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Gareth · Admin 2 Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 525

yeah, I totally agree, and when I do see mobs that should have "obvious" RIS I do change them. Randomness only seems to be an issue at the very very highest levels when resistances are used as a means of toughening mobs up.

Vicks · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

Seph · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:08 am Post subject:

Suscepts and resists arent all that great...
In my opinion anyway
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Wedge · Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 89 Location: Hendrix College

I've never seen any spell do any type of damage that could even come close to compensating casters... nor any type of protective spell to do likewise. From what I understand necromantic touch is a cleric's bread and butter.... the spell I sadly find myself using the most on my mage is cure light... how pathetic. I mean, if I manage to figure out a mob's suceptability, I want to hit him with a spell and have it OBLITERATE him and take out a nice chunk of health; especially since I can only do it once per round and so long as mana allows....
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Nightblade · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject:

Wedge · Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 89 Location: Hendrix College

Spells seems to hurt PCs more than NPC mobs... especially when mobs cast them... if Wedge's spiral blast was like Txa's, I'd roll deadly. 3 of those = everybody in the room dead.
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Seph · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:14 am Post subject:

I beat Kelli twice yesterday.
Black Schmightning!
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Cedrick · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

Cedrick · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

(after some more experimentation/new wwiz skills)

And besides, the trick to doing well as a caster is to use your entire repertoire; I find that I have no more trouble than a warrior in doing damage if I play my cards right and mix it up a bit.

Besides, even though I can't really dodge/parry, all manner of defensive spells (sanc, protection, shadowform, eldritch...) can result in me taking very very little damage anyway.
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neq · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:42 am Post subject:

sometimes I wished as a caster I had a way to tell which spells were doing more damage. I like being able to see decimate and stuff but if i had a number I could maximize my use and even study the effect of my spells.

Vicks · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject:

yeah, i agree neq ... damage knowledge should be a more readily available skill/spell at the av-level. Without it it's very difficult to tell what does what.
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Feyvel · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 23 Location: Ontario, Canada

Not a bad idea, I've often wondered why so few classes get it. I mean, considering what it does, it doesn't make much sense to limit it to certain fighter classes. Alright, so IRL vicks might know how to scrap better than me but that doesn't mean he'll see a number pop up above some dude's head if he punches him in the face.

Ok, so giving to everyone might be a little extreme, but really certain classes that don't have it should. Like thief. Although really, since they're just constantly setting damage records with every hit, I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make Laughing

Seph · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:48 am Post subject:

Could be a damage knowledge skill for casters that's just spell damage.
May get a touch interesting if you have shields on and those land hits too Smile

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Ronin · Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Posts: 42