On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Rokenn Swiftsong wrote:

>
> I have managed to PS three mobs (CT gators) at once (out of necessity not
> planing). I would pull them out of the general melee and then cycle from
> one to the next once I had them all lined up.

Yeah, once you've Struck them a couple times, they will
usually chase after you and you can pull them away from your
party and what they're fighting. Then you can let Strike
expire to further position them for easier targeting. And
don't be afraid to turn or move to get a better targeting
angle. You don't have to be facing your target to Strike
them, and the "glaze" or resist message still shows up on
your screen so you can elect not to retarget until you see
that Strike wasn't resisted.

I've done three mobs as well, though you give up the safety
margin of being able to restrike if one of them resists.
It's tremendously useful when a healer or caster joins late in
a fight. Instead of the party having to break off from the
almost-dead mob to kill the healer/caster first, I just Strike
it over and over until the party finishes off the almost-dead
mob free from the aggravating nukes or heals.

> That battle cemented my
> belief that a warrior is a MUST in every party. The warrior in the group
> tanked four of these things in row, it was an awesome sight :)

Unfortunately, the best warrior friend I had deleted his
character out of disgust at his ineffectiveness before Verant
beefed up the class. They are a lot of fun to watch fight,
though I don't envy how much mana it must take the clerics to
heal them. :-)

--
John H. Kim
kim@...