Abandoned Codex

[Vicks]

I am also working on it ... my sonic resonance will boom throughout teh lands!
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"Kill 'em all and let Vicks sort 'em out."

~Ancient Proverb

[Seph]

Cough drop making a mage?
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"Sleep well, sweet child... the lord holds thee now."

[Vicks]

No ... I just think that rangers are one of the more underratted casting classes.
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"Kill 'em all and let Vicks sort 'em out."

~Ancient Proverb

[lexi]

Meci lasted longer against Vicks, than a warrior

[Gareth]

[neq]

[quote="Gareth"]

[Solitude Star]

I am finding that more over time I agree with Seph! (holy shit)
I agree with the beginning of the thread, combat styles SUCK!

What I see as the big problem is that fighter classes have axcess to all the mage/cleric/special spells ... the same as spellcasters.

Quaffing heal pots makes a cleric almost uselss,
Gear + pots + objects that cast spells has degenerated the worth of a caster.

Pretty much, spellcasters are dead, the mud has become to upgraded to allow them to functionally serve in the community UNLESS someone needs buffs for leveling.
I'm sure everyone realizes the humor in this since very few characters actually level and require spells..... the real funny number is how many players operate those characters... we are talking 1 - 3 people per month at most.

Spellcasters really don't have very much validity on here. Remort classes and mobs that drop scrolls/pots/gear with spells have made them nonfunctional.

Mainly the best way to enjoy the game seems to be: Get a Ranger/Vampire/Monk or remort Paladin/Necraladin
and get really big weapons and DR.

Mana and spells are really obsolete!

Soliburger
-=forever picking weakness=-

[Shadowkaun]

Heavensbless is always in demand my friend
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Why is it that only the Shkur of all races have kept up the ancient War perhaps their memories are longer perhaps it is from their more warlike ways some say it is because their minds are less susceptible to Vampiric mind control

[Ronin]

[Gareth]

[Jadical]

Normally I'd bitch about these updates because I think I'm the most mage-in-a-pocket guilty player on the mud. I keep 17 deathloyal items in my inventory at all times...it's disgusting (not all are wearspells)

But, despite losing a lot of buffing ability, I think this is a positive move.

Next let's get rid of purple scrolls and total heal pills, both of which are game-breakers.

Edit:

The things I'd change/remove:
Total heal pills allow Shadowkaun + Lombar/Kellison to kill Urtavu with no problem

The prevalence of powerful weapons with the "magic" flag allow nonmagical characters to EASILY defeat immune/resistant-nonmagic beasts. It was not long ago that people were carrying around Bwani spears with an average 40 damage. Now they are carrying mimic blades of magic, magical warhammers, etc. Remove almost all the flags until "necromantic touch" becomes the best way to kill a immune nonmagic bad guy...

OR bring along your cleric that has unravel defense (without purple scrolls, casters + paladins are the only way to get unravel)

Furthermore, I would totally support removing unravel defense from paladins and giving it to necraladins only; it's an offensive spell anyhow.

The fact of the matter is this: If you take a level 85 mage and have him deal as much damage as he can to a weak monster (say, for instance, the king at chessboard) and calculate the damage dealt with melee for autocombat and damage dealt with magic between rounds, you'd find that the damage from autocombat would be significantly closer to magic damage than you'd think (I would not rule out the possibility of the mage doing more damage with his knife than his fireballs in that particular situation). It's easy enough to check with temporarily giving Meci Damage Knowledge of 95% and figuring it out.

The other primary issue of why mages suck is because equipment has been steadily improving over time, whereas equipment doesn't necessarily benefit mages as much as combat classes.

When av2 was created, the "point system" was created to determine whether someone was av2 eligible. I think it would be completely fair to say that I could have a new-av geared and surpass the number of points to be av2 the same day. This can also be tested if you desire. However, having a mage with 130damroll at new-av compared to a 130damroll at new-av ranger is strikingly different.

Additionally, weapon damage took a quick dip when Silver Bows were removed from the game, but now weapon damage is insane. I could find any number of ridiculous weapons nowadays. It wasn't TOO long ago that people were walking around with Damnations and Benedictions with their average damage of 40. Right now in Kellison's inventory is a weapon with an average damage of 90!!! with 10 damroll. I keep it because it deals almost as much damage as my 300damroll monk-punch, and it increases my ability to parry (because I'm using a weapon instead of unarmed).

Reconsidered: a bolt of lightning shoots from the sky and hits you square in the head for 50 damage on average.
A person whacks you with a stone club for 70 damage (at minimum) + damroll bonuses...but that person has dual wield, and 2nd, 3rd, and 4th attack.

In conclusion, I wouldn't mind if you nerfed the hell out of everything. Kellison included (in fact, he was highly negatively affected by the removal of slink from the black boots...but it's worth it.)

[Shadowkaun]

Stop talking about my class, which you've never played
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Why is it that only the Shkur of all races have kept up the ancient War perhaps their memories are longer perhaps it is from their more warlike ways some say it is because their minds are less susceptible to Vampiric mind control

[Jadical]

Actually I did

I was banned for playing as Rezo, which was Alucard's character.