Its not a DoT.� It merely reduces the target's healing rate to zero (for the
most part,� resting Trolls still can heal, albeit slowly).� Its like the
Mummy's Disease, it merely prevents you from healing.� This is often quit
good in the beginning because monsters regenerate even in battle, or if you
run and have to zone, you can come back and find that same monster it won't
heal (whereas if you leave a monster alone normally for more than a couple
minutes it has almost always healed totally).� I find this vastly amusing
since players have to sit down and rest and still only heal so fast even at
higher levels, whereas monsters can walk away and be back to full hits in a
matter of minutes.
�
Malark on Karana
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nixon [mailto:
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Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:21 PM
To:
EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] PVP
I'm 4th lvl right now.. I've used the disease cloud, but it seems a little
ineffectual in regards to the time it takes something to wallop you. Perhaps
that is because it is such a low spell though.
�
Asmoden�
-----Original Message-----
From: Juan Custer <
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Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] PVP
�
As a Necro you should know this.� Its stands for Damage Over Time.� Spells
like all your Darkness spells, Heat Blood, Blood Boil, Poison Bolt, pretty
much everything in our offensive category except LifeDrain spells can be
classified under DoT.� LifeDrain is a DD spell, which stands for Direct
Damage.
�
Malark on Karana
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nixon [mailto:
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Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:08 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] PVP
What is this DoT spell?
�
Asmoden
-----Original Message-----
From: Juan Custer <
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Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] PVP
�
I've been toying with the possibility as well, but I'm waiting on a couple
things first.
�
A)� DoT spells are illegal.� Actually anywhere where you can kill your
opponent indirectly (like ROOTing someone underwater) is illegal because
they don't classify that damage or something.� What does this mean?� A
necromancer is virtually castrated.� NO DoT means no Darkness Spells, No
Blood, Bo Heart Flutter, etc.� Its sucks really bad.
�
B) Faction on inter-racial PKing.� Basically this is player enforced.� You
get a bad mark on your through players only but often this doesn't mean
anything.
�
�
Some things I've noticed or heard about.� Essentially the only place you are
mostly safe is your own newbie area outside home, even then not much.� But
in most open areas there's mostly an unspoken peace.� It is NOT the
nightmare ambush world a lot of people are afraid of where you can't rest
anywhere or anything.� Its bad sometimes, but for the most part you'll just
see people giving each other a WIDE berth, with some groups of vigilantes
running around.� Things are definitely more exciting, and advancing in the
higher teens is often more difficult simply because your access to other
areas is somewhat more difficult.� This is mostly on Antonica though.� If
you start in Faydwer there's this nasty stuff going on between the Gnomes
and Elves, but for the most part you are as safe as in nonPvP.� Erud is
still as crappy as it ever is.� Most of the cool PvP stuff happens on
Antonica.� It gnaws at me more and more to try out Rallos Zek, but I don't
want to do it till they fix DoT spells and other assorted screwups.
�
Malark on Karana
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Christian [mailto:
stuartc@...]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 1:51 PM
To:
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Subject: [EQ_Necromancer] PVP
Does anyone play on Rallos Zek?� I was thinking of starting a character
there, but I have heard both positive and negative things about the server.�
Does it differ a lot from the regular servers, besides anyone can kill you
within 4 levels?� Do you still have the evil races grouping with the good
races or do they tend to group among their own race?� How is the rampant Pk
situation, human killing other humans etc..??� Sorry for all the questions
but I'm getting bored with fighting NPCs on E'ci and I think being able to
fight the goodie goodies would spice it up a lot.�
�
I was also thinking of joining a guild and participating in guildwars but I
haven't heard of any guilds doing that and what I see, all the guilds are
letting every race/class in.� Which, IMHO isn't RP at all.� Even if the
"evil" character claims that he has turned good.
�
-Kilven (E'ci)