The recent thread on charecter death got me to thinking. My main is a 53 Cleric and all my deaths in the last 5 or so levels have been caused by adds. I'm not one to sit around waiting for the "perfect" group, so I tend to go with what's available. In these situations there is not a C C type class (chanter or bard) with us.
Normally what happens is the puller will get two or will pick up an add on the way back. So he gets and everyone assists. Now 5 charecters are focused on the one toon and both mobs are beating on the tank. He is dropping fast so I need to heal him. And then I get aggro from the 2nd mob. Normally, if no one tries to get it off me, I'll try and root and back up. But that doesn't always work anymore. Some of these mobs are hitting pretty hard and after I get stunned, interrupted and all, sometimes I'm down around 20-25%. Then if I get DA off, the mob leaves me alone for 18 secs, then comes back and turns me into a spot. All the while the other 5 members of my party are obliviously beating on mob 1.
Anyway, do you guys have any other suggestions or tactics that I can use to help survive these situations? The only thing I haven't tried yet, is channeling through a gate. I don't wan't to do that, cause normally I'm bound in PoK, and it's not always a quick trip back. I'ld really like things that I can do myself, because I'm running into more people now that are just a bit unreliable.
Thanks