Venril Sathir question/discussion.

[regatta]

You don't remember hiding around the corner to avoid the mez? For casters/clerics at least. It wasn't a game-breaking thing but it was there.

[Alawen Everywhere]

I remember the mez. It was never a big deal in the fights because it could be broken by doting yourself or crimson potions, which is why most people probably don't remember it. And what Burple said--the casters all hid behind the entrance wall.

[Rais]

Ok I think I do remember that, not 100% sure tho. I remember running around to the corner of his room when we did it,but it could be just for the placement. Don't think I was ever hit by it since I was a pansy wizard running around. Thanks for the old time memories!

[Ruinous]

I do not recall VS ever having the ability to mez. As my memory serves, wizards could solo him at some point. I never heard of them complaining that he kept mezzing them.

I'm also digging through archived eqbestiary pages for him. They don't seem to add spells used to later on, but in all of the strategies posted by members on his page from the 2000-2001 era, they mention only the rune. Perhaps this is because he has relatively low HP if the fight is done correctly? Not sure. I've had some failed attempts on him back in the day and never got mezzed.

[guineapig]

Couple questions because we killed him very infrequently on live and have no recollection of the encounter:

Deadly Lifetap - Magic based lure (1500) (Resist Gear - His Lifetap is near unresistable, no resist gear needed. Tank needs around 225 MR to have resist chance.)

This comment seems to contradict itself..

Also the mez that Nilbog linked is a PB AoE mez, not a single target one. Which one would have been classic?

There is a comment in 2006 about him being soloed with no mez but the poster commented that maybe he only uses the AoE mez when there are multiple people in range or on his hate list? I don't honestly know, just digging around.

[Ruinous]

Sathir's Mesmerization doesn't get added to EQBestiary until 2004 - this is the first time anyone even mentions it on his page as well. Someone asks if it is a new effect added in for the OOW era. Still pretty vague as even in 2004 his only effect listed is the Mes and not Deadly Lifetap. However it would seem to lean towards the side of him not having it until later if nobody else mentions getting mez'd until that time.

[Ruinous]

And now looking through Lucy spell history, it was added to that database in 2002 - however it seemed to be heavily modified in the 2004 era as mentioned in my post above.

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spellhist...34&source=Live

Perhaps it was in but not functioning yet? No idea what those changes mean, however this one strikes me as being most valid:

2004-09-14 10:08 Changed Npc_usefulness from to 18

[guineapig]

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

And now looking through Lucy spell history, it was added to that database in 2002 - however it seemed to be heavily modified in the 2004 era as mentioned in my post above.

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spellhist...34&source=Live

Perhaps it was in but not functioning yet? No idea what those changes mean, however this one strikes me as being most valid:

2004-09-14 10:08 Changed Npc_usefulness from to 18

Just a heads up, nothing exists in Lucy before 2002. Not saying you guys are wrong about it being added to his spell list in 2004 but the spell itself existed years before.

[guineapig]

These are all the spells with VS's name in the title:

At any point in time these could have been swapped out for others (ignore the 3 SK spells):

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spelllist...rchtext=Sathir

Any of the spell descriptions sound familiar to anyone?


(EDIT: Looks like a few of those spells were added in 2005... oh well)

[Chippy]

The mez is classic, he does have a single target mez. I remember getting mezzed on my cleric. He got nerfed sometime later when EQ was going through that whole dumbing down phase. Lemme try to find the patch for you.