On Thursday, 30 September, 1999 7:55 PM, Tommy Fong
[SMTP:tommyfong@...] wrote:

> Bolt takes longer to cast as least for my current lvl. Funny is that IT

IS a guided

> missile! ;) Maybe it is lag, but last night, when Fesse and I were

kiting the qeynos

> guard, I can hit the guard with my cinder bolt even he is behind me! The

only thing u

> have to make sure is that there is nothing blocking on the way. With the

shock, the

> mob should stand within your view else it will failed.

Guided mean u can cast on a mob behind u wor. I thot for bolt to be
effective, u must at least see the mob on ya screen (no need exactly
center)?

> I have found something quite interesting here. Just yesterday, I got the

staff of

> Writhing when I was in HH. Once I tried to melee the pickclaw, they will

come to me

> instead of my partners. This may either due to 1) the - CHA effect that

makes u most

> hated 2) u hit the mob too hard together with your staff and DD.

If the chaotic effect goes off, it's 48dam, on top of ya melee dam. Maybe
the total dam of ya 1st strike is more the tank's, tat's why it goes to u.

> The real problem is most high lvl hunting place is dungeon where a magi

is not

> welcomed.

As long as u dun summon pet or summon but command ya pet properly, I guess
it's still good to have a magi ard to finish those fleeing mob.