Yeah, you could try wearing something like instead of a Rune Pure make a Adamant Pure (lawl) or you could try wearing something like Splitbark, instead of Mystic. It's these little decreases in price that really decrease your losses.
And to get two people to attack one person at once, that person has to be your target and someone needs to be already attacking him. The if the other person stops, he can't attack again, unless you stop aswell.