Treants kicking my butt

[Servellious]

I just hit 29 and decided to give the treants a try. I seem to kill the lower level ones np but every 3 kills i get a really hard one where i will have 75 health and the mob about 10-15 and he starts healing himself next thing i know im getting wrecked by the dot and his knockback nuke.

I fully buff myself including haste, magic and fire resist, i have a poison wind censor (thanks franswa going away party). i pull with slow, send a pet in (having charmed animal helps a bit) put my envenomed breath on and go to work. If i miss 1 slam it seems to go downhill. I was trying to nuke him when he was at low health but 2 times i got the message my spell landed yet no damage was dealth not sure if this is a bug or not because it worked on some of them.

Anyway any advice would help, i wanted to farm these guys for a bit but not sure if i suck or i should find something else for a couple of levels.

PS if any clerics near south karana i could use a rez, i can donate.

[Grozmok]

This is one of the things I can't stand about EQ.

A consider system that isn't consistent. i.e. undercon mobs.

[Tuffpuppy]

Caster mobs on p1999 cast level appropriate spells.. on live they would cast lower level spells.

[Grozmok]

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

Caster mobs on p1999 cast level appropriate spells.. on live they would cast lower level spells.

ROFL

and this makes p99 "classic" how?

[Visual]

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

Caster mobs on p1999 cast level appropriate spells.. on live they would cast lower level spells.

Always wondered why they never fixed this

[nocookiesforme]

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

Caster mobs on p1999 cast level appropriate spells.. on live they would cast lower level spells.

Is that really true, Tuffpuppy? I remember having trouble with caster mobs on live, too. Like, a LOT of trouble.

[Messianic]

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

Is that really true, Tuffpuppy? I remember having trouble with caster mobs on live, too. Like, a LOT of trouble.

My monk could actually handle caster mobs - even healers - on live.

Here? Much harder. They just seem to be a lot more relentless in terms of healing. They were stupid on live - they'd only start casting heals at very low health (like 5% or so off running hp). Here, they start at like 35-30%. And on live, they wouldn't heal over and over and over - maybe once or twice. Then they'd give up and just fight you or keep dotting/nuking.

Live Shaman mobs didn't blind either - ever. I know that, I just haven't taken the time to prove it.

[Zuranthium]

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

Live Shaman mobs didn't blind either - ever. I know that, I just haven't taken the time to prove it.

Sorry that's wrong. Definitely remember my entire screen going pitch black against Orc Shaman and being scared as shit back then.

[Sickle]

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

Sorry that's wrong. Definitely remember my entire screen going pitch black against Orc Shaman and being scared as shit back then.

+1

I remember at the Orc camps in Gfay being blinded as a noob and freaking out thinking my game was broken. Circa 99

[Messianic]

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

Sorry that's wrong. Definitely remember my entire screen going pitch black against Orc Shaman and being scared as shit back then.

I just don't remember froggy or kobold shaman ever casting it even though I soloed Lguk/SolB for most of my 50s. Maybe some shaman mobs did; but the 30+ ones I fought didn't.