Fungi Tunic

[gruumsh]

I never played EQ back when Kunark first came out so some of the things people get so excited about I don't really understand why.

One main thing I keep seeing everyone shooting their loads about is the fungi tunic from Kunark, saying how awesome it is and that it is a "gamebreaker" for some classes.

Just wanted someone to tell me why this item is so awesome actually?

[Torqumada286]

15 point regen per tick (http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=2036) on top of whatever you got for race and buffs.

Torqumada

[Ele]

With 15hp/tick Fungi Tunic + 15 hp/tick Regrowth of the Grove + innate health regen you are regenerating more than 300hps a minute. Even more for trolls and iksar.

This in turn allowed melees to solo much easier, provided groups/raids with less downtime, fewer heals needed to top off non-tanks that took damage, pop it on after a rez and go about your business, and during extended raid encounters/ae damage.

I kept one on my druid while soloing/quad-kiting, if I got hit from a resisted snare or whatever just pop it on mid-kite and get free hps.

[bluejam]

Must have for monks, shaman (sks).

[Nuggie]

Fungi is the difference between solo'ing and sitting around with yer lfg tag up for all melee classes.

[Icaro]

Fungi is the difference between solo'ing and sitting around with yer lfg tag up for all melee classes.

:confused:

Why rolling a melee if you want to solo?

[Harrison]

Fungi tunic + prenerf fungi staff = win

[fastboy21]

hardly a "game breaker"...but it does make a super twink item, and help melee solo. its also a fairly good item to where as a main (especially for monk), but hardly game breaker.

[fastboy21]

:confused:

Why rolling a melee if you want to solo?

because when your choices are sit lfg getting no exp, or sit lfg and kill a blue mob every 5 min...the second is far better.

[soup]

It's better than having permanent chloroplast while wearing a Rubicite BP.

[quellren]

A shaman with Fungi Tunic+Chloroplast, Rage, Great bear form (velious) and racial regen = endless mana.

I remember figuring it out at some point with my barb shaman at over 100 per tick.

[Hasbinbad]

It's better than having permanent chloroplast while wearing a Rubicite BP.
Nothing is better than wearing a Rubicite BP.

[gruumsh]

With 15hp/tick Fungi Tunic + 15 hp/tick Regrowth of the Grove + innate health regen you are regenerating more than 300hps a minute. Even more for trolls and iksar.

Now I totally understand... that's pretty crazy.

One more question related to that stuff is how did they nerf it (and also some fungi staff? or visa versa?) and did that significantly reduce the effectiveness of the item?

[Ronas]

Now I totally understand... that's pretty crazy.

One more question related to that stuff is how did they nerf it (and also some fungi staff? or visa versa?) and did that significantly reduce the effectiveness of the item?

okey i think your first question being answered is enough. Go do some research or wait till you get it yourself, quit being lazy

[soup]

Now I totally understand... that's pretty crazy.

One more question related to that stuff is how did they nerf it (and also some fungi staff? or visa versa?) and did that significantly reduce the effectiveness of the item?

Pretty sure it was just the staff that got nerfed, although I can't remember what the nerf was or how it was significant.

[Azimon]

There are 2 versons of the fungi staff.

the prenerf staff was a right click buff you could click from your inventory. It's a regen buff, with a self snare component, but it was instant, so you just popped it after pulling...And it of course stacked with the fungi tunic.

The new version requires you to wear the staff, which isnt very great if you're a melee

[Dumesh Uhl'Belk]

pre-nerf staff is clickable from inventory for the regen+snare buff... post-nerf, only the classes that can equip it can click it

[Ritley]

Fungi is the difference between solo'ing and sitting around with yer lfg tag up for all melee classes.

Depends on the class. Mrylokar's BP > Fungi tunic

[azeth]

Depends on the class. Mrylokar's BP > Fungi tunic

I'd like to think someday I'll have both!

[Haul]

Fungi is the difference between solo'ing and sitting around with yer lfg tag up for all melee classes.

[cameroncoolcarter]

Nothing is better than wearing a Rubicite BP.

[Pyrocat]

A shaman with Fungi Tunic+Chloroplast, Rage, Great bear form (velious) and racial regen = endless mana.


Yup, except rage got nerfed when kunark released and it now drains your mana every tick.

[Hawkdog]

Let this thread die, oh great forum necromancers.

[garyogburn]

The fungi is less important for a shaman at 60, due to torpor. Id say its more important for melee classes.

[webrunner5]

Fungi tunic means you can roll any melee class, specifically hybrids, and solo till 50 if you wanted to. Post 50 I am not sure.

Pretty much what he said. ;)

[Estrang]

just go camp one

if you camp it all day, every one of your group members might get one. it is very common right now

[Motec]

heh? no.
its like it is on live, right now.