Almost two years later, and has it achieved the desired affect? Are you, the imms, generally happy with it (recognizing that there is probably no perfect solution)?

There was a character I rolled who would be ganked down consistantly, with odds of usually 3+ on one. They would take a summoner, a basher, and someone to do damage, then just camp somewhere they knew I had to go and taunt. They would camp like this in a way that put outlanders to shame (and hell, they're bad). How you persuade 6+ people that they should sit with you in one place for a real time twenty minutes waiting for someone to pass by, I don't know. But it did happen. Mostly because they were too scared to raid with only one/two defenders, despite huge odds. They insisted we had to be ganked before they even thought of hitting the outer.

I think ganging has come some way. I sometimes try to strike out alone from a larger group so that I can more effectively fight someone. There are times you will still want a large group and other times it hinders far more than helps. Anyone who hasn't figured this out, can't find enough fools to make the above gank squad That's enough for me.

Yhorian.