Is Bind Wound worth learning for a Shadowknight?

[Snortles Chortles]

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[kaev]

And still many believe there is no room for RP in EQ.

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Danth, my friend, I'm thinkin Shadowknight can make a pretty strong case for BW if they're unable to reasonably assume a healer (like, say, your wonderful partner's Shaman) as a near constant companion. (The possibility of hanging out with you two are the only reason I still consider logging in to blue sometimes.)

[Danth]

Even when I'm alone the invigorate click renders bind wound largely moot. It heals either a little faster or a little slower than bind (contingent on whether the person in question has one of the presently-bugged 63 HP or the proper 90 HP invigorate pieces) but doesn't have the 50% health restriction and doesn't require bag space. Bind tends to only see use if I want to regain some health without breaking hide. Probably the bigger issue in my case is that I refuse to use combat bind on general principle: I regard it as an unintended exploit. Folks who use bind in combat should get a lot more use out of bandaging for obvious reasons.

Danth

[Jimjam]

You can actually bandage from the actions window while casting invigorate. You just need to start casting before you hit bind wound, and switch to the main tab to press stand before the cast finishes.

It's a lot of button presses, but it's do-able.

[Smeeter]

Dont mean to revive the post but it looks like Bind Wound in combat was nerfed. So sad.
As soon as you turn auto attack back on the bandage fails. I even got down to 40% health and finished off a mob. Targeted another mob how was out of range. Hit the BW macro and as soon as you turn auto attack on it fails.

So sad.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Dont mean to revive the post but it looks like Bind Wound in combat was nerfed. So sad.
As soon as you turn auto attack back on the bandage fails. I even got down to 40% health and finished off a mob. Targeted another mob how was out of range. Hit the BW macro and as soon as you turn auto attack on it fails.

So sad.

Yes, that does suck. But Bind Wound is still good for SKs after the nerf. SKs don't have a lot of out of combat healing options, and they can use Embalmer's Skinning Knife.

[Smeeter]

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

Yes, that does suck. But Bind Wound is still good for SKs after the nerf. SKs don't have a lot of out of combat healing options, and they can use Embalmer's Skinning Knife.

O yeah totally agree. Still a great skill to have paired with Embalmer's Skinning Knife. I even love it on my mage! Nice to bump back to 50% when stuff gets crazy!

[Blingy]

So my first alt is a cleric. A few nights ago we had a rough fight. Killed the minotaur, tank had maybe 15-20% life. I'm OOM but have 2 stacks of bandages. Yep, start using BW....tank asks why I'm not medding. Well, this thread is why. Although my skill is only in the low 40's it'll eventually be way more viable.