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<blockquote data-quote="The Monster" data-source="post: 5506074" data-attributes="member: 69516">I can feel some of this pain - 3 of the 5 characters I regularly play are leaders. But the words I highlighted here cause me some concern. You have two strikers, in a party of three total, and both of them outrun their healing? And they don't protect their healer? The build advice everyone's given is great, but teamwork is key no matter what your build, and I wonder if the teamwork is really firing on all cylinders. Not knowing specifics, things could be OK in that department, but as a leader player, I've noticed a strong tendency among striker players to charge off like a pack of hounds. With a leader, especially a pacifist, they can't expect you to stand alone while they go for the glory; after all, if the healer goes down, they're probably toast. Granted, without a defender (until your second character comes in) or anyone who can even pretend to cover as defender, this is tricky. But among their first-target priority should be the ones which are engaging your cleric. It's not evident from the posts so far how much coordination there is between players; I just thought I should bring this up as another aspect to consider.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Monster, post: 5506074, member: 69516"] I can feel some of this pain - 3 of the 5 characters I regularly play are leaders. But the words I highlighted here cause me some concern. You have two strikers, in a party of three total, and [I]both[/I] of them outrun their healing? And they don't protect their healer? The build advice everyone's given is great, but teamwork is key no matter what your build, and I wonder if the teamwork is really firing on all cylinders. Not knowing specifics, things could be OK in that department, but as a leader player, I've noticed a strong tendency among striker players to charge off like a pack of hounds. With a leader, especially a pacifist, they can't expect you to stand alone while they go for the glory; after all, if the healer goes down, they're probably toast. Granted, without a defender (until your second character comes in) or anyone who can even pretend to cover as defender, this is tricky. But among their first-target priority should be the ones which are engaging your cleric. It's not evident from the posts so far how much coordination there is between players; I just thought I should bring this up as another aspect to consider. [/QUOTE]

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