Yes I played Classic Eq. Started when it came out and stopped in planes of power. I have played on Sullon from release till when I quit and before that Tallon and Rallos Zek. I also played DAOC and a bunch of other pvp mmos.
I have not played VZTZ.
In original eq, melee were weak until they could get high resists vs casters. You can pvp effectively as a caster without your snare or root, thats how it was in classic, those spells never landed at high end unless you had a debuffer with you.
A caster or a hybrid has to also get resist gear like a pure melee does to be able to resist spells and roots. It is just that the pure melee are the ones who suffer the most until they get their gear. Then that boosts them over the top because they already had superior melee stats and now their only weakness is taken away.
If you look at sullon zek leader boards you will see towards the begining of server release the casters dominated the charts, but once all the melee started gearing up they took over top spots.
Why not have these spells land more often so they actually get used more?
Groups of people running around spam snaring? You want to be able to run away? Where would you go? You think you wouldnt get debuffed and then rooted or snared? What travesty are you trying to prevent and where is the proof this will happen?
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