The 10 Commandments of Sauron
1) Thou shalt not pounce burglers without a truly staggeringly good reason
- It allows burglers to recoop up to 50% of their health
2) Thou shalt not kill pets when friendly NPCs are near unless there's a good reason
- By dragging the pet into the npc's - the pet will cause the npcs to run into the freeps
3) Thou shalt get your maps as soon as possible
- You will gain more infamy by being able to map back into the fights quicker
4) Thou shalt use /ooc and creep wide ventrilo to communicate
- Allows creeps not grouped with you to know where freeps are especially incoming freep raids
5) Thou shalt not blind invite creeps
- Besides the fact that it is rude - there are many people who prefer to run solo or with friends
6) Thou shalt give clear and concise locations and compositions of freep forces when spotted
- Good Example - Help! 4 freeps on me S of TR West by the road
- Bad Example - "Freep raid on me Help!" Where are you? "By the Big Rock and the road"
7) Thou shalt not beg for a rez or heal
- If you are in a group - the group leader is aware that you are dead and wants you back in the fight but may be timing it so a War Leader rez gets more people up or that they may be in the middle of a heavy fight. Either wait till they rez you or tell you to release.
- If you are solo - use a "Regional" macro (later in manual) and someone will get to you as soon as they can - they also might be in a fight. If you are close to a rez circle - just release and come back to the fight instead of wasting a rez.
8) Thou shalt spread out when possible to reduce the effectiveness of freep area attacks and debuffs
- Freeps have many Crowd Control (CC) skills like roots, mezzes, and stuns as well as Area of Effect (AoE) damage skills - by spreading out you minimize their ability to kill lots of creeps in a short time frame.
9) Thou shalt work together, not individually
- When freeps organize they are usually more powerful than creeps - by working together (doesn't necessarily mean grouping see # 4 & 6 above) Creeps can effectively fight against them
10) Thou shalt kill anything else before the guardian or ranger
- These targets are the hardest to kill - so unless your group leader tells you specifically to kill those targets - focus on targets that can drop faster (Minstrels, Rune Keepers, Hunters, Lore Masters - then champions and wardens)