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DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it does 66.
Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast time is less BFD.

WTF are these guys thinking? No need for ports what with POK
Maguses and Guild hall, can't solo because we can't DOT and anything
worth killing summons... This is bullshit. A level 63 DOT that does
102 damage per tick??? Give me a break already.
 
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wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote in
news:d5ugn9$egu$1@reader1.panix.com:

>
> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it
> does 66. Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast
> time is less BFD.
>
> WTF are these guys thinking? No need for ports what with POK
> Maguses and Guild hall, can't solo because we can't DOT and anything
> worth killing summons... This is bullshit. A level 63 DOT that does
> 102 damage per tick??? Give me a break already.
>
>
>

All priest classes shall heal equally. You will be assimilated. Resistance
is futile.

--
Rumble
"Write something worth reading, or do something worth writing."
-- Benjamin Franklin
 
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 02:57:45 +0000 (UTC), wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) wrote:

>
> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
>Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it does 66.
>Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast time is less BFD.

Something doesn't jibe.

Lucy says Winged Death went from 240/tick to 216 (level 63) to 224 (level 67).
Duration went from 6 ticks to 9 ticks.

<http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=3446&source=Live>

Not counting AAs and specializations, it went from 1440 total damage, 40 DPS,
4.11 dmg/mana to (level 63) 1944 total damage, 36 DPS, 5.45 dmg/mana. Pretty
good deal for only 7 more mana. The reduction in cast time is also very nice for
kiting classes so, yeah, it IS a BFD.

Similar numbers for Winged Death:
<http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=1601&source=Live>

Either Lucy is wrong (unlikely) or the in-game descriptions are wrong (wouldn't
be the first time). Did you turn on dot damage messages to see what the real
deal is?
 
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wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) writes:

> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it does 66.
> Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast time is less BFD.

According to Lucy, Swarming death has had its damage reduced by less
than 10% per tick (to 224), but duration increased by 50% (six ticks
to nine) and mana cost increased by 7. Winged death lost ~15% damage
per tick but also became ~35% cheaper to cast. I can't check in game
because I don't have internet access at the moment, and don't have a
druid anyway, is Lucy no longer reliable?
 
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In article <87acn0dbnf.fsf@pluto.elizium.org>, <patrik@nordebo.com> wrote:
>According to Lucy, Swarming death has had its damage reduced by less
>than 10% per tick (to 224), but duration increased by 50% (six ticks
>to nine) and mana cost increased by 7. Winged death lost ~15% damage
>per tick but also became ~35% cheaper to cast. I can't check in game
>because I don't have internet access at the moment, and don't have a
>druid anyway, is Lucy no longer reliable?

The ingame descriptions say winged Death does 66 damage per tick...
That's down from 140... Swarming Death is 54 seconds, maybe I'm getting old
but it was _always_ 54 seconds.
 
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In article <d5vass$rdq$1@reader1.panix.com>,
the wharf rat <wrat@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <87acn0dbnf.fsf@pluto.elizium.org>, <patrik@nordebo.com> wrote:
> The ingame descriptions say winged Death does 66 damage per tick...
>That's down from 140... Swarming Death is 54 seconds, maybe I'm getting old
>but it was _always_ 54 seconds.
>

Also, the damage used to be fixed: 140/tick or whatever. Now
it's a range: 102-2xx
 
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In article <d5vbdd$ljn$1@reader1.panix.com>,
the wharf rat <wrat@panix.com> wrote:
>
> Also, the damage used to be fixed: 140/tick or whatever. Now
>it's a range: 102-2xx
>
>


Swarming: 102-225, vs 240
Winged: 66, vs 140
Immolation of ro: 32-140 vs 140

And of course, it's time for the patch patch now... Fooey
 
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the wharf rat wrote:
> In article <d5vbdd$ljn$1@reader1.panix.com>,
> the wharf rat <wrat@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Also, the damage used to be fixed: 140/tick or whatever. Now
>>it's a range: 102-2xx
>>
>>
>
>
>
> Swarming: 102-225, vs 240
> Winged: 66, vs 140
> Immolation of ro: 32-140 vs 140
>
> And of course, it's time for the patch patch now... Fooey

It's been a while since i played, but i suspected they hated druids ever since i found a mass of very green mobs that
could summon and kill me by generating mass interrupts. Like being pecked to death by pigeons, only less fun. Gating
into GoD with my new spell was interesting too... something big aggroed, i ran, it summoned, rinse, repeat, then it
killed me and the awful thing was, it was blue and wasn't even a named mob.

I quit soon after that.

But there's always been someone there who hated druids. Why make wolf form kos in halas and other cities? If it was
because animals were seen as enemies, surely wolf form would be kos everywhere! It wasn't wolves that were hated, it was
druids.
 
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Meldur <Meldur@t-online.de> wrote in
news:44f5819dsajcequgvr8795scneshn01so3@4ax.com:

> On 11 May 2005 19:07:40 GMT, Graeme Faelban
> <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote:
>
>>D.J. <jolly73@boingcableone.net> wrote in
>>news:upi4811caqv1597uq2ijfng914kiq1t469@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>> "Jonathan" <phoenixprince@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>] D.J. wrote:
>>>] > I would hope that if they are increasing the number of spells
>>>] > available, the number of casting slots will go up from 8.
>>>]
>>>] They aren't increasing the number of spells, they are just dividing
>>>] the below 50 spells out so that players get at least one spell
>>>] every level. As
>>>
>>> Ah, okay, thanks.
>>>
>>>] fa as casting slots go, at level 55 players can purchase an aa for
>>>] 3 points that grants an extra spell slot.
>>>
>>> I really don't feel that there are enough spell slots. I'm used to
>>> paper and pencil campaigns, ad&d, that have more spells available
>>> per character per day, and still there aren't enough...
>>>
>>
>>That's all part of the balance though. You learn which spells you
>>should keep handy under what circumstances.
>
> I dont know,so much has changed,especially the corpse summoning
> NPC radically took away all risks left,so why not more spell slots.
>
> For my Cleric,mostly playing puller in Ldon,only 9 slots is a pain:
> 1.Complete Heal
> 2.Fast Heal
> 3.Group Heal
> 4.Heal over time
> 5.Yaulp
> 6.Pacify
> 7.Stun 1
> 8.Stun 2
> 9.Root
>
> I hear there are Clerics out there,who have Divine Barrier memmed all
> the time,cant hardly imagine this.
> What about buffs or cure spells?Every time someone has a minor disease
> I need to swap spells.
> And a slot fur a nuke wouldnt be too bad either,15 of 43 AAs on SCF
> nearly wasted. =)
>

Clickies are your friend. I have clicky Abolish Disease, and clicky
Remove Greater Curse, as well as swappable equipment for clicky Swift
Like the Wind. I need to get clicky root one of these days too.

In general though, I keep one spell slot as my general purpose swap in
whatever I need for this occasion slot, and a few others that I do swap
for raiding vs xping with a group, or soloing. Mind you, I don't have as
many heals to choose from, I keep two memmed all the time, but, I do have
debuffs and such that I keep handy instead.

1. Malos
2. Root (nonraid) or Malosinia (raid)
3. Yoppas Mending
4. Utility slot (Malicious decay, buff slot, anything else I need
situationally)
5. Cannibalize
6. Poison DoT or Ferine Avatar situationally
7. Turgurs Insects
8. Quiescence (until I get my level 70 HoT)
9. Sisslak (curse based DoT)

Only ones of those that I never swap out are 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, the rest are
situationally swapped when I know what to expect.

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Shadow <na@na.na> wrote in
news:ALHge.748$E7.714@news-server.bigpond.net.au:

> the wharf rat wrote:
>> In article <d5vbdd$ljn$1@reader1.panix.com>, the wharf rat
>> <wrat@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Also, the damage used to be fixed: 140/tick or whatever. Now
>>>it's a range: 102-2xx
>>
>> Swarming: 102-225, vs 240
>> Winged: 66, vs 140
>> Immolation of ro: 32-140 vs 140
>>
>> And of course, it's time for the patch patch now... Fooey
>
> It's been a while since i played, but i suspected they hated druids
> ever since i found a mass of very green mobs that could summon and
> kill me by generating mass interrupts. Like being pecked to death by
> pigeons, only less fun. Gating into GoD with my new spell was
> interesting too... something big aggroed, i ran, it summoned, rinse,
> repeat, then it killed me and the awful thing was, it was blue and
> wasn't even a named mob.

The port in spot is nonaggro in all GoD zones, someone pulled that mob
there, and probably died to it.

There are plenty of places with nonsummoning blue to level 70 mobs to
kill yet.

I am kind of dreading logging in and checking out my DoTs now.

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"Graeme Faelban" wrote:

> I am kind of dreading logging in and checking out my DoTs now.

I didn't play my druid or necro last night, but I did pull up my 43 SK.
From his point of view, the changes made his little DoTs more effective.

He's plowing through mobs in Gunthak outside of the entrance to Nadox.
Whereas before there were enough mobs in the general area to keep him
occupied, with the new DoT changes he was having to pull from deeper in the
tunnels once his normal pattern of mobs was exhausted.

fwiw

Crash
 
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Meldur wrote:
> For my Cleric,mostly playing puller in Ldon,only 9 slots is a pain:
> 1.Complete Heal
> 2.Fast Heal
> 3.Group Heal
> 4.Heal over time
> 5.Yaulp
> 6.Pacify
> 7.Stun 1
> 8.Stun 2
> 9.Root
>
> I hear there are Clerics out there,who have Divine Barrier memmed all
> the time,cant hardly imagine this.
> What about buffs or cure spells?Every time someone has a minor disease
> I need to swap spells.
> And a slot fur a nuke wouldnt be too bad either,15 of 43 AAs on SCF
> nearly wasted. =)
For my cleric alt I always have:
1. Fast Heal (Remedy Line)
2. Big Heal (Light Line)
3. Heal Over Time (Elixer Line)
4. Complete Heal
5. Root
6. ---
7. ---
8. ---
9. Divine Barrier

6,7, and 8 are the spots I mix in utility spells. Almost always a stun in
there, usually a nuke, and yalp if I am going to melee. For cures use
Radiant Cure, and buffs last long enough that they can be swapped in at the
start of a group or as needed.
--
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Wraith of Misericordia
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On Tue, 10 May 2005 20:51:38 GMT, 42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>In article <Xns9652A05A234CCRumbledorhotmailcom@63.240.76.16>,
>Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com says...
>> 42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
>> news:MPG.1ceabb6c6089e70f989b23@shawnews:
>>
>> > In article <7wy8amu8yx.fsf@ca.icynic.com>, don-ns@iCynic.com says...
>> >> Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> writes:
>> >> > Interestingly enough, I've recently /movelog'ed to Stromm, and I've
>> >> > encountered a surprising (and refreshing) number of true new lower
>> >> > level players. I've had to answer questions like, "RFP?" and "Taunt
>> >> > doesn't do anything, why should I use it?" quite often of late.
>> >>
>> >> RFP?
>> >
>> > I was going to ask that too.
>> >
>>
>> Sorry, it makes more sense in context. Ready For Pull.
>>
>> n00b. 😛
>>
>>
>
>Ah. We seem to use the more generic 'gtg?' ('good to go?') on my server.
>
>Seeing as you just moved to stromm I wonder what percentage of your noob
>questions are the result of your transplanted slang/acronym dialect. :)


rtr "ready to rock" here. but gtg is pretty obvious. rfp was not so
obvious.

~F
 
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Faeandar <mr_castalot@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> On Tue, 10 May 2005 20:51:38 GMT, 42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <Xns9652A05A234CCRumbledorhotmailcom@63.240.76.16>,
>>Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com says...
>>> 42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
>>> news:MPG.1ceabb6c6089e70f989b23@shawnews:
>>>
>>> > In article <7wy8amu8yx.fsf@ca.icynic.com>, don-ns@iCynic.com
>>> > says...
>>> >> Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> writes:
>>> >> > Interestingly enough, I've recently /movelog'ed to Stromm, and
>>> >> > I've encountered a surprising (and refreshing) number of true
>>> >> > new lower level players. I've had to answer questions like,
>>> >> > "RFP?" and "Taunt doesn't do anything, why should I use it?"
>>> >> > quite often of late.
>>> >>
>>> >> RFP?
>>> >
>>> > I was going to ask that too.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Sorry, it makes more sense in context. Ready For Pull.
>>>
>>> n00b. 😛
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Ah. We seem to use the more generic 'gtg?' ('good to go?') on my
>>server.
>>
>>Seeing as you just moved to stromm I wonder what percentage of your
>>noob questions are the result of your transplanted slang/acronym
>>dialect. :)
>
>
> rtr "ready to rock" here. but gtg is pretty obvious. rfp was not so
> obvious.
>

Yeah, that one was my bad. The two servers I've spent any significant
time on to date (FV and Saryrn) observed RFP as the common convention. I
forget that there is a level of individuality among the various servers
regarding protocols and standards.

Come to think of it, one of the people in that same group actually used
the term "gtg", and I didn't pick up on it. I'm such a n00b...again. 😛

It's kind of nice, actually, as long as I can avoid coming off like some
kind of uninformed pompous jerk. Wish me luck there. 😉

--
Rumble
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>
> I had tried a number of servers. Had about 25 alts at one time. I've
> played for a year now. One toon at 14th, several at 11-12, the rest
> below 5th.

Sounds like my son.. he seemed to try out every combination of
class/race on all the different servers and stop playing when he hit
4-5. The running joke was that he was able to consistenly gain 15
levels in one day (starting at one and on multiple toons).
 
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the wharf rat wrote:
> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it
does 66.
> Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast time is
less BFD.
>

I logged on my necro 41, and venom of snake went from 60/tick to
110-125 a tick. With focus effects, that ~800 dmg for 150
mana..woot!!!!

Other dots were about the same, and DDs were the same as well, but i
have not checked them all out.
 
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Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns9654ABF8882D7Rumbledorhotmailcom@216.148.227.77:

> Faeandar <mr_castalot@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:uri7811e81p27mljvpngu5v1o6dru4thjv@4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 10 May 2005 20:51:38 GMT, 42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <Xns9652A05A234CCRumbledorhotmailcom@63.240.76.16>,
>>>Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com says...
>>>> 42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
>>>> news:MPG.1ceabb6c6089e70f989b23@shawnews:
>>>>
>>>> > In article <7wy8amu8yx.fsf@ca.icynic.com>, don-ns@iCynic.com
>>>> > says...
>>>> >> Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> writes:
>>>> >> > Interestingly enough, I've recently /movelog'ed to Stromm, and
>>>> >> > I've encountered a surprising (and refreshing) number of true
>>>> >> > new lower level players. I've had to answer questions like,
>>>> >> > "RFP?" and "Taunt doesn't do anything, why should I use it?"
>>>> >> > quite often of late.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> RFP?
>>>> >
>>>> > I was going to ask that too.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, it makes more sense in context. Ready For Pull.
>>>>
>>>> n00b. 😛
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ah. We seem to use the more generic 'gtg?' ('good to go?') on my
>>>server.
>>>
>>>Seeing as you just moved to stromm I wonder what percentage of your
>>>noob questions are the result of your transplanted slang/acronym
>>>dialect. :)
>>
>>
>> rtr "ready to rock" here. but gtg is pretty obvious. rfp was not so
>> obvious.
>>
>
> Yeah, that one was my bad. The two servers I've spent any significant
> time on to date (FV and Saryrn) observed RFP as the common convention.
I
> forget that there is a level of individuality among the various servers
> regarding protocols and standards.
>
> Come to think of it, one of the people in that same group actually used
> the term "gtg", and I didn't pick up on it. I'm such a n00b...again. 😛
>
> It's kind of nice, actually, as long as I can avoid coming off like
some
> kind of uninformed pompous jerk. Wish me luck there. 😉
>

Keep trying, you'll eventually get it right :b

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"Jonathan" <phoenixprince@hotmail.com> wrote:
] They aren't increasing the number of spells, they are just dividing the
] below 50 spells out so that players get at least one spell every level. As

So is there a list somewhere of how the spells are rearrainged ?

I know that druids can now cast sow at 10th level instead of 15th
level.

JimP.
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zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in news:1115997441.334167.32220
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

>
> the wharf rat wrote:
>> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
>> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it
>> does 66. Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast
>> time is less BFD.
>>
>
> I logged on my necro 41, and venom of snake went from 60/tick to
> 110-125 a tick. With focus effects, that ~800 dmg for 150
> mana..woot!!!!
>
> Other dots were about the same, and DDs were the same as well, but i
> have not checked them all out.
>
>

I was quite pleasantly surprised by the changes in the shaman DoTs as
well.

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Graeme Faelban <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in
news:Xns9655616D8D51richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4:

> zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in news:1115997441.334167.32220
> @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
>>
>> the wharf rat wrote:
>>> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
>>> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it
>>> does 66. Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast
>>> time is less BFD.
>>>
>>
>> I logged on my necro 41, and venom of snake went from 60/tick to
>> 110-125 a tick. With focus effects, that ~800 dmg for 150
>> mana..woot!!!!
>>
>> Other dots were about the same, and DDs were the same as well, but i
>> have not checked them all out.
>>
>>
>
> I was quite pleasantly surprised by the changes in the shaman DoTs as
> well.
>

The Shaman's Crucible regulars seem to be pretty disgusted by the changes
for some reason. I think the concensus is that the soloing shaman took an
unacceptable hit to their DoT efficiency. I thought it was a great change
for the grouping shaman, though.

--
Rumble
"Write something worth reading, or do something worth writing."
-- Benjamin Franklin
 
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Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> wrote in
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> Graeme Faelban <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in
> news:Xns9655616D8D51richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4:
>
>> zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in news:1115997441.334167.32220
>> @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>>
>>> the wharf rat wrote:
>>>> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
>>>> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now it
>>>> does 66. Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah cast
>>>> time is less BFD.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I logged on my necro 41, and venom of snake went from 60/tick to
>>> 110-125 a tick. With focus effects, that ~800 dmg for 150
>>> mana..woot!!!!
>>>
>>> Other dots were about the same, and DDs were the same as well, but i
>>> have not checked them all out.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I was quite pleasantly surprised by the changes in the shaman DoTs as
>> well.
>>
>
> The Shaman's Crucible regulars seem to be pretty disgusted by the
> changes for some reason. I think the concensus is that the soloing
> shaman took an unacceptable hit to their DoT efficiency. I thought it
> was a great change for the grouping shaman, though.
>

They lowered the recast time on canni so mana regen is now higher. I did
not run the numbers on the actual efficiency of the DoTs, just noted that
my best curse spell is doing more damage per tick than it used to.

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On 12 May 2005 14:25:38 GMT, Graeme Faelban
<RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote:

>Meldur <Meldur@t-online.de> wrote in
>news:44f5819dsajcequgvr8795scneshn01so3@4ax.com:
>
>> On 11 May 2005 19:07:40 GMT, Graeme Faelban
>> <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote:
>>
>>>D.J. <jolly73@boingcableone.net> wrote in
>>>news:upi4811caqv1597uq2ijfng914kiq1t469@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jonathan" <phoenixprince@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>] D.J. wrote:
>>>>] > I would hope that if they are increasing the number of spells
>>>>] > available, the number of casting slots will go up from 8.
>>>>]
>>>>] They aren't increasing the number of spells, they are just dividing
>>>>] the below 50 spells out so that players get at least one spell
>>>>] every level. As
>>>>
>>>> Ah, okay, thanks.
>>>>
>>>>] fa as casting slots go, at level 55 players can purchase an aa for
>>>>] 3 points that grants an extra spell slot.
>>>>
>>>> I really don't feel that there are enough spell slots. I'm used to
>>>> paper and pencil campaigns, ad&d, that have more spells available
>>>> per character per day, and still there aren't enough...
>>>>
>>>
>>>That's all part of the balance though. You learn which spells you
>>>should keep handy under what circumstances.
>>
>> I dont know,so much has changed,especially the corpse summoning
>> NPC radically took away all risks left,so why not more spell slots.
>>
>> For my Cleric,mostly playing puller in Ldon,only 9 slots is a pain:
>> 1.Complete Heal
>> 2.Fast Heal
>> 3.Group Heal
>> 4.Heal over time
>> 5.Yaulp
>> 6.Pacify
>> 7.Stun 1
>> 8.Stun 2
>> 9.Root
>>
>> I hear there are Clerics out there,who have Divine Barrier memmed all
>> the time,cant hardly imagine this.
>> What about buffs or cure spells?Every time someone has a minor disease
>> I need to swap spells.
>> And a slot fur a nuke wouldnt be too bad either,15 of 43 AAs on SCF
>> nearly wasted. =)
>>
>
>Clickies are your friend. I have clicky Abolish Disease, and clicky
>Remove Greater Curse, as well as swappable equipment for clicky Swift
>Like the Wind. I need to get clicky root one of these days too.

As far as I know there are not much clickies available for Clerics,
only items that come to my mind is the Ornate BP,which has a summoned
hammer pet,not very useful,and the Kunark BP with clicky complete
heal,usuable every 7 minutes on the same player only.

If you know any not too expensive or 1 groupable,let me know. 🙂

>
>In general though, I keep one spell slot as my general purpose swap in
>whatever I need for this occasion slot, and a few others that I do swap
>for raiding vs xping with a group, or soloing. Mind you, I don't have as
>many heals to choose from, I keep two memmed all the time, but, I do have
>debuffs and such that I keep handy instead.
>
>1. Malos
>2. Root (nonraid) or Malosinia (raid)
>3. Yoppas Mending
>4. Utility slot (Malicious decay, buff slot, anything else I need
>situationally)
>5. Cannibalize
>6. Poison DoT or Ferine Avatar situationally
>7. Turgurs Insects
>8. Quiescence (until I get my level 70 HoT)
>9. Sisslak (curse based DoT)
>
>Only ones of those that I never swap out are 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, the rest are
>situationally swapped when I know what to expect.

I help me with a bank of loadspellset hotkeys,which only switch the
9th spot,at least this saves me some clicking.

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Meldur <Meldur@t-online.de> wrote in
news:h1i981hql43a4d4qmnplabr7dofboo46h2@4ax.com:

> On 12 May 2005 14:25:38 GMT, Graeme Faelban
> <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote:
>
>>Meldur <Meldur@t-online.de> wrote in
>>news:44f5819dsajcequgvr8795scneshn01so3@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On 11 May 2005 19:07:40 GMT, Graeme Faelban
>>> <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>D.J. <jolly73@boingcableone.net> wrote in
>>>>news:upi4811caqv1597uq2ijfng914kiq1t469@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jonathan" <phoenixprince@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>] D.J. wrote:
>>>>>] > I would hope that if they are increasing the number of spells
>>>>>] > available, the number of casting slots will go up from 8.
>>>>>]
>>>>>] They aren't increasing the number of spells, they are just
>>>>>] dividing the below 50 spells out so that players get at least one
>>>>>] spell every level. As
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, okay, thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>] fa as casting slots go, at level 55 players can purchase an aa
>>>>>] for 3 points that grants an extra spell slot.
>>>>>
>>>>> I really don't feel that there are enough spell slots. I'm used to
>>>>> paper and pencil campaigns, ad&d, that have more spells available
>>>>> per character per day, and still there aren't enough...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>That's all part of the balance though. You learn which spells you
>>>>should keep handy under what circumstances.
>>>
>>> I dont know,so much has changed,especially the corpse summoning
>>> NPC radically took away all risks left,so why not more spell slots.
>>>
>>> For my Cleric,mostly playing puller in Ldon,only 9 slots is a pain:
>>> 1.Complete Heal
>>> 2.Fast Heal
>>> 3.Group Heal
>>> 4.Heal over time
>>> 5.Yaulp
>>> 6.Pacify
>>> 7.Stun 1
>>> 8.Stun 2
>>> 9.Root
>>>
>>> I hear there are Clerics out there,who have Divine Barrier memmed
>>> all the time,cant hardly imagine this.
>>> What about buffs or cure spells?Every time someone has a minor
>>> disease I need to swap spells.
>>> And a slot fur a nuke wouldnt be too bad either,15 of 43 AAs on SCF
>>> nearly wasted. =)
>>>
>>
>>Clickies are your friend. I have clicky Abolish Disease, and clicky
>>Remove Greater Curse, as well as swappable equipment for clicky Swift
>>Like the Wind. I need to get clicky root one of these days too.
>
> As far as I know there are not much clickies available for Clerics,
> only items that come to my mind is the Ornate BP,which has a summoned
> hammer pet,not very useful,and the Kunark BP with clicky complete
> heal,usuable every 7 minutes on the same player only.
>
> If you know any not too expensive or 1 groupable,let me know. 🙂

Well, the two I wear are usable by clerics too, but are not 1 groupable,
and require Fire access. What does the cleric ornate legs have for an
effect? I don't think there is a significant difference in clickable
effects available to clerics vs shaman, it's just a matter of being able
to get the items. Generally, the better items do require a raid.

>
>>
>>In general though, I keep one spell slot as my general purpose swap in
>>whatever I need for this occasion slot, and a few others that I do
>>swap for raiding vs xping with a group, or soloing. Mind you, I don't
>>have as many heals to choose from, I keep two memmed all the time,
>>but, I do have debuffs and such that I keep handy instead.
>>
>>1. Malos
>>2. Root (nonraid) or Malosinia (raid)
>>3. Yoppas Mending
>>4. Utility slot (Malicious decay, buff slot, anything else I need
>>situationally) 5. Cannibalize
>>6. Poison DoT or Ferine Avatar situationally
>>7. Turgurs Insects
>>8. Quiescence (until I get my level 70 HoT)
>>9. Sisslak (curse based DoT)
>>
>>Only ones of those that I never swap out are 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, the rest
>>are situationally swapped when I know what to expect.
>
> I help me with a bank of loadspellset hotkeys,which only switch the
> 9th spot,at least this saves me some clicking.
>

One of these days I should set up some spellsets...

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Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Soothsayer of 70 seasons

On Steamfont in <Insanity Plea>
Graeme, 28 Dwarven Mystic, 24 Sage, Retired
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Graeme Faelban <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in
news:Xns96557427C485Crichardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4:

> Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9655771ED4F1CRumbledorhotmailcom@216.148.227.77:
>
>> Graeme Faelban <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in
>> news:Xns9655616D8D51richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4:
>>
>>> zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in news:1115997441.334167.32220
>>> @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> the wharf rat wrote:
>>>>> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
>>>>> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now
>>>>> it does 66. Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah
>>>>> cast time is less BFD.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I logged on my necro 41, and venom of snake went from 60/tick to
>>>> 110-125 a tick. With focus effects, that ~800 dmg for 150
>>>> mana..woot!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Other dots were about the same, and DDs were the same as well, but
>>>> i have not checked them all out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I was quite pleasantly surprised by the changes in the shaman DoTs
>>> as well.
>>>
>>
>> The Shaman's Crucible regulars seem to be pretty disgusted by the
>> changes for some reason. I think the concensus is that the soloing
>> shaman took an unacceptable hit to their DoT efficiency. I thought it
>> was a great change for the grouping shaman, though.
>>
>
> They lowered the recast time on canni so mana regen is now higher. I
> did not run the numbers on the actual efficiency of the DoTs, just
> noted that my best curse spell is doing more damage per tick than it
> used to.
>

Evidently it does more damage per tick, but the duration was reduced
enough to make it less mana efficient - not significantly, but enough to
have the soloers grumbling.

I think it was a fantastic way to make the shaman DoT's more effective
in group encounters.

--
Rumble
"Write something worth reading, or do something worth writing."
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Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns965592E4BC2C9Rumbledorhotmailcom@63.240.76.16:

> Graeme Faelban <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in
> news:Xns96557427C485Crichardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4:
>
>> Rumbledor <Rumbledor@hotspamsuxmail.com> wrote in
>> news:Xns9655771ED4F1CRumbledorhotmailcom@216.148.227.77:
>>
>>> Graeme Faelban <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote in
>>> news:Xns9655616D8D51richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4:
>>>
>>>> zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in news:1115997441.334167.32220
>>>> @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> the wharf rat wrote:
>>>>>> DOT damage has been cut by 50% seemingly across the board.
>>>>>> Swarming death did 250 now it does 102, Winged Death did 140 now
>>>>>> it does 66. Mana cost is the same, duration is the same, oh yeah
>>>>>> cast time is less BFD.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I logged on my necro 41, and venom of snake went from 60/tick to
>>>>> 110-125 a tick. With focus effects, that ~800 dmg for 150
>>>>> mana..woot!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Other dots were about the same, and DDs were the same as well, but
>>>>> i have not checked them all out.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was quite pleasantly surprised by the changes in the shaman DoTs
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Shaman's Crucible regulars seem to be pretty disgusted by the
>>> changes for some reason. I think the concensus is that the soloing
>>> shaman took an unacceptable hit to their DoT efficiency. I thought it
>>> was a great change for the grouping shaman, though.
>>>
>>
>> They lowered the recast time on canni so mana regen is now higher. I
>> did not run the numbers on the actual efficiency of the DoTs, just
>> noted that my best curse spell is doing more damage per tick than it
>> used to.
>>
>
> Evidently it does more damage per tick, but the duration was reduced
> enough to make it less mana efficient - not significantly, but enough
to
> have the soloers grumbling.
>
> I think it was a fantastic way to make the shaman DoT's more effective
> in group encounters.
>

I didn't look at my poison or disease dots carefully yet, but I did
notice the disease DoT lasted for a shorter time, didn't pay attention to
the damage it did. The curse DoT seemed to be better in general. So
far, I have only used them in raid situations since the change.

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Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Soothsayer of 70 seasons

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Graeme, 28 Dwarven Mystic, 24 Sage, Retired
Aviv, 15 Gnome Brawler, 30 Provisioner, Retired