I think that in the situation you mentioned last night that your level may
have played a bigger factor in you taking most of the damage than bard hate
(assuming you were the lowest level player). I have seen numerous situations
where mobs picked on the lowest level character in the group, regardless of
what the others characters are doing to it. Doesn't happen all the time but
it does happen. In the situation last night, bard hate just made the matter
worse.

Three of the classes you were with can Stun mobs. John Kim posted the other
day of the importance of the Stun spell in reducing mob damage to the party.
Were they Stunning frequently? If not then that may also help explain why
you bore the brunt of the damage.

BTW adding a real tank to the party composition you listed should be enough
for you to get the obsidian shard in Sol A which you posted earlier you
wanted.

Galtin of E'ci

> Last night my group was 34 cleric, 33 enchanter, 27 wizard, 26 shaman and
> I
> still took almost 50% of the damage. The wizard was the only one able to
> get mobs of me and with her low hp's can hardly afford to do so. Tanking
> with a 26th lvl troll shaman was kinda cool, especially since the dwarf
> was
> the tallest among us, but painful. Fortunately the cleric was easily up
> to
> the healing task and even joked about how bards made his job too easy,
> generally only one hp bar to watch.
>
>