Curse

Louis Ste Colombe · Jun 06, 2005, 12:40 PM // 12:40

It's already possible for a warrior to get critters attention in PvE.

I got one warrior, and I try as best as I can to "intercept" critters going for softie in the party.

Quite often, critters the 1st one entering their range, 1st one casting a spell, or a healing... Not all critters got the same target priority, so you need to understand the critter logic.
In some case, for the warrior to just enter critter radius first will be enough. Sometimes, they'll go for the 1st attacker; then you need the warrior to attack first, and if you want to avoid to get multiple groups, that means it can be helpful for your warrior to have a ranged attack (of whatever your second profession is). Be carefull then about your henchie behaviour; quite often henchie seems to follow warrior target; if you got some warrior henchie, chances are they'll start to run toward the ennemy, and that can be a problem.
Sometimes, they'll go for the healer/softie in your group no matter what you do. Then, you still have a few different options:
- body block (provided landscape helps) and interception, a critter you hurt might reconsider the soft target and go for you... Cyclone axe can help too.
- get a skill to slow down ennemies attacking your softie. When a group of whatever surround your healer, it may be time for a few "slow down the killing" skills. Unfortunately, the warrior got very few of them (only one I think about is "watch yourself"), but hey, you got a second job for a reason, don't you? If your purpose in a group is to get the critter to hit you, or to get them to stop hurting your group, you can take skills like Eruption or Ward against Foes or Frozen Burst... Stuff like Lava font or Inferno will deal damage to those around your healer, but not slow them down or give you a tactical advantage (like blindness) that would help your softie to get out of the tough spot... In the curse department, shadow of fear.
Either that... or you let the softie taking a skill that will help him/ her to walk out of trouble for cheap.
- kill the critters attacking the softie really fast; after all, if the warrior is not the target, is there a better time to start a frenzy/ berserker stance? You got to get some confidence that your softie got what it takes to hold a bit, giving you the time to kill whatever is on his back.

Louis,