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https://web.archive.org/web/20011117.../wizstrat.html


In the flux staff link, it has the following:

Using the Staff

The Staff of Temperate Flux can be used while moving, and has no casting time to use, it is instant. Further, it has a very quick reset time, allowing you to run around clicking this and affecting your target. This helps to negate the problem with resistances, because if they resist it not only cost you no mana, but very little time either. It also has a slight aggro effect, which makes the monsters notice and be upset at you. Further, it has exactly the same range as your normal DD spells (shorter than bolt).

Knowing all this, you can determine a few little uses for the staff that it wasn't built for. Sorry, but to be able to compete and excel as a Wizard, you have to be creative and work every angle. Incidentally, this staff used to have an unintended side effect where it would remove fire damage shields when clicked on. Verant removed that, however, and it does not act this way any more.

One primary use is to check your range on a creature. The range of the staff is exactly the same as your blasts, which means it will tell you exactly when a monster is in or out of range. This is a good way check how far you are from a monster you are kiting, and it also lets you know if that monster is close enough to shoot or not when its running up. This use in kiting has another effect, it constantly aggros the monster to keep it on your tail, and it also makes it fairly clear you aren't running from the monster nor unaware of it. That red squiggly glow is a good sign you are fighting the monster and well aware of its existence.

Speaking of Aggro, the staff has a low aggro effect that builds as you use it over and over. Since this is so fast, you can actually get monsters mad at you (and not, for example, the enchanter trying to mes or the cleric who is trying to heal) by using the staff and no mana. It also works to pull with, a fairly simple system. When you see the monster, you click on the staff, and if its in range, the monster will run at you without using any mana up.

There are a few other little uses of the staff, if you experiment with it enough you can learn how it works. Basically its a toy that doesn't do anything it was supposed to but being the Master Seeker of Knowledge you can get better use out of.

https://www.graffes.com/forums/showt...ll=1#post36507

Originally Posted by March 30th, 2001

Try expanding your role as a wizard sometime. Need to burn something fast, clicking the staff to remove spell delay drastically increases how quickly you can chain nuke (although jboots will do the same thing). Yes, normally chain nuking is bad, but when trying to hit a gating or chealing mob with draught of jiva it is invaluable. Need to pull with a low aggro, instant casting spell that doesn't force you to stop running - click your staff.

https://www.graffes.com/forums/showt...ll=1#post35112

Originally Posted by April 23, 2001

Maybe an Exploit : there is a way to immeidately recover after casting a spell. In other words, 0 sec recovery.
After casting a spell, use any right clickable item to eliminate delay. I will nuke, right click (hotkeyed) jboots or staff of flux and BANG My spells repop right away and I chain cast. Very nice exploit against a biased system.
NOTE: there is a problem with harvest repopping when it isn't ready if harvest is placed in the First Spell Gem slot.
-Aleolin Darkmoon
41st Wizard of Prexus

https://www.graffes.com/forums/showt...l=1#post132070

Originally Posted by July 28, 2001

I try testing MR with my Temp flux staff to see if it's low, since it's insta and free. Usually 20-50 clicks before it gets through. Main points: