jack96jill wrote:tackling multiple mobs that would kill your pet - divide and conquer
focus on burning one down as fast as possible, while spitting out aa pets/servants at one or two others to distract them from putting too much dps on your pet. Once youve thinned them down to manageable dps on pet, assist pet on burning down the rest. Sometimes having good offense is better than a good defense.
This is outstanding advice to get your "A" game going.
Grab a Merc, hit Tosk and go to the Vruten camp. Stand in the corner hall there, and pull the guy on the right by the statue. You'll get 2. Practice your divide and conquer technique. You can bind in Bloodfields for a quick gate and fast run-back. There is another named PH on your left for Griddunk. Pull those guys too. Learn how to position yourself in that corridor so as not to get the guys on the left and the right side.
Once you've mastered that, learn to split that right side up using CoN.
If you can solo this stuff, and learn that basic strategy, you'll be fantastic in the group game, too.
Raid game is a bit different but it boils down to listening to directions, and following them.
Good luck =)