Well DONE!
This is a prime example of what I call "patience casting".
I very rarely use a root in a group anymore (and enstill really is terrible)
since when I group I usually have 3 tanks in the group that do some good
damge when they are circled around a Target..I wait till I see the targets
health go down a bit then cast...watch the health bar go down someomore from
my cast and the damage the Fighters are doing then cast one last time for a
take down.
Now this is a simplistic example that gets more difficult when you pull more
than 2 ( I really like my stun spell too :-P) however, you have to use the
/assist command (I made a hotkey) and be Patient..that health bar does not
instanly show the damage you just did with that 171 point force of shock
spell....so be patient...and use a smaller spell for the take down..that, my
wizards sisters and brothers, is what wizards are all about.
(steps down off her soapbox)
;-P
Auraelle Dracul
Lords of Light
E'ci
21st wizard
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Bratina <gbratina@...>
To: <eq_wizards@onelist.com>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 10:11 PM
Subject: [eq_wizards] A nice group fight i'd like to share...
> From: "Tom Bratina" <gbratina@...>
>
> lemme tell you all about a big fight we had in cazic with 2 troll sk's, 1
> monk, 1 ranger, 1 ogre shaman, and me, the lonely little wizard (everybody
> was in the lvl 24-26 range, me being right smack dab in the middle at
25)...
> don't worry, the moral of the story is at the end if you want to skip the
> details :)
>
> monk is pulling (he seems to know the maze the best... and the big fat
ugly
> trolls and ogres get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.. hehe.
anybody
> that's been to cazic knows what i'm talking about). monk pulls 4
defenders
> and 1 sent (all conned blue except for sent which conned white). monk
comes
> out, and immediately, the trolls and ranger jump on the sent first (the
ogre
> shaman DOES NOT engage, as he is our acting healer). i cast tishans clash
> (stun) on the sent (great starter spell, as it does a little dmg, and
gives
> the melee guys a few free licks). by the time the stun wears off, i blast
> him (frost shock) once to finish him. the two trolls move to the first
> defender, monk and ranger move to the second defender. i stun the
> monk/ranger defender, and turn around and blast (frost shock) the trolls
> defender (at this point, i'm close to half down on mana). shaman is
healing
> the guys that need it, as well as the ranger. monk is hurting the worst so
i
> finish off his defender (one blast of frost shock and he becomes a runner,
> so i cast shock of fire to finish him). trolls easily handle their first
> defender at about the same time. two defenders left, shaman running oom,
as
> well as ranger. i have enough for two more blasts and a stun. trolls,
monk,
> and ranger jump on third defender, while i stun the fourth. then i turn
> around and cast dmg on the third defender that is almost dead to finish
him
> (he went REAL quick with 4 melee and my dmg on him). we then turn to
fourth
> defender (who is just getting out of his stun), and finish him quickly (i
> did not need to cast on the fourth defender, so i ended up having a
little
> less than a bar of mana left).
>
> end of fight, and everybody gave out a big WHEW! we all congratulated
each
> other on a terrific battle, and then went to clean our britches out heh.
> one of the best we've had, and one of the most "organized" (one death and
it
> would have been considered a failure). it just worked out that everybody
> knew what we were supposed to be doing (no, we didn't plan on pulling 5,
but
> it just ended up like that, and we had a zone close by, so we knew we
could
> run if needed). mind you, that at this level, i probably could not have
> taken one on my own. i probably would have had a resist or two, or maybe a
> spell that did half dmg, or enstill may falter, etc.... Some of you may
> say, "well, lets see, 6 of you, five of them, all blue, with one white....
> your group could have just individually solo'ed them". NOT! remember, the
> whole is greater than the sum of it's parts :)
>
> all dmg tolled, i didn't get touched once (everybody else but the shaman
was
> less than half health, the shaman was 3/4 health), but i was able to cast
at
> the beginning (doing 34dmg) as well as keeping the melee guys from being
hit
> as much (although i do wish the recovery time on tishan was a little
> quicker, as i'm really starting to like it). if i ever blasted with my
> biggie twice on a baddie, he woulda come after me (unless the second blast
> was a finisher of course).
>
> the point of this msg is to show you that 1.) the stun spell we get at 20
is
> not very useful when solo'ing, but it sure did come in handy that night,
and
> 2.) i don't care what anybody says, no other spellcasting class could have
> replaced me in that particular fight (mainly because of the dmg/mana ratio
i
> was getting on my dmg spells, as i was casting when the monster was over
> half dead, which usually means full dmg), and 3.) you can use your big
> spells in a fight (and should as they are normally gonna be your best
> dmg/mana ratio spells), and 4.) monsters don't frenzy you if you time your
> casts right, and don't get to rapped up in *blasting* the heck out of the
> monsters.
>
> if anybody else has any cool or unusual group fights involving us little
> 'ole wizzies, i'd love to hear them, as I'm still trying to master the art
> of grouping without getting hit... it's real tough holding back when you
> know you can blast that baddie straight to errr. well, a bad place :)
it's
> also very embarrassing to start your group tell "oom!!! oom!!!" when
there's
> still one or two baddies left :(
>
> Sinlaru Ce`alen
> Rallos Zek
>
> ps. this fight went real fast, so some of my details may be a little
sketchy
> :)
>
>
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