Whats the difference between earthquake and word aoe spells?

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

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(Historical Note: AoE experience groups used to be a (huge) thing here on P99. Countless Blue toons "leveled" to 60 by paying to sit in a Chardok AoE group ... back when AoE groups monopolized that zone ... but the staff changed the rules to make such groups impractical.)...

iirc aoe groups were pretty huge on live in the kunark/velious era. I'm probably misremembering, but seems like there were lots of arguments about how overpowered wizards were because aoe spreadsheets, one mage might be ok to have, and you just need an enchanter for the crack. Maybe don't waste the group space on them, just have them drive by to refresh and stuff.