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Message ID: 2827
Date: Fri Aug 4 03:02:26 BST 2000
Author: Nosferatu
Subject: Re: [eqenchanters] DD's


generally What I do is cast second of the stun series, immediately followed by a
casting (as soon as it regens) of my Best DD spell. By the time it hits And the
spells cycle my stun is ready to go again, and a tepid series never hurts
either.

Paul Jesernig wrote:

> Got to agree with you here. Once I break up something into solo pulls
> (lately it's been Lord/AM/Hand in Lower Guk), which with a good group
> usually takes an hour (2 spawn cycles), what am I supposed to do on the
> singles we're pulling for the next four hours? Yes I stun them for most of
> their short lifespan, but that's so little mana I can fit in a DD and still
> be back to full mana by the next pull. Besides, evoke is trailing behind my
> other skills (under 200 at level 44), I need to get work in on it when the
> situation can handle it. Any spell casters that get pulled must go down hard
> and ugly with DD's, after two stuns of course. If spell casting mobs get 2
> spells off on my group after the initial pull, I consider that I did a poor
> job on them. Never nuke early, never nuke often. And if you ever do get into
> a situation where's there's 2 enchanters grouped together (rare, but I have
> had it happen), one can do a little more nuking even. Enchanters are one of
> the most flexible of the spellcasters, we can buff, debuff, crowd control,
> and do damage, indirectly and directly. Know the situation and adapt to it.
> I will add that when I need buff, it's the damage spell that has it's slot
> taken by the buff spell.
>
> Lozi ~Hand of Chaos~, CT
>
> >
> > I mildly disagree that our DD's are not usefull in a group. Im not
> saying
> > im a nuke happy enchanter, I know what my job is; buffing, debuffing and
> > mezzing =) . There is no bigger thrill for me than pulling my party
> through
> > an "imposible" pull with skillfull mezzing and hearing them say "You
> > ROCK!". However there are times in a group when your crowd control
> abilities
> > are not needed. If your loaded with mana and a mob is getting low on
> health
> > why not toss a nuke in there to hurry things along? Other classes are more
> > efficient at DD of course but often arent present in my groups, we tend to
> > be pretty melee oriented. Use ALL of your abilities and stay flexible =)
> >
> > Sandoz Pharmacueticals
> > 42nd Enchanter of Torvonnilous
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> >
>
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