An easy tip to heal without getting bashed

[The Nightfly]

Most of you have probably already discovered this, but...

When you're getting slammed by monsters, hit your hotkey for the healing
potion, and then immediately hit "escape" to pause the game.

This way, you won't get bashed while you try to drink your potion, and your HP gauge fills up. Neat, huh? You can do this over again one after the other, as needed.

(The one exception I found to this was with the Fire Drakes in the Breeding Grounds just west of Arindale. If you've paused, but the drakes have already spewed forth a stream of fire at you, it will continue its course until it hits, thus damaging you... even if you are paused. The good thing is that they can't shoot anymore fire at you once you're paused, so it's a one-off.)


Also, if you're short on potions, take a break from the game to heal up; if you pause the game, you obviously cannot be attacked, but your HP gauge will still slowly refill while you're making that ham sandwich!