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Originally Posted by Baler
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Why the fuck do you people think players use level 51 slow on raid targets and not the level 39 slow.
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You use the top slow against things like that because you don't have to heal damage that isn't taken. As far as the Clerics care, it's not 70% versus 75%, it's 25% versus 30% damage intake, meaning the top-rank slow is about a fifth again as good as the downranked slow. That's a pretty big difference in damage intake per minute if you're talking about things that hit for four digits' worth of damage in a single round. The difference in mana cost isn't so relevant; it isn't the Shaman's job to heal so it doesn't matter if they run themselves out of mana trying to slow. The Shamans don't spam both because if they do they pull aggro off the main tank and die. In so many words, the Shaman uses the top slow in that scenario because it's better and there's no reason not to use it.
Also, as noted earlier, I've never noticed any difference at all in resist rates between level 9 spells versus level 50+ or 55+ spells. I main a class (my Shadow Knight) which actually casts a mixture of low- through high-level spells quite regularly, so if anyone ought to notice such a difference, it's me. If such a difference exists, it must be tiny.
Danth