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Old 02-19-2018, 06:13 PM
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Could someone please explain why root breaks all the time? I'm talking about casting it on blues, and it breaks 2 seconds later. This sort of defeats the purpose of having a root spell at all...
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:15 PM
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Higher level root spells last longer (I think Paralyzing Earth may be as long as two minutes), so at least you have that to look forward to. I still remember the base "Root" spell to be pretty useful on its own though ...
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:20 PM
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you need to flick your wrist more 3/4 of te way thru spel

it's similar to wingardium leviosA instead of wingardium leviOSa
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:22 PM
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Higher level root spells last longer (I think Paralyzing Earth may be as long as two minutes), so at least you have that to look forward to. I still remember the base "Root" spell to be pretty useful on its own though ...
I'm a lvl 34 druid...and it still sucks.
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:33 PM
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Nothing, I'm just tired of having to cast it 5 times to kill a single mob...spending as much mana on root nearly as dots.
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:39 PM
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I literally just had to cast it 6 times in one fight to kill a rhino...that's outrageous. This cannot be correct.
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:46 PM
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are you basing this complaint off of your rhino quest or all mobs?

i think rhinos are especially resistant
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:48 PM
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I have been playing my shaman quite a bit and it seems fine. I seem to get max duration roots over 50% of the time on blue cons that are quite a bit below me (will likely turn green next level). Then of course nukes and some dots have a chance to break it when the land. I don't have any data, but feels like about 20% of the time it breaks on one of those.

It was a long time ago, and i'm not going to go do a bunch of research, but this is consistent with my memory that roots were not guaranteed duration and nukes and shit could break them.
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:53 PM
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Where are you hunting Supaskillz? Because it's not in the OT I'm guessing...
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:55 PM
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Where are you hunting Supaskillz? Because it's not in the OT I'm guessing...
Mobs in OT have crazy resists, which is why I never animal charm there (but happily animal charm without issue in many other zones). I have no idea if that's classic or a P99 thing (it feels like a P99 thing to discourage people from an already overly-popular zone, but I didn't play a Druid much back on live so I don't know for certain).

Either way, I wouldn't base your entire opinion of the spell solely on how it works against some of the most resistant (for their level) animals in the entire game.

P.S. As a side note, a Druid of your level can get XP MUCH faster with animal charming than with root/rotting (especially if you can get a Goblin Ghazugi Ring, although even if you can't and have to cast invis on yourself it's still better XP). I definitely recommend checking it out.
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