On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>
> Problem is I am one of the main tanks for my group about 50% of the time.
> Usually there is me and a monk, or me and a shadowknight, or rarely me and a
> ranger. Also backing off does no good. Unless the mob is rooted they
> follow me around like puppies wherever I go. This makes it more difficult
> for the other tank to melee the mob effectively.

I'll repeat: This problem is pretty bad around your level but
starts to go away as you approach your mid 20s and 30s. Last
night I was hunting hill giants with some friends (the
straight melee approach). Occasionally a giant would start to
beat on me. If I backed off and shut off my songs, my friends
could get it off me within one or two rounds. I could then
start my songs and attacks and get in maybe 10 rounds of
attacks before I had to repeat it.

I only contributed to the bard hatred thread because it's
still way out of line for the amount of benefit we bring to a
party, and Abashi's original comments were either ignorant or
insulting.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...