If the casters in your group gate out and leave you to die, they are not good
groupies.
>
> From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
> I sometimes wonder if Brad and Verant play the game the same way we do.
> Over the last couple of levels, when I have died, the circumstances are
> almost always the same. Puller screws up and we get a bad pull. I go into
> crowd control mode to try to save the party. Mobs all get pissed off at me.
> At that point, one of two things always occur: 1) Because most of the mobs
> are focused on me, I die and everyone else makes it out safely. 2) Casters
> gate out and leave me and the melee classes to fend for ourselves. Melee
> classes can still usually make it out safely since everything focused on me.
> In either situation, the caster always gets out safely. Over the past few
> weeks, the only caster who has died in a party I was in was an enchanter who
> did an AE mez on a nasty pull. Mez wore off before we could get rid of them
> all and she got bushwhacked when they woke up. Since that occasion,
> whenever I group with an enchanter, the only crowd control song I keep
> memmed is lullaby. I let the enchanter handle charm, mez and fear duties
> and will only use lullaby as a backup if the enchanter is getting attacked.
>
>
> A lot of bards like to say enchanters and clerics are our best friends. I
> bet all the caster classes say a properly played bard is there best friend
> because we draw all the mobs attention away from them (in addition to the
> endless supply of caster crack we give them).
>
> Galtin of E'ci
>
> > > Just posted in EQ Vault - it was posted by Brad McQuaid (EQ's producer
> > and Lead Designer) on the official forum:
> >
> > > ... The idea is that casters are more prone to dying and thus can bind
> > in more places.
> >
> > Hmmm. I did a /guildsay to ask my guild which class they think dies most
> > often. The answers?:
> >
> > Bard
> > Bard
> > Bard
> > Bard
> > Bard
> > Bard
> > Bard
> > Bard
> >
> > Kenross Cantoforjado, 38 songs, Innoruuk
> >
> >
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