What race are you and what is your wisdom, int and dexterity maybe that is
where lies a problem. I have seen that i as a high elf with high wisdom
have very low fizzle and resist rate ! im only 14 now so i cannot comment
other higer lv.
At 12.22 26/05/99 -0500, you wrote:
>From: James Dwyer <jdwar@...>
>
>Hm, when ever I blast they just keep running at me...I guess I really
>don't need the stun effect. That's what rooting is for. If it is stun
>meant to cancel spells, well I don't need that either because that is
>what enchanters are for (anti-magical-artillery). It doesn't seem to
>cancel the orc priests from casting on me so I don't know...
>
>I guess I'm going to be a 16th level wizard until 24. I Sincerely hope
>none of our later spells have stun because it gets hardeer and harder as
>it is than to have blue stuff kick our asses even more :P If we do get
>these more often, then we should get tashan/tashani in order to be
>effective.
>
>Also, how does one explain enstill resisting all the time? Even more
>than my Force Shock...
>
>"Marziani, Michael D." wrote:
>>
>> From: "Marziani, Michael D." <Michael.Marziani@...>
>>
>> The reason why your level 20 spell shock of force is resisted so often is
>> because it has a dual effect. It not only does damage but it also stuns the
>> opponent. Any spell with a dual effect is resisted a LOT more (ask
>> enchanters because almost all their spells have dual or triple effects). At
>> level 24 we get a DD spell that does about the same amount of damage as
>> shock of force, but does not have a dual effect and is thus not resisted as
>> much. It also costs less mana to cast.
>>
>> -Solric
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Keith Wiseman [mailto:keithw@...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 10:58 AM
>> To: 'eq_wizards@onelist.com'
>> Subject: Re: [eq_wizards] Spell Resistance
>>
>> From: Keith Wiseman <keithw@...>
>>
>> Same problem here with abnormal amounts of resists with Lvl 20 spells...
>> This is quite different from any other new level spells in the past.
>> Enough of a difference to conclude that Lvl 20 spells were programmed
>> differently or there was a change in a patch that affects all spells that
>> just coincided with my reaching lvl 20...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Dwyer <jdwar@...>
>>
>> I just reached lvl 20, got all my spells, and I guess am a little
>> dissapointed. I do enjoy blasting for 170 points of damage, but it's
>> almost as if Verant has made these new spells EASIER to resist. For
>> instance, I fight Orcs in oasis. Low blue orcs and they are resisting my
>> new shock spell. They NEVER resist my 16th level lightning bolt. You
>> would think that a higher level spell would be as or harder to resist.
>>
>> Another example is enstill. This ONLY works on greens. There is no blue,
>> white, yellow, red that I have found that is successfully enstilled. In
>> fact, when I fight the 20th level orcs that con black to me, they always
>> resist. Yet root works on them about 25% of the time. I was hoping that
>> when I got enstill it would be easier to solo because it is more
>> powerful, alas it isn't so.
>>
>> I am heading to Lake Rathe now and hopefully my spells work better
>> there. If not, mayhaps we should petition to get this change. I mean
>> come on, I am about as useful as a 16th level wizard against red if
>> BLUES resist my new 20th level spells. While monsters are getting
>> progressively better I seem to be getting progressively incapable to
>> handle them.
>>
>> Croesus Illuminatus (Xegony)
>> *Tanks stab em, Wizards slab em*
>>
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