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Forum: Green Server Chat 09-26-2022, 11:28 AM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Depends on how you define "casual." You can... Depends on how you define "casual." You can level with most anything, sure. However, as one example, there are a lot of things the wife and I could do with our shadowknight/shaman duo that we could...

Forum: Green Server Chat 09-17-2022, 08:04 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Nah, I try to give folks a benefit of the doubt,... Nah, I try to give folks a benefit of the doubt, Shamwowi included. He says it that by whatever coincidence he hasn't really run into that duo much, I've no problem taking him at his word on it. He...

Forum: Green Server Chat 09-17-2022, 07:46 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Has this changed of late? I admittedly have not... Has this changed of late? I admittedly have not been very active on P99 this year, but when I was most active druid/enchanter was an extremely popular duo, probably second for enchanter after...

Forum: Green Server Chat 09-17-2022, 07:27 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Admittedly I haven't read most of the past ~250... Admittedly I haven't read most of the past ~250 pages (wow!), but I've read the past dozen posts or so: Shaman loses some of its power due to some of its best abilities--haste and slow--being...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 08:02 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Don't look at me, I've been trying to avoid the... Don't look at me, I've been trying to avoid the napkin math this whole time. Got an exception to something I said lemme know and I'm glad to explain why I feel the way I do. I'll even get off here...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 07:48 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth If the shaman's supposed to be on offense and he... If the shaman's supposed to be on offense and he switches to rooting/slowing/healing it means something went wrong or the cleric's AFK. Put the mage in that environment and people are dying while he...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 07:33 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth It's that blasted New Math again, isn't it? ... It's that blasted New Math again, isn't it? ------------------------------ A 30 DPS difference is large comparing them individually but not especially sigificant as part of the larger...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 05:24 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Yeah, rapid chain pulls tend to play to the... Yeah, rapid chain pulls tend to play to the magician's favor. The shaman'll like having moderate gaps where both might burst while in combat but afterward the shaman'll recover more quickly than the...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 03:00 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth I'm a teetotaler so I like the card game idea... I'm a teetotaler so I like the card game idea better. He's kind of a like a pit bull: When he bites onto something, he doesn't let go, and tends to hold on longer than others might. As with...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 02:29 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Debate has subtly shifted from shaman matching... Debate has subtly shifted from shaman matching magician damage in normal situatons--that's been largely walked back from--to the classic offense vs. defense/utility debate that will rage as long as...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-25-2022, 01:04 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Going back to the discussion a few pages ago... Going back to the discussion a few pages ago about how most players like offense: The actual group the original poster asked for did take a shaman--but in place of a cleric. Then they went with...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-24-2022, 04:44 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth No argument; my experience agrees. Most folks... No argument; my experience agrees. Most folks tend to downplay deaths/setbacks/etc as "doesn't count." A lot of folks simply LIKE faster killspeed even if it comes with more setbacks/etc, and it's...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-24-2022, 04:15 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth This is always going to make this type of debate... This is always going to make this type of debate unending because utility doesn't have a set value and doesn't show up on a convenient log parser. Different folks value it differently. I've had...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 10:22 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth No thanks. Once upon a time they drove turbo... No thanks. Once upon a time they drove turbo V10's and weren't afraid of rubbing wheel to wheel and it was good. Now they drive wussy scared-man cars with safety bars around the top because they're...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 09:31 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth That reposting isn't needed, I suggest editing it... That reposting isn't needed, I suggest editing it out. -------------------------------------------------- As for chainpulls, that should not be regarded as a fulltime activity because it...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 08:32 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Funny enough you're under-valuing your own pet... Funny enough you're under-valuing your own pet somewhat. You had a terrible one (1 above minimum level) and in our hypothetical group it'll always have much better enchanter haste. Damage shield...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 06:55 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Magician with a 175K manna robe, 800K epic, raid... Magician with a 175K manna robe, 800K epic, raid loot click boots, etc had better be pretty flippin good. Sheesh, at pushing near to a cool million plat value not even counting any other spells or...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 04:44 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Why would I use Blast of Poison and not Ice... Why would I use Blast of Poison and not Ice Strike if I wanted to blast something as a shaman? Blast is a mediocre mid-level spell, am I missing something?

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 03:23 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Sort of: It was about an ideal group, but for... Sort of: It was about an ideal group, but for use overall, including taking said group to places where their characters might be individually unsuited. If you're stuck with a magician at fungus...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 03:09 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth I will argue this one even though we're more... I will argue this one even though we're more broadly in agreement: If the guy plays a mage, it happens to be what he has, his buddies aren't going to tell him to stuff it and stay home if they...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 03:02 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth No disagreement needed--or I'd disagree with... No disagreement needed--or I'd disagree with myself, even, depending on the situation. That's why I try not to get into napkin math too much, this game has so many variables that trying to use one...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 02:46 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth Realistically, most groups are used to seeing the... Realistically, most groups are used to seeing the shaman doing 1/4 of a mage's damage because the shaman's healing/slowing/buffing/etc. Ask one to operate in damage mode he's going to be more like...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 02:36 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth If the mob's dying that fast you're farming... If the mob's dying that fast you're farming greens in sol A or blackburrow or someplace, haha. I'll grant the magician's superior for that task. The shaman does have a bit of a ramp-up time that...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 02:22 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth My wife wouldn't. She doesn't have one and... My wife wouldn't. She doesn't have one and refuses to get one every time I offer to pick one up for her. Shaman players are funny like that, they have a tendency to be slightly manic....probably...

Forum: Green Server Chat 08-23-2022, 02:18 PM

Replies: 4,678 Best 4 person all caster/priest group Views: 376,529 Posted By Danth No kidding. Group might be doing 415 DPS with a... No kidding. Group might be doing 415 DPS with a shaman or 435 with a magician and they can't tell the difference. It's not shaman vs magician, it's group vs group and the magician isn't offering...

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