On Fri, Sep 24/99, John.Curry@... wrote:

> From: John.Curry@...
>
> I too have recently been hunting Aviaks in South K. I have been in several
> groups there fighting for the last 3-4 nights. While I have never grouped
> with a bard while there, I have paired up (fighting in a group of 2) with
> several different classes. Namely, A Druid, A Shaman, A Paladin, A Ranger,
> and a Necromancer. In each of these cases I have had a problem that I as a
> bard have never run into. I was unable to taunt Aviaks off my partner. For
> once I would be the one ending battle with most of my health, while my
> partner was near death. This is nice but unsetteling. Even with Lullabye I
> would have a terrible time trying to get my share of dammage. I think that
> some of this is because at 20th level I am getting a lot of resists from
> Darters and Rooks. But it cant be just that. So I think that there is some
> other reason that Im not getting mobed as much.

The possible answer to this is faction. If the extra mob hate for bards
is done intentionally by Verant, it's possible they base it on faction.
As it's been noted the Avaiks have no faction it's also possible they
haven't been programmed to hate any factions either. I would say if you
took away the magic thing that makes bards and bard songs the top hated
thing by mobs you would probably rarely end up at the top of their hate
list by your own efforts, as you would rarely if ever do more damage
than anyone else in your party. Even the benefits of the heal song would
be quickly eclipsed by the first heal cast by a cleric/druid/shaman of
your level.

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