Guarding

Protective Circle

Protect the wounded and healers by forming a protective circle around the healers and wounded when healing. This consists of the healthiest fighters encircling the healers and wounded and placing themselves equidistant from each other around the circle. 2 Fighters should be 180 degrees apart, 3 should form a triangle, 4 fours a square, etc. The strongest fighter should be facing the direction that the most danger could come from. (This is a formation named the guard formation.)

If the danger is coming from only one direction form a wall of fighters to catch anything trying to slip by. If you're standing in a spawn area, go with the circle.

Stay Sharp

Even in periods that seem clam, if you're out in the open and your party is at less than 50% strength, once in a defensive circle, stay focused on your zone of protection. If something spawns on the other side of the circle that the fighters can deal with quickly, do not leave your position in the circle

Taking a Hit

Never allow someone to fall when you could take the hit and live. It's sometimes better to have two good fighters at 25% health than one fallen and one at 50% health. It can be a tough call, but consider the group's interests first.

The Exception to this is if the other player is being reckless and falling often because they don't know when to stay back. A reckless player is best left fallen until all the smarter members are healed so they have time to ponder the error of their ways. Feel free to remind them of their recklessness while they're fallen, in case they don't understand why everyone else is getting up first. A reckless member is often a liability to a group.