Spells: Torpor Mana Expenditure

[khanable]

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may 2000

Torpor is nice at 60, but only useful on warriors/monks/rogues...the -200
mana it sticks on the target makes it worthless for anyone else.

Torpor now sucks *400* mana from the target. It can't be used in combat on
tanks (Tagar effect) and will over-write anyone's SoW (as it Roots the
target). It is a pet heal and worthless for any other use.

Torpor used to be a really cool, interesting, tactical spell, now
it's shit. Don't forget that it overwrites SoW and all haste buffs
too.

>> Torpor is nice at 60, but only useful on
>> warriors/monks/rogues...the -200 mana it sticks on the target
>> makes it worthless for anyone else.
>
>Torpor now sucks *400* mana from the target.
No it doesn't. No possible interpretation of the spell gives 400
mana. Torpor either:

a) Takes 50 mana directly from the target.
or
b) Takes 50 mana per tick for four ticks from the target for a total
of 200 mana.

It's either A or B. If it's A (which I very much doubt) Torpor is
actually a pretty good spell. Not great, not what a level 60 spell
SHOULD be, but a pretty good spell.

But we both know it's gonna be B, now don't we?

>It can't be used in
>combat on tanks (Tagar effect) and will over-write anyone's SoW
>(as it Roots the target). It is a pet heal and worthless for any
>other use.
It's not supposed to be used in combat; that's the entire point of
the spell... and I'm cool with that. But the increased mana cost and
the 200 mana drain from target make it marginal for DOWNTIME
healing-- and that I'm NOT cool with.

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june/july 2000

I'm not sure how useful Torpor will be...the rooting portion makes it very marginal
I think--mobs have a tendency to move around depending on last pissed
it off most. I certainly do not see this being cast on a caster of any sort.

Torpor is the single best downtime reducer for melee classes bar none.
It's incredibly fast and efficient.