WTF is up with root and snare

[Nirgon]

I never killed anyone or looted them in classic on my wizard with that system. OH LAWD IT WAS TERRIBLE AND UNFAIR.

O wait.

I did.

And what Stasis said makes sense.

L2P.

[Faerie]

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

I never killed anyone or looted them in classic on my wizard with that system. OH LAWD IT WAS TERRIBLE AND UNFAIR.

O wait.

I did.

And what Stasis said makes sense.

L2P.

I do pretty well for myself in pvp, for the most part. Think I've gotten pvp text once though, because 90% of my pvp victories end in the bad guy plugging. Druids are powerful without needing snare/root (which are already mostly useless).

Honestly though I'd rather see snare/root land maybe 50% of the time, but with hugely decreased duration. Why make spells completely useless?

[Infectious]

My alt has 152 mr... I was rooted 2 out of 5 last night. That is at lvl 29, by a lvl 8 spell. Only lasted maybe 10 secs tops, but it had me going wtf...

[Faerie]

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

My alt has 152 mr... I was rooted 2 out of 5 last night. That is at lvl 29, by a lvl 8 spell. Only lasted maybe 10 secs tops, but it had me going wtf...

I found that root and snare worked a ton at the lower levels (even twinks), but on 55+ it's nearly impossible to land.

[Something'Witty]

I can confirm that last night Syft tried to snare a naked 55 druid (on a CR from another PvP encounter - grats Tune and Ezpk) and snare was resisted.

[Nirgon]

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

Why make spells completely useless?

I found root to be extremely useful when people refused to loot and scoot or had a history of not doing so personally.

Worked great on charmed mobs and pets too.

[Faerie]

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

I found root to be extremely useful when people refused to loot and scoot or had a history of not doing so personally.

Worked great on charmed mobs and pets too.

Everyone LnSed on VZ, but point taken I suppose. I still don't see why root lasting 1-2 seconds on players wouldn't be an option for the spells.

Why go with a strictly classic system when we could make non-classic improvements to it?

[Something'Witty]

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

Honestly though I'd rather see snare/root land maybe 50% of the time, but with hugely decreased duration. Why make spells completely useless?

While trying to teach my wife how to PvP on her druid, she landed ensnare (13 min snare) on my monk a couple of times, and each time the duration was only a few seconds. So I think decreased duration is already in game, at least for some snares.

[Faerie]

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

While trying to teach my wife how to PvP on her druid, she landed ensnare (13 min snare) on my monk a couple of times, and each time the duration was only a few seconds. So I think decreased duration is already in game, at least for some snares.

Oh it for sure is, but I was meaning decrease it even more and let it land more often. Like if a druid dedicated themselves to spamming nothing but snare they could keep a person snared, but if they do anything else it will break.

[Nirgon]

Root landing is almost a guaranteed instant dirt nap in group/raid pvp.

Or death if you are kiting a few mobs.