Mages were HORRIBLE at launch

[Dolalin]

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Message ID: 300
Date: Tue May 18 13:36:34 BST 1999
Author: Lute Lewis
Subject: Re: BEWARE OF HAPPY99.exe


>I jsut hope his guy isnt an EQ player...

I fail to see why you would hope he isn't an EQ player. Not too many people
will sign up to this list and not play EQ anyway.

>N.B: a necro jsut let me known that a group of 6 bnecros including her
killed a >Sand Giant in Oasis. 2 Levels 17, 1 Level 18 and 3 levels
20...Amazing huh? heh >NEcros are really powerfull. i dont have any doubt
anymore =)

Necros can do this because it is a cheap tactic using DOT spells. Not
amazing, just the fact that your spells aren't resisted. All of my necro
friends, higher than those you mentioned, don't do this because it's cheap,
boring (it takes forever to kill a level 30+ monster at low level), and they
know they really aren't getting the kill so it's no satisfaction for them.

I read today that you can't get level 24+ Magician pets until they fix
it. The fix will be either the research involved in getting these pets, or
adding shops that will just sell them. I'd imagine they would add shops
since the 24 pets are documented in spell lists not as "Mist Elemental" and
what not, but who knows. I have spent 3 levels in South Karana trying to get
aviak feathers, so it's safe to say your chances of getting them there are
slim. I also read about a vendor in a locked hut and a Minotaur vendor in
south karana, supposedly mage releated. Does anyone know about this?

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Message ID: 314
Date: Wed May 19 13:07:45 BST 1999
Author: Lute Lewis
Subject: Re: My (limited) exp with research:


> Next, i tried my hand on 29th one time. Unfortunatly after putting the
> correct runes(29th take 3 runes) and combining they did not combine to
> produce anything . so i am assuming that 29th spells need a 4th
> component, the book did not mention anything else so i am clueless as to
> what else is needed.
>
> If anyone can shed some light as to wether something else is needed
> after 29th , i would appreciate it.
> Also i am quiet puzzled by runes wich do not appear in any of the 4
> books. Guess there must be more books out there,maybe quest rewards?

I read you can't research spells until you are that level (can't get 24
spells till you are 24). That might be the problem there but your email
didn't state what level you are, so who knows.

Does anyone know when the next patch to fix the numerous magician
research spell bugs is supposed to be applied?

And please keep the messages on topic. Soon as I see someone whining
about viruses or their class, it's gets unread, unoticed, and deleted.

Hiretsukan
23 Magician
Rellos Zek

This one is a bit different in that it talks about the "pet running away from combat" bug and gives an exact date of patch/fix. Also talks about the GZ post I posted earlier.

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Message ID: 319
Date: Wed May 19 18:23:43 BST 1999
Author: ShrrtStuff@aol.com
Subject: Hidden gems for Magicians? (per Geoff Zatkin)


Recently, Geoff Zatkin (Verant's boss of their magic system) has
posted a rant/rave about magicians, because so many people were complaining
to him that magicians get short changed. He said in his analysis that there
were some really great hidden things that magicians can get but no one has
discovered yet. He also said that once these secret goodies started being
discovered, they would be made available at vendors where anyone could get
them.

Has anyone any clue about these hidden, desirable things?

If you want to read Geoff's post on magicians, I think Stratics,
EQVault, and EQ'lizer all have it. It is very enlightening and useful for
anyone playing a magician or grouping with one. [WARNING, "I hate my class"
whine follows] Last night's patch mentioned just as briefly as possible that
"magician's pets will no longer run away from combat", but I guess that
little bug didn't make it into Geoff's analysis that he wrote two or three
weeks ago. I also think magicians are hurt worse than anyone else by
disconnections and crashes, which he didn't address. But, still, tis a good
read and thoughtfully written.