That's because at the time you hit assist, it assists on the last mob to hit
the player, even if that's not the mob the player has targetted. And, a lot
of times, you'll find the guy you're wanting to assist changes targets on
you, further complicating matters.

----- Original Message -----
From: John Robertson <johnr@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Utility of Lullaby and Invisibility songs

>From: "John Robertson" <johnr@...>
>
>> Can't agree with you more on using the /assist command. However,
I
>> have come to the conclusion that the majority of people playing this game
>> are not aware of the utility of the /assist command. I always request
>> people in my group to use the /assist command before we start engaging
>> enemies. Almost everytime I do that someone comes back and asks "What is
>> the /assist command? It isn't on the Socials menu." After I tell them
what
>> it does, generally their next response is "Cool, I didn't know you could
do
>> that."
>
>The people in my party use /assist all the time, and we've found it to be
very
>very buggy. For some reason, /assist will often have them or their pets
attack
>completely different mobs, and we don't know why.
>
>Has anyone else had similar experiences?
>
>Jyzan
>
>
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