Spells: Root chances to break early depends on spell used

[WarpathEQ]

Originally Posted by Zuranthium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Based on this, Immobilize is the only root that potentially had less chance of breaking, although when Immobilize is called the "combat root" that could just be referring to its faster casting time.

But look at this, I found something else that directly states Immobilize is coded to get resisted less: https://web.archive.org/web/20011228...?Id=606&Page=2

It sounds like immobilize may have had a built in debuff essentially similar to how a lot of wizard spells have a -10, -100, or -300 resist check. So the effectiveness of the immobilize line would be similar to debuffing the mob first and then casting a normal root spell. That would make sense and be one aspect that doesn't seem to be accounted for in P99. Basically those fast cast low resist roots were safety nets and the slower cast long duration roots were for CC.