Rogue poisons

[Lord_Snow]

Are they broken? Why don't rogues use them?

Rogue poisons seem bad ass to me. Snare, slow, dd, dot. I can see using the dd and dot ones to up your dps....ya snare and slow should be covered by a group member. Why aren't people crafting and selling?

[RDawg816]

There are some rogues that use them. The ones that don't have their reasons. It's too expensive... It's not worth it... I hate tradeskilling... Stuff like that.

They aren't broken though. They do work and they're quite fun, I think. YMMV

[Samoht]

Rogue poisons suck. They sucked on live, too, until they were revamped at the end of Luclin and changed to a proc based spell (like what they have in World of Warcraft or Rift).

The problems with poisons in classic EQ is that A) they had a chance to fail when you applied them (Apply Poison is a separate skill from Make Poison) B) you had to sit to apply them C) each poison was a ONE-TIME use, and if you wanted another one, see A and B, so D) you would apply them outside of combat, and would have a huge amount of aggro on your first hit. Ouch.

And none of that even considers how difficult it is to obtain them in the first place.

Honestly, outside of PVP, the only use for poisons on this server is the Mind Melt poison that is part of the Tainted Avalanche Ale for the Coldain ring quests.

It's kind of a badge of glory, but we don't even have trade skill trophies here. I had one on live, but it looks like it's changed since then.

[Aesop]

they're great in pvp

once someone is in tov gear with DMF and poison flower they fall off in effectiveness but even then -- dispel/malo and BOOM someone is poison snared and focused down.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Aesop [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

they're great in pvp

once someone is in tov gear with DMF and poison flower they fall off in effectiveness but even then -- dispel/malo and BOOM someone is poison snared and focused down.

You will find them in use on red. Muscle lock etc (snare) is a great thing to apply...most blue players probably don't even know what it is.

What the wiki really needs is a rogue hero that can make a good poison skillup guide.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What the wiki really needs is a rogue hero that can make a good poison skillup guide.

Done.

[Swish2]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Done.

pras it Cecily, I hated gathering shit in Steamfont etc

[Xaanka]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Rogue poisons suck. They sucked on live, too, until they were revamped at the end of Luclin and changed to a proc based spell (like what they have in World of Warcraft or Rift).

The problems with poisons in classic EQ is that A) they had a chance to fail when you applied them (Apply Poison is a separate skill from Make Poison) B) you had to sit to apply them C) each poison was a ONE-TIME use, and if you wanted another one, see A and B, so D) you would apply them outside of combat, and would have a huge amount of aggro on your first hit. Ouch.

And none of that even considers how difficult it is to obtain them in the first place.

Honestly, outside of PVP, the only use for poisons on this server is the Mind Melt poison that is part of the Tainted Avalanche Ale for the Coldain ring quests.

It's kind of a badge of glory, but we don't even have trade skill trophies here. I had one on live, but it looks like it's changed since then.

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by Xaanka

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rogue poisons are really good, it costs about 2k to max them and maybe a couple hours hanging out in steamfont mountain. equip as much dexterity gear as you can and ask a high level shaman for buffs if you need help getting it to the cap. dex makes training poisons a lot cheaper + less carpal tunnel. any good rogue does it. what an embarassment this guy is.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by Xaanka [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it costs about 2k to max them

Are you talking about that sub-combine exploit which was recently patched out? My progression will run you about 6k.

[georgie]

I was poison resistant in kunark hope this helps