Spells: root is overwriting snare

[mimixownzall]

Here is a quote from a discussion on allakhazams about root/snare stacking.

Just because YOU may not have the means to do it doesnt make it unfair. If V considers it unfair as YOU say - why then a while back did they allow snare and root to stack (when at release this wasnt so) which only makes it even easier. And its NOT what they had in mind????? Where the heck are you pulling this out of???? Sounds like to me someone have a certain kind of envy. Trust me - if it wasnt what they intended - theyd nerf the hell out of it till it was useless.

This is from January of 2002 off this thread http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...tml?zstrat=147

Post was made by Inictus (you can search for it)

It's about time to get off work. I haven't had time to read through all of it to see if there is more info.

[jilena]

Root overwrote snare in classic.

Here is another patchnotes link:

http://www.waringmcmarrin.com/?page_id=54

Important part:

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January 9, 2001 3:00 am
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*Root and Snare*

Root-type spells and “snare” type spells now use a separate spell
effect.

Previously, “Root” spells would overwrite any snare effect upon the
target. When the root would wear off, the target began moving at full
speed. With this change, when root wears off, snare will still be in
effect. This has a few added effects on the other end.

For instance, root will no longer cancel SoW or Journeyman’s Boots
effects. It also allowed us to correct a long-standing bug that was
allowing bards to cancel root on themselves by playing Selo’s
Accelerando if Selo’s was in effect at the time that the bard was
rooted. As mentioned in a previous patch where the first part of this
bug was fixed, this was not the intended effect.