It was a frustrating night in Mistmyr last night.
Recently we have been running with the following setup a lot – Me on my Templar, Emaimee playing her alt Dirge, Dimzad the zerker tanking, Suzita the Ranger, Kajen the Swashie and Yharlie the Illy.
The dps and hate buffs from the Dirge have made a lot of the zones a lot easier. But, this has meant that Ema doesnt get to play her main, and favourite character as much as she would like.
So, last night we hit Mistmyr with a slightly different setup. Dimzad, Suzi, Kaj and Yharlie where there, but I bought out my likkle rat Wizzy, Poxridden and Emaimee came to heal.
Things didnt start to badly, we took the first named easily enough and moved on to the Curator.
It took us a few attempts to get him down fast enough, on the first 3 (or 4?) attempts we had him down to 1 or 2% HP and the ceiling got us. but we persisted and got him in the end. We definitely noticed the drop in group dps on this encounter.
Eventually we got to the final pair of nameds. This encounter is a bit different. One is a fighter and one is a mage. You need to keep the group away from the mage (who doesnt move about but stays ranged and nukes you). From time to time the 2 nameds will port to each other and swap places. When this happen you all need to run to the fighter as fast as you can.
By this time it was getting late and after a few attempts we gave up, with plans to come back tonight with fresher, more awake, heads.
Usually, this wouldn’t bother me at all. I don’t mind multiple wipes and even not clearing a zone, as long as we all have fun.
What was so frustrating last night was the amount of times I kissed the floor with my wizzy.
Don’t get me wrong, i’m well used to dying with this fella (I can remember a particularly bad experience in a Protectors realm Pick-up where i died 30+ times 
) and usually it doesnt bother me much at all.
But, last night, I just couldnt seem to avoid peeling agro from the tank.
I tried everything. I dropped my usual pre-casts and only used my passive buffs before the pull. Even waiting a few seconds into the fight before casting anything too aggressive. I was well down the parse, behind Suzi and Kaj and around even with Yharlie and still I would peel.
I threw my (very limited and poor as they are) threat decreasing abilities into my rotation and used them whenever they where up, this didnt seem to help.
I dropped my dps right down, but still, any use of my ‘big hitters’ like fission or bolt of ice would see a dead rat on the floor.
I just cant work out what has changed. I know Dimzad is a great tank and we used to cope well (I would pull agro some , but nothing like last night).
To put it to the test, I dragged Pox out into a couple of Pick-ups this morning. the same thing happened here. I would be doing average dps at best, one use of a big hitter and SPLAT!
This really took away a lot of the enjoyment I used to get from running with the ratty. I can’t see the point of playing him if he can’t do the only thing wizzies are good for (DPS) and not spend half of the fight on the floor.
I think Pox is going to crawl back to his little rat hole with a nice bug lump of cheese and take it easy for a while, at least until we see what the upcoming fighter changes bring.
I have been playing Karnag (My brig) a little more lately and quite enjoying him. I got him up to level 60 today, so may just level him a bit and see how he does 
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we weren’t sure what was going on either – the way the mobs were peeling it was as though you’d hit one of your big spells on the pull (and we know you weren’t!!)
its a real shame though – will miss ratty – hopefully he’ll be back