>
> Greg (Kronan on Innoruuk)>>>
>
> The bonds of force spell is random in duration, just like snare.
WHOA. Hold on there. Snare is not random duration and never has been. I
have a lv 35 ranger in addition to my Wiz and snare ALWAYS lasts right about
1 min 45 seconds. I can time snare with a stopwatch and never have to worry
about snare failing. Root on the other hand seems to be nearly completely
useless in all its froms. High resist rate and has a random hold duration
from 0 to 5 seconds. In beta it wasn't like that. You could root and nuke
a mob at lvl 6 without concern for root failing.
Sometimes
> you can BoF a creature and it will last the entire fight or sometimes you
> can use it and it lasts for 5 seconds. One of the main reasons BoF is so
> high level is that it is an area effect spell. You can BoF multiple
critters
> if they are all together but beware that if you cast it on something that
is
> within melee range you can bind yourself as well. I use BoF as my opening
> spell whenever I am soloing. About 50% of the time the spell will last for
3
> or 4 nukes, about 35% of the time it will last for 1 nuke, and about 15%
of
> the time it will last until the creature is dead. I am a 38th level
high-elf
> wizard with a 191 Intelligence. Also root is much the same, as far as the
> amount of time it lasts when soloing.
Yeah, this sounds about right. For some reason BoF has the root duration
calculation instead of snare. For a lot more mana.
>
> Yours,
>
> ~Aereuss Ravins of Tarew Marr