Why not share mobs?

[Miho]

Many times when I sweat and someone is allready there, I start sweating the mob that person are working on and then he/she runs away for a new mob to be alone with...

Isn't it better to share the agro from the mob? to share one mob than can hit both of us then each mob and both get full dmg from it?

This happens all the time, ppl want a mob for them self,, why?

- Miho

[Rumble]

Originally Posted by Miho

Many times when I sweat and someone is allready there, I start sweating the mob that person are working on and then he/she runs away for a new mob to be alone with...

Isn't it better to share the agro from the mob? to share one mob than can hit both of us then each mob and both get full dmg from it?

This happens all the time, ppl want a mob for them self,, why?

- Miho

I realy dont now why... but in one off my attempts to get a reason the only thing that ocurs me is the low sweat that the moob can give... long is the time where you can sweat 400 botles from an atrox guardian without getting killed

[Nihilist]

maybe they want to hog the evade skill gains to themselves.

- ; )

[Oleg]

If I'm sweating I usually prefer to go solo, for three reasons:

1. Getting a few defence skills.
2. I know when the mob is dry without having to get a 'no more sweat' message.
3. I can kill the mob whenever I want to without having to worry about what any other players want (usually I shoot as some as the mob comes for me).

In addition there's the matter of aggro. If someone else aggroes a mob which is on your radar, there's every chance that the mob will run at you instead, even if the other ava is much closer to it. And vice versa. This can be very annoying and, in a hunting situation, dangerous.

Anyone who has ever been to the swamp camp knows what I'm talking about.

The only way to avoid this is to make sure that you keep plenty of distance between you and any other avas, and I usually try to do this when sweating, hunting or even mining.

So if you've seen me out sweating at Atlas in the last few days, racking up a few cheap skills before deposit day, that's why I probably moved away from you

[Angel D]

Everything Oleg said and:

Some sweaters like to run when a mob attacks. It is annoying to lose the mob you were sweating because someone decided to run and the mob follows.

I prefer to sweat alone, unless on large mobs like at Neas.

[olos]

Some players just like to be able to set their own rules when sweating; like: this mob has attacked me so many times and my health went down below a certain point; so now I want to take revenge and kill the mob... But if that other player is also sweating, he'll start complaining the mob isn't yet dry... and I don't like that... so I prefer going solo on a mob.

And some players are just lazy/mean/non-caring... their mob was just dry the moment you arrived, so they took another one and didn't care mentioning to you it was dry

["Dutch"]

I was sweating a mob just last night, 5 attempts and nothing, i wasnt near done. 2 people came up and sweat it while i was and my next try it was dry. Rude rude rude. If i want to group, you will know, because i will ask. At least ask me if i mind, i will most likely say no, i dont mind, just because you had the respect for me to ask. But these run ups are ticking me off. Killing my mob is even worse.

Now one thing i dont mind is sweating a mob i am killing, i dont loose a thing and you maybe get sweat i wasnt taking anyway, but other wise, back the hell off!!!

[uth3rdoul]

I've only been in EU for a day now, but every time I went to the swamp camp near PA people were sharing mobs left, right and centre. I racked up plenty of sweat and skills and no-one complained (apart from when someone started to kill not-yet-dry mobs, but that's a different matter).

I've team- and solo-sweated and I think they're both advantageous in their own way. I don't think it's rude to team-sweat without asking though, unless it's literally JUST you for a long way off then someone joins you... I imagine that could be a bit inconsiderate.

[cmonger]

the advantages i find to sweating in a group is the mob wont attack a single person long enough to kill him so as long as you have focus you're sweating non stop for long periods of time and the healers will come to the big groups.. and all the advantages to solo sweating have already been listed... so i guess just find out what each person prefers thats sweating around you