AB--Follow the leader or do your own thing?

AB monks please give advice/observations/etc...

CAP FTW! OK, seems to work very well. However, I've seen mob(s?) win games too-IDK blind luck maybe? Strategy is a whole discussion of its own. For the record, I'm a believer in the capture goal oriented strategy.

Whatever.

Let's narrow our focus down to a smaller detail for a few post.

As everyone knows you start out with a 4 man team which then becomes a component of a 12 man team. As far as I can tell(talking health bars here) the GW developers set the AB(s) up so that it's much easier to support your 4 man team members than to monk the whole 12 man team. Personally I prioritize my healing to my 4 man team members first and then support the other 8 team members as I can.

Let's suppose your 4 man team leader sucks(never happens in real life, but for the sake of this discussion). As a monk should you follow your 4 man team leader or go your own way and support all 12 as you can?

Codesmythe The Monk

you follow your team. going with others won't do any good. as long as you lack them members in the party window you are forced to stick with your team.

however, if they don't need any current support, or there's a group just next to you under attack while you are running to the next shrine, take a break and support them too. (if you can manage to click them all =P)

I never PuG when I AB, put I would try to make the idiot follow my lead instead, hehe.

If your team is capable, always follow them. Even if the other two groups fight the enemy mob there's no reason for your group to, if you're group is able to cap shrines. I primarily stick with my group, if they're competant. On the odd occaision I get in with a group full of failure who split up and run amok, or just keep running into an enemy mob, I'll split from them, and follow a group who seems to be playing better.

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Sounds like a winner to me Celestial Beaver,etc. Interesting. So far you all(I live in the South USA, hence the "you all") are right on cue as far as I'm concerned. I'm amazed at how similar our observations/advice are.

Thanks in advance guys.

Codesmythe

Mobbing is usually a guaranteed lose in AB. As a strategy (rather than a tactic), the only times it stands a chance are (1) when the other team sucks so badly that you couldn't lose if you tried, and (2) on the deep, deep maps where the fort (often) holds 2 shrines for you for free, so the mob only needs to manage to hold 2 shrines.

In general, since mobbing is a waste of time, supporting mobbing is a waste of time. Stick with your group. Keep them capping those shrines.

Now, there is a limited circumstance where mobbing as a tactic (rather than as a strategy) can be a good idea. If (1) you have a shrine advantage, and (2) you are not far behind on points, and (3) the other side starts to mob up on a single shrine, then you can win by keeping that mob busy at that shrine while points continue to rack up in your favor.
(This is something you can spot pretty regularly on Grenz Frontier during American primetime: The Luxons will get up 4-3 or 5-2, including the orb shrine; the Kurz will mob up and throw everything they have at the orb shrine; and the Luxons respond by mobbing up on the orb shrine too. The result is that no more shrines change hands and the Luxons eventually win because of their shrine advantage. In this situation the Luxons made a wise move by mobbing tactically.)

When you find yourself on the advantaged end of a mob-vs-mob situation like this, then it's maybe time to lend your monking abilities to bogging down the opposing mob. Since you an probably slow down the opposing mob better than any other class (except perhaps a MM necro), you can be especially useful in this effort. Just be ready to pull yourself out of the mob mentality and start capping again if your opponents wake up and start breaking off capping groups from their mob.

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