Yes I've used this tactic with groups I'm in before. It works out very well if the group really knows what they're doing. Actually in a group of 3 tanks, 1 bard, 1 healer, and a blaster we would routinely pull 4 critters. Each of the tanks would take one and the casters would ping-pong the other (or I would tank it if I got it's attention)

The songs I use in this situation are the tried and true:

HoR, DDD, CoD, Largo's
This is tough to keep up but it works amazingly well. Usualy I can keep all four going unless one jumps on me, if he does I just go to HoR, DDD, COD pure instrument. In this way I'm "Assisting" every tank. Thus they're getting the "full" help of my songs so that it's as if two people were on each mob.

Works REALLY well if you're pulling blues (and even white/yellow sometimes till level 30ish anyway, after that the buggers just hit too hard and you have to stick to blues)

Lyrnia Jongleur
Bard of Norrath
Veeshan - 35
Test - 50

> From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
> I wondering that if in situations where you get 2+ mobs, that it might
> actually be smarter if the tanks in the group each attacked a different mob.
> It would take longer to kill all the mobs, but it would help ensure that
> damage to the group was spread out better. Plus, if all the mobs are
> engaged, it would be safer for bards to sing Largos to debuff mob attack
> speed. Its quite possible that the damage multiple mobs inflict using this
> tactic (Largos in effect all the time) would be very close to the damage
> they inflict when everyone focuses on one at a time.
>
> Has anyone had a lot of experience fighting in groups that followed the
> second line of reasoning? I'd like to hear what your results were.
>
> Galtin of E'ci

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