I guess we had differing experiences with this because that spell saved me
many times in the early levels. It is basically useless now because the
critters hit for something in the range of 30-40 and so they don't have to
hit a lot to kill you. And my O'Keils seemed to last around 30 seconds or
so, which with a fast swinging critter, can add up to a good bit of damage.
Different hunting styles equal different strategies.
Yours,
~Aereuss Ravins of Tarew Marr
-----Original Message-----
From: McCartney, Michael R
[mailto:
Michael.McCartney2@...]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:20 AM
To: '
eq_wizards@onelist.com'
Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: O'Keill's Radiation
From: "McCartney, Michael R"
<
Michael.McCartney2@...>
I disagree. I think O'Keils radiation is a waste of time
when soloing. The reason is because it only lasts about 15 seconds or so.
If you are in a battle with more than one creature, you're probably going to
die anyway. Not all the time, but a LOT of the time. O'Keils might be ok
against a lot of creatures. But it doesn't do enough damage to kill
anything by itself.. So, you'll die before they do. (except goblin whelps,
etc) ..and if you're fighting those still, then you should be trying for
one on one fights only. Wizards are basically looking for one on one fights
when solo'ing, so they can time their castings between hits. O'Keils only
does 2 dmg per burn, so at higher levels it is almost useless. The only way
to rack up dmg on these is to cast them repeatedly. It doesn't stack, so
you've got to cast on others. IE. Tanks. Verant made the game this way on
purpose.
Drev
> ----------
> From: McGraw, T.
David[SMTP:
Mcgraw.Thomas@...]
> Reply To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 8:15 AM
> To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: O'Keill's Radiation
>
> From: "McGraw, T. David" <Mcgraw.Thomas@...>
>
> O'Keils Radiation is best used when soloing. It is
relatively low in mana
> cost and if you get attacked by more than one critter it
can help turn the
> battle around. Of course I rarely solo anymore so I don't
memorize it.
>
> Yours,
>
> ~Aereuss Ravins of Tarew Marr
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCartney, Michael R
> [mailto:Michael.McCartney2@...]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:03 AM
> To: 'eq_wizards@onelist.com'
> Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: O'Keill's
Radiation
>
> From: "McCartney, Michael R"
> <Michael.McCartney2@...>
>
> Ok, I know that O'Keills Radiation seems
useless.. and in
> generel it is. However, let me give you an example of how
it saved my life,
> once. We were hunting in Unrest.. (party of 5 or 6 level
11-14s).. We're
> doing fairly well.. avoiding the really tough ones, etc..
etc.. Our tanks
> are doing ok too, but only one of us has a magical weapon,
and non magicians
> in the party. Anyway.. we get attacked by a dark boned
skeleton. This
> thing was hitting us for HIGH damage, and we almost
decided to run from the
> very start. The warriors had the thing down to half
health, and it resisted
> almost EVERYTHING I cast at it. So.. I hit all of our
tanks with O'Keils
> Radiation. 2 dmg here, 2 dmg there.. eventually they
started adding up..
> and the health of the skel started dropping quicker. I
guess what I'm
> saying is... if you have 4 people hitting a monster that
is resisting your
> spells... you can use O'Keils radiation on your tanks..
and it WILL get
> through.
>
> Just MHO.
>
> Drev
>
> > ----------
> > From:
shypht[SMTP:
evanschu@...]
> > Reply To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 10:18
AM
> > To: eq_wizards@onelist.com
> > Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: O'Keill's
Radiation
> >
> > O'Keills Radation is a damage shield. You
cast the spell
> on yourself or another person, and everytiem the monster
does melee damage
> to them, it reflects back some damage. This spell only
does 2 damage and I
> find it to be useless, the Magi damage shields are MUCH
MUCH better. At lvl>
> �4 it was reflecting 5 damage, compared to mine that only
did 2, and I am
> pretty sure that the higher-lvl ones dish out more. I am
not sure if we get
> any more damage shields tho.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Teri <
greenidminx@...>
> > To: eq_wizards@onelist.com <
eq_wizards@onelist.com>
> > Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 12:00
PM
> > Subject: [eq_wizards] O'Keill's
Radiation
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a little confused as t o the
effect of O'Keill's
> Radiation.� Would
> > someone be so kind as to enlighten
me to its' proper
> purpose and
> > usage?
> > �
> > I'm a level 6 wiz on Fennin Ro.�
Please say hello if
> you see me about.
> > �
> > =)
> > �
> > Ximena
> >
> >
>
>
>
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