Shattered Kingdoms

The assist command is so I don't have to bother thinking which 3.orc to hit when with a person levelling, or which player my friend is focusing on because I'm not in his group.

I just type assist player and auto-target the thing he's beating the crap out of at the current moment.

I really like this idea. It would be a lot easier for combat purposes (and it is IC) that if one person targets something you can just type:

assist <insert name>

Then it will automatically target the person/NPC that they are currently targeting

Would this also prevent you from breaking sanc?

well its an aggressive 'action', so yes it should break sanc, as opposed to the passive assisting where you just hit at whatever seems to threatten your group or yourself.

I like this... assist someone, or the NPC, etc. Can be a good RP tool. Assisting an NPC of your background, blah blah.

Auto assist is one of the advantages of grouping together and I think it should be kept that way. If you want to help someone outside your group, use a skill like rescue or taunt, or figure out whether to hit 2.orc or 3.orc yourself.