I've had no complaints with fear. It works as I suspect it to work. The mage polly also works very well. It's a pain in the butt but that's the Vanilla experience. Here are some results to fix your in-game fear problem: + roll dorf priest fear ward + roll undead charecter + get a pocket priest to dispel fear (doesn't work on priest or warrior fear) + BG and snag honor to buy trinkey + train alchemy and make shadow potions + buy shadow resist pot on AH + stack shadow resist from gear, buffs, auras, items, etc..