Variant didnt Nerf anyone!
i assume that you are referring to the recently announced patch in which
DOT were MODIFIED.
1) Kiting was widely viewed as an exploit used by players to POWER level
at tremendous rates! THis new patch only makes that habbit slightly harder
DOT's do 66% damage while mob is running after you.
2)You may not beable to Kite BLOOD REDS anymore, but blues will be
kiteable - by level 30 BLues are kicking any mele class player's butt, so
Kiters will still have a solo advantage over mele types.
3) Fighting in a group your DOT's will do a good deal more damge now
because Variant upped the duration by 18 seconds.
All this patch does is prevent players from choosing a character just so
they can Kite their way to level 50 ahead of everyone else. If you seek
to play a character that has an unfair levelling advantage over all others
then yes, this patch took a major chunk out of your behind! But for those
of us who are interested in enjoying the game, role-playing our chosen
class of character then this patch doesnt make any difference at all.
On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Dizzy J. wrote:
> From: "Dizzy J." <dizzyj@...>
>
> with verant nerfing anything of interest in the game, I'm starting to
> thing that the only way to play is to twink....rather pathetic
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Jeffrey Sue wrote:
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> > From: Jeffrey Sue <jsue@...>
> >
> > Well the yield policy should help this somewhat. as to the bibs... well
> > i went to runnyeye the past 3 days in a row and no one was camping the
> > bibs while i was there. i camped it once, the other 2 times i was just
> > passing thru and checked on it. (knight never spawned while i was there,
> > heh.)
> >
> > At 10:57 PM 9/17/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> > >From: IBNALNOOR@...
> > >
> > >I would just like to say to the person that used the 26th level Bard to get
> > >stuff that fine great if no one else wa around. I on the other hand have
> > >walked into RE to try for a BIBS for a friend and found a 45th lvl Necro
> > >sitting in the room. There he was taking away from us. I do not care if you
> > >add to your character if it hurts no one else, but in the case of something
> > >like a BIBS where it is a fairly rare drop your taking one might mean the
> > >difference from some poor appropriate level guy sitting there half an hour
> > >our 3 to 4 hours. The Onyx Ear rings are a frequent drop, but some of the
> > >other items especially the items that started this whole debate are not. Can
> > >anyone honestly say on this post that they have never walked and saw
> > someone
> > >obviously not there for the hunting, but instead for the items? I have
> > >absolutely no problem if someone gives there second character 1,000,000 plat
> > >to buy everything in the game, but when they start having 45th lvl Necro's
> > >sitting in front of me and my friend trying to get a BIBS that becomes a
> > >problem to me. If something drops maybe 3 or 4 times a day you have taken
> > >something from someone else. For you to say that you did not is just plain
> > >lieing to yourself. Again I have no problem with giving you character a leg
> > >up. I am doing something like that woth my Monk. During the course of my
> > >regular hunting if I find something that could be useful for the Druid I
> > plan
> > >on someday making I stick it in the bank. I will not though go out and camp
> > >something for him. I will not make someone wait in line behind me while I go
> > >for something that my current character does not need.
> > >
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