| Rygar |
11-05-2017 11:42 PM |
Don't hate the messenger, but there is a chance this spell may be working as intended in classic. Search for "Abashi: ENCHANTERS EXIST TOO!" In the sticky link for EQ newsgroups ( https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!...ames.everquest)
This poster's explanation seems to match exactly how you are describing the p99 spell to be working:
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Reocurring Amnesia (Even though it was pathced a week ago) STILL doesnt do more than one memory blur pulse. I can punch a snake for 1 damage, cast Reoc on it and it stops attacking just like with mem blur. I immediately hit the snake again for 1
point and it never gets blurred again!!! The spelll lasts for 30 seconds yet only does 1 actual memory blurring pulse!
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Do possibly nilbog came across this and tried to mimic the behavior?
I did some patch message searches and didn't notice anything about a fix, closest i saw was:
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"Reoccurring Amnesia" has had its casting time reduced
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That was a February 2000 note.
The message in which the OP is referring to the spell being psyched looks like the January 20th, 2000 patch:
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Reoccurring Amnesia has been made more effective
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Found some other mentions, this one from December 2002:
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Reoccurring Amnesia - Reoccurring mem blur, like a mem blur dot. Very odd hatelist behaviour when it suddenly works late in the fight. Medium odds of it working (maybe 50%), for 100 mana.
Note that the percent chance of it working I gave is -not- counting resists. If the spell lands at all, it still frequently doesn't do a damn thing. I've actually had
nearly as good luck clearing aggro with mez as any blur line spell. They give percentages on lucy, with mezzes varying from 1-2% and mem blurs varying from 10-30
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Seems to suggest the mem blur lines are just terrible and better success with mez, so it could just mean the spell is terrible, although there is the mention of a late fight blur behavior (could just be six seconds from a single pulse though).
However, another corroborating post with a suggestion of it only pulsing once (suggests initial cast has a chance, then one more pulse? ) comment from March 2000:
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"enhancements" to enchanters...
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- Reoccurring amnesia broken (doesn't reoccur)
(been fixed recently to reoccur once, not a timed duration, and this is a level 49 spell)
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I apologize for not linking those direct, my newsgroups links never work, but you can search the phrases to confirm.
Conclusion: Reoccurring Amnesia is working as intended? |
