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Shissar Focus Staff
How good is this item in actual fact? https://wiki.project1999.com/Shissar_Focus_Staff
The 16 second cast time seems like it makes it fairly limited in use at first glance. But seeing as there are many situations where a charm break necessitates mezzing all mobs in play you would - in theory - have enough time to click the stick and never have to spend mana on charming (up to lvl 49 stuff). | ||
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Well let's see.
The spell, Alluring Whispers, sits between Cajoling Whispers (195 mana, 5.5 second cast, level 46 mobs) and Allure (245 mana, 6 second cast, level 51 mobs). They didn't follow the general pattern of Kunark clickies of free at twice the cast time. There's no hitpoints on it -- which makes it less of a candidate for a permanent place in the primary slot. It doesn't refresh gems like the Rod of Insidious Glamour and has less CHA. I wouldn't want to spend 16 seconds casting anything with a fight going on -- which means it's only useful for initial charm of level 49 and below mobs under controlled circumstance or edge cases when you've got everything locked down but went OOM getting there. It's neat but i wouldn't blow all my DKP on it. Edit: Your typical fight is going to be a fettered mob vs your charmed pet. Using this over Allure means an extended ten seconds where fetter could break while re-charming the pet. I feel like I would die more often from that than saving 245 mana on charms. | ||
Last edited by Barm McLir; 10-30-2018 at 10:47 AM..
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That being said - once I got past leveling in HS North/West, it became mostly a novelty. I’ve debated moving it out of my bags, but I just can’t make myself do it yet. I have used it a handful of times since I hit 60 back in late may, because the content I do regularly now requires a different recharm system (the moment you start charming summoners and other nasties, mezzing during charm breaks feels way worse). It is also a great stat item for an up and coming non-Epic enchanter because few items have the stat density on it (maybe the Velk book gets close?). | |||
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So, at 60 its usefulness is pretty limited. I guess a 60 enc doesn’t very often even charm sub level 50 mobs?
In my case I’d be looking at getting to 60 before considering prioritizing getting a VP key. Is the enc robe worth getting? The dot seems so feeble but free dmg is nice | ||
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The robe is a novelty. It’s mana free damage but DoTs are scary with enchanters, so unless it’s something that’s going to live for a while and not need to be Mezzed, it will sit in the bag. | |||
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But I mean, if you get it at 60, you'll probably click it once a week or so for lolz unless you sell xp like I do | |||
Last edited by enjchanter; 10-30-2018 at 07:29 PM..
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The most fun I ever had with one was reverse-charming to powerlevel. Give something buff with a lot of hp weapons and haste and keep it rooted, then clicky charm stuff and throw it at it until it's low, break with ring, let PLee finish off that mob as it flees while you go get another. Was pretty entertaining to do with 30s-40s characters. | |||
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Zquils
60 High Elf Phantasmist Quit finger poppin each others assholes Gabronth 15 Human Paladin | |||
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