On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, James Ashley wrote:

> Personally, I think he's smoking something really
> nasty. That's the first spell I forget when I join a
> group. (Depending on the group composition and where
> we're hunting, I might replace it with Enstill, but
> not often).

it depends ont he compasitiuon of our group....untill recently i would
regulary be in a group where the primary tank was a monk, and the only
other tanks were monks...and in that instance root is rather handy, i
would keep the critter rooted and then if one(or both) of the monk were
about to die they could back off(this was before they got feign) and i
would then procede to nuke the critter down....this tactic also works well
in a all caster group...root it down and then nuke the hell out of
it...with multiple wizards (or magicans) on it the down time is decently
low cause your mana drain is spread out....

having said all that, the change really doesn't bother me, i just wish
they had told us about it...i almost got killed by a high blue that i had
been able to solo with no problems the day before the patch...(fortunatly
a friend happened along and finished it off for me, btu still)

Stannis Starslyder
Wizard of the Moon
Innoruuk