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You can choose to have encounters locked or not through the group options menu.

The first one to engage the mob (solo or group) will get credit for the encounter. And you need to do 51% damage to get it. If someone "steals" your mob after you hit it, they will get no exp or loot. Neither will you since you lost the mob, but there is no incentive for them to do it.

I have seen offers for high level tanks to be the out-of-group tank so the rest of the group can kill it. I have also been the out-of-group healer for some lowbies that needed to take on a hard mob.

I have also had the pleasure of doing driveby heals and SoW's on anyone I see. :)

So far I have seen no problems at all since the whole climate has been raised on locked encounter, effectively grooming everyone to leave encounters alone. You will find the same mature and helpful crowd in EQ2 as before.

But who knows, maybe now that the rules are relaxed, you might see someone "come out of the closet" and become a ganker. But in the end you will still be able to get your mob. Just hit it first and do most of the damage. And if you see someone ganking, just report them and they will get dealt with.

I take my 24 Warden to BB and things are still green. The Captain is no pushover, but he still drops nice loot. And the fast way to get to the bottom of BB is to jump down the hole where the waterfall is. You'll be right at the leel where the Spider Chick is.

Not sure what TLC is besides tender loving care. Or the famous 3-girl pop group from the 90's. Remember, they did the Crazy, Sexy, Cool album.

Everybody sing with me!...don't go chasing waterfalls...

And finally, agro has been adjusted to make things a bit more dangerous. But that what makes the game fun, more danger. Nothing worse than grinding to 60 with no challenge. I miss the days of being chased all the way across a zone in EQ1, fearing for my life the whole time. :)

thanks much on the replys! This is one of the things i miss about eq2 and eq1 for that matter is the maturity. WoW is like millions of 12 year olds! Ya i do see the problem of farming but i just dont like the idea of having to do things before the mobs grey out to me. I guess its not like i go back in WoW and farm in low lvl areas anyhow. what bout the linked mobs? they still got that going? i use to pride myself on being a good puller, now that dont seem to matter i guess (i know different game lol) I guess i would like to survey a situation and deside, use timing perhaps harmony :) thanks again for the info and thoughts

P.S. im a fan of the lock encounters being gone, i didnt explain myself to well i guess but i like the freedom to toss a heal on someone if they need!

This is true in most asspects. However I have noticed if you are fighting a fairy in EL and they are normally not aggro to you. During the duration of a fight they may not show up as agro mobs on the screen but they sure come running to help out the one you are killing. Its not exactly linking I think as temporarily lowering your faction to them and they are withing agro range. Thus I stopped killing fairys.

True, but...



This is also true. You can pull mobs through other mobs, but if you happen to get into aggro range of a normally indifferent mob of the same faction as the one you are currently fighting, it WILL become aggressive and attack. Case in point: Centaurs in TS.

hmmm well i see lots of good points here, i think i might just have to try it again!
thanks all!!