Patch Notes, Sunday, May 29th, 2011

[Vidrata]

Stupid changes to dots were stupid on live 12 years ago. Stupid changes to dots are stupid now on P99.

Some things classic should not be implemented. This is one of them.

[Skope]

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

Stupid changes to dots were stupid on live 12 years ago. Stupid changes to dots are stupid now on P99.

Some things classic should not be implemented. This is one of them.

you say that but play a wizard. Seeing a shaman doting once and killing a mob while kiting while it takes a weeezrd half his mana sucks donkeyballs.

On live you had to tank or root to get the full damage of the DoT. That's why so many shamans played the Hp/AC game, including myself.

It is totally fair and it makes perfect sense.

[Vidrata]

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

you say that but play a wizard. Seeing a shaman doting once and killing a mob while kiting while it takes a weeezrd half his mana sucks donkeyballs.

On live you had to tank or root to get the full damage of the DoT. That's why so many shamans played the Hp/AC game, including myself.

It is totally fair and it makes perfect sense.

Kiting as a necro. Try it. Still takes about 40% mana to toss on all the dots (using lowest darkness spell) I dont like to take half an hour killing a mob with one dot, so I use 5. Fear kiting or regular kiting sucks now. I may be able to eat myself to reduce downtime, but still...

Either way, this nerf was removed later, so idc, it should be short lived.

[Skope]

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

Kiting as a necro. Try it. Still takes about 40% mana to toss on all the dots (using lowest darkness spell) I dont like to take half an hour killing a mob with one dot, so I use 5. Fear kiting or regular kiting sucks now. I may be able to eat myself to reduce downtime, but still...

Either way, this nerf was removed later, so idc, it should be short lived.

I had both a necro and a shaman and played a druid on live. It sucks, it's a big change, but that's the way i remember it on live and that's what i had to go through for a long time. In fact I have both a necro and a shaman here as well, so I have to go through it again. FML, this sucks, blablabla...

Welcome to Everquest.

[Messianic]

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

Kiting as a necro. Try it. Still takes about 40% mana to toss on all the dots (using lowest darkness spell) I dont like to take half an hour killing a mob with one dot, so I use 5. Fear kiting or regular kiting sucks now. I may be able to eat myself to reduce downtime, but still...

Either way, this nerf was removed later, so idc, it should be short lived.

You're doing it wrong. My necro leveled from 36-39 in about 3-4 hours in Overthere (despite neg or flat exp bonus). I'm not massively twinked, i don't have any items that make me more powerful than you.

You just have to optimize like a freaking beast. I.e, I only use engulfing darkness on thorny succulents, stoneleers, or Sarnak berzerkers because they have very low hp. Engulfing + vamp curse on spiked succs or dooming only if i don't need the hp. Just engulfing on kunark rhinos.

That + Invoke Fear = win.

Also, I use the heck out of the "mob runs @ approximately 15% health" thing. I don't re-fear unless the mob is above 45% or so. Usually engulfing lasted just long enough on barely dark blue mobs...

Dot stacking is for overhunting or killing mobs when you're not trying to exp. Your pet with two weapons and haste is far more efficient than any of your other dots.

[Jepaxis]

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

you say that but play a wizard. Seeing a shaman doting once and killing a mob while kiting while it takes a weeezrd half his mana sucks donkeyballs.

On live you had to tank or root to get the full damage of the DoT. That's why so many shamans played the Hp/AC game, including myself.

It is totally fair and it makes perfect sense.

The problem with your pointing out this about Shaman or any DOT class is I see wizards quadding all the time.

I'd love to be able to kill 4 mobs at once, take a 5-10 minute break and do it again and again and again instead of having to constantly be killing.

So wizards should NOT be talking.

[Shiftin]

Oh come on.

[Uthgaard]

There was another unannounced change. We nerfed all of the 20 charge single dose potions you've been vendor abusing for months. Tremble in fear, for we can content dev again finally.

[Skope]

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

There was another unannounced change. We nerfed all of the 20 charge single dose potions you've been vendor abusing for months. Tremble in fear, for we can content dev again finally.

what about the way the potions work? the minor > major pots, that is? I know the lower lvl trivial ones were behaving as if they were the highest lvl from the same line.

[Uthgaard]

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

what about the way the potions work? the minor > major pots, that is? I know the lower lvl trivial ones were behaving as if they were the highest lvl from the same line.

That should already be fixed. All buffs/debuffs from items show up on the character sheet wrong until you zone for some reason though.