,
it seems to depend on how close I am to the unconfronted
mobs.
o Hymm is absolute instant aggression.
o I would imagine Binding, and other AE songs like Lullaby
would create a fair amount of aggression too.

Harmonic.