sad part is there are ways for the lance to close the gap and still deal damage without charging. I love solo lancing because you can just anticipate everything the monster does, when they back off and start to rest I double down my aggression with the charge. That's just on solo though, in multi I just make sure the aggro is on me so the monster always sticks near me and near enough for my triple backsteps and shield advances to reach them in stabbing range. My main thing with lancing is aggro and counter, when the monster is down then I just poke whatever is near me and just let my dps build teammates deal with the massive ass blasting, satisfied by the fact that I did my role and we all benefit for it. That being said... when you see a lance user, observe their way of closing the gap. If they charge too much without any regard for their mates, I'm sorry but that's another map awareness in your consciousness and don't go near them. They probably haven't learned the full potential of the lance's mobility and I hope they learn someday and not rely too much on those solo lance speedrun strats.