Spells: A plea to the Gods

Goobles · #1 11-29-2009, 02:26 PM

For the first month or so of the server, the Magician "Shock" line of spells were bugged as Evocation rather than Conjuration. This spell line is our main source of mana efficient dps from level 8 into the 30s. Since the spell was bugged during this time, our specializations were raised in Evocation, and even to this day - we remain with our main spec as Evocation.

While I'm sure that some folk wouldn't mind casting Lava Bolt over and over, I am hoping that mayhaps we may be offered a severence package - like a chance to respecialize. I know that we are offered the opportunity to do so with the release of SolRo Temple, but who knows how far away that is?

I'm not asking for the release of Solro Temple, just a specialization refresh for the mages due to a glitch in the coding.

Thanks for hearing my request.

emubird · #2 11-29-2009, 06:24 PM

We magicians really don't need any help, at all, hehe.

I, for one, am perfectly content to wait for Sol Ro to respecialize. As the most overpowered class on the server, we'll be just fine.

Goobles · #3 11-29-2009, 07:25 PM

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We magicians really don't need any help, at all, hehe.

I, for one, am perfectly content to wait for Sol Ro to respecialize. As the most overpowered class on the server, we'll be just fine.

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Mages are not overpowered. We are just the best balanced of all classes. They are still working out tweaks in the coding, and fixing all the little things.

Duhh.

Skeletonya · #4 11-29-2009, 07:28 PM

If they fixed all the bugs in all the classes, then we could get a fair representation of who and or what is or isnt overpowered, but thats NOT what this thread is about......

This thread is about spells being mislabeled causing a specialization problem.

Fix specialization for mages, imo.

messiah_b · #5 11-29-2009, 07:54 PM

I'm not sure I follow you are the shock line no longer Evocation?

Goobles · #6 11-29-2009, 08:02 PM

No, they were changed to their 'proper' base of Conjuration.. after I had specced in Evoc due to it being my main nuke for 30 levels.

messiah_b · #7 11-29-2009, 08:06 PM

http://www.watson.org/~wander/eq/spells.html

Okay so you get specialization at 20. The level 16 and level 20 nukes were always Evocation.

Shock of Flame and Bolt of Flame.

I see what you are talking about with the later Shock of Blades spells being conjuration, but you would have hit your specialization cap before then. Looks like simply poor planning (I did it too and can see how this will hurt me later on)

Basically what I am saying is that the later changes to the blade shock line almost certainly would have not impacted which specialization you got because you wouldn't have been using those nukes at level 20-23 anyways. Basically in live you would need to specifically cast other conjuration spells aside from nukes to lock in conjuration if that is what you wanted.

Goobles · #8 11-29-2009, 08:16 PM

LEvel 8 spell - Shock of Blades (was Evoc, now Conj.)
Level 24 spell - Shock of Spikes (was Evoc, now Conj)

I used these two spells as I was levelling because they were the most mana efficient.

Why are you even arguing? This isn't a debate, it's a report of a broken mechanism that's hindering my performance.

Reiker · #9 11-29-2009, 09:35 PM

What? Mages shouldn't spec evocation???

messiah_b · #10 11-29-2009, 10:23 PM

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LEvel 8 spell - Shock of Blades (was Evoc, now Conj.)
Level 24 spell - Shock of Spikes (was Evoc, now Conj)

I used these two spells as I was levelling because they were the most mana efficient.

Why are you even arguing? This isn't a debate, it's a report of a broken mechanism that's hindering my performance.

I was only saying that most people in this scenario hit 20, go out blasting with their 16 and 20 evoc nukes, and hit their main spec in evoc.

For the game mechanic to have affected you either:

a) you were using a terrible 30mana-35dmg lvl 8 nuke instead of 105-146 lvl 20 nuke (lol).
b) you had the worst streak of skill up's ever and made level 24 without hitting 51 in any spec skill and then got a bad main spec off the 24 conjuration nuke.

I just dinged 23 and my main spec is over 100 so I just don't think it's very plausible. I will give you the benefit of the doubt, but 99 / 100 times this situation occurs through user error.