1. Stop and look. Radar shows two red blips (lower left corner) just outside of aggro range (65m).

2. Hitting Tab targets the nearest MOB giving it's HAM, name (a Greater Shaupaut) and quick con - the green symbol beside HAM bars floating over target's head. Easy prey.

3. Target's floating HAM and status (upper right corner) show distance (55m - a little close), posture (prone) and that all HAM is about equal - no weak spot. The name indicates this is a 'Baby' which means it is tamable by creature handlers and probably isn't that tough, even if it looks big.

1. Panning camera to the left and hitting Tab targets the second Shaupaut. It's a Shaupaut (not a Greater Shaupaut), also green, and at 68m (outside of aggro range).

2. Easy on both, but close enough together that one may come to aid the other. Eirie is going to try to finish one quickly before the other can close and attack (just to be safe - taking on both at TK Master should be no problem).

3. They appear to be 40-50m apart on radar, certainly within aggro range of each other. Eirie can see the first Shaupaut has stood up and is walking toward the other - better act quickly.

1. Conning four Greater Shaupauts around their nest, sizing the situation up as above, Eirie takes position so that the strongest cons are farthest apart. Two green cons are near the nest, one light blue is on the other side of the nest, and Eirie is fighting the other light blue con (one step above green, two steps below even con).

2. Double clicking the MOB from outside melee range starts combat: Eirie hopes to draw the Shaupaut closer to her, while charging in to engage before the others react. This Shaupaut is a little weaker in Health than Action and Mind, so Eirie opens with a bodyHit taking it down to 2/3rds.

3. Eirie throws a lunge to force the creature to kneel (making it miss the next attack) when a floating HAM bar appears middle right, indicating another MOB has aggroed. The lunge allows a few seconds to evaluate the new threat - one of the greens.

1. Erie finishes off the light blue with a bodyHit and holds position until the green gets to her. Greens are one-offs for Eire, so she finishes the green, then takes the green by the nest. The last one is light blue, and with no help from it's friends, doesn't stand a chance against the TK Master.

2. Maximizing XP, Eirie taps the nest with a lunge (does very minimal damage) at about 9m. That's outside of normal melee range but inside lunge range - which avoids auto-attack so the nest is not destroyed, just damaged.

3. The nest spawns defenders to heal and defend the nest. Eirie can handle new spawns fast enough that she isn't overwhelmed by a horde of shaupauts. Several spawning at the same time and pouncing on Eirie gets them a spinAttack which hits them all at once. The greens go down simultaneously.

4. As day breaks, Eirie meditates her wounds away among the corpses of here defeated foes.

1. Melee can't kite very well.

2. Here is a Fambaa. Pretty tough. Unhappy.

3. Luckily, you can get skills, even master, in a ranged weapon. Eirie is an Expert in Pistol and is brandishing her player-made FWG5. Sweet.

4. Did I mention Fambaas are tough?

5. Eirie had been kiting this monster, but grew impatient at the Fambaa's resistance to her ok skills with pistol. Here, the Fambaa is very close, hitting Eirie, and Eirie needs to either get distance and kite, or go TK with her vibro knuckler.

1. A different Fambaa, same region. Eirie has tangled with pack of Fambaas around their nest trying to draw one off.

2. Like the view? The status bar (upper right corner) indicates the Fambaa is 4m from Eirie - just inside melee range bare-handed, but just outside melee range with a vibro knuckler. Get used to this view, big critters have a central hot-spot from which distance to target is gauged, but, as pictured above, larger MOBs have greater melee range.

3. Eirie is beat up pretty badly and will be incapped if she doesn't get away. She has spammed /unarmedLunge1 in an effort to throw a lunge within 3m while running around under the Fambaa. The lunge will lower the Fambaa's stance giving Eirie a few seconds to distance herself and regroup.

4. But wait! Between the legs of the Fambaa is a red streak coming from the northwest, and a blue dot on the radar! Someone has spotted Eirie's dilemma and is taking shots at the Fambaa.

1. Eirie reacts quickly clearing the lunge spam and throwing /unarmedKnockDown2 (4x damage, very good chance of knocking opponent to the ground), but is also headed out of the immediate area.

2. The creatures' status and the large red droplet indicate that the unknown marksman has scored a DOT: The Fambaa is bleeding.

3. Eirie will /peace and stop attacking in the hope that the marksman now has the Fambaa's attention.