The Dot Stack Thread *TM - Page 6

Lovely · #1 11-15-2011, 04:36 PM

I don't even care of Shaman dots stack or not. But there is still no proof about it and if you want it changed then you better find some.

I just attack when people spread false Wizard information!

Castle · #2 11-15-2011, 04:40 PM

Keto, it is very convincing. Earliest Archive is 2002, it's sometime between Vanilla and Velious, but you might of missed my post with several sources from January 2001, only 1 month after Velious' release.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...0&postcount=28

Lovely, once again, whoever has the earliest clear evidence has the strongest case. If that's how it was in Velious and we can't find anything in patch messages or posts between Vanilla and Velious.. why should we believe otherwise? The earliest evidence says they stacked. What proves otherwise?

Wizards have better burst DPS, but yes DoTs are slightly more efficient and Shamans will kill 100k mobs faster than a wizard.

News flash The most HP something in Vanilla had was 32k hp, of which well geared wizard's could theoretically drop 19% with 2k mana... and no wiz or shaman could solo it; and for DPS wizard are always preferable. Your example has no bearing on the issue.

Doors · #3 11-15-2011, 04:44 PM

It's in the Prima Strategy guide for Kunark that shaman can stack poison and disease dots. They can't however stack multiple poison or disease.

Lovely · #4 11-15-2011, 04:49 PM

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It's in the Prima Strategy guide for Kunark that shaman can stack poison and disease dots. They can't however stack multiple poison or disease.

Prima Strategy guide in the lead!

Castle · #5 11-15-2011, 04:49 PM

http://www.amazon.com/EverQuest-Kuna...pr_product_top
Let's look at 13 of 30 Amazon.com reviews from different individuals of the guide.
By the way, the guide's average Amazon rating of is 1 star

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"Apocryphal, or at Least Wildly Inaccurate"
"At first I thought this book was awesome... until I realized how many mistakes (in spelling, missing sections, inaccurate information, incomplete information, etc.) there were."
"Can't compete with the FREE EverQuest web sites!"
"It not half as bad that a lot of people have posted here on the online reviews. That said, there are far too many mistakes in the book to recommend it to new players of the game."
"The maps are inaccurate, and the item tables are VERY incomplete with some magical items listed, but none of the usefull stats on those items are listed. Spells are listed, but casting times and damage amounts are wrong for many of them. The class iformation is wrong, in at least one case listing the wrong prime statistics for a class, which can seriously hurt you later later in the game."
"Most of the information is not even correct. I was extremely dissapointed. Verant should make the publisher recall this book."
"This is not a strategy guide... it is an attempt by Prima to reach into your wallet and remove [the amount of money] for nothing more than a pretty colored cover with the name EverQuest®, and Kunark."
"You know it's a bad sign when the game publisher releases a statement denying any responsibility for the accuracy of the "official" strategy guide before the book publisher even has the guide on store shelves as was the case this time."
"This book has several MAJOR flaws which make it not worth your money at all. First, a good portion of the information is downright wrong. Typoes abound, and zones have been switched from continent to continent." ((Lol, this one made me laugh))
"Full of incorrect information that was obvious had the writers *ever* played the game at all. This is the *official* strategy guide backed by the publisher!"
"If you can use your browser to read this review......then you can also use it to search for websites that have up to date and A-C-C-U-R-A-T-E information on the game of Everquest. To bad the folks who put this book together didn't try that first."
"The facts are wrong. So why buy it?"
"Please, for the sake of your sanity, run FAR away from this book. Save your money, buy 2 more months of EQ instead. Surf and search the web, byou will find more and better (and MORE ACCURATE) information."

Maybe the last reader might of found http://www.notacult.com/guide_trollshaman.html more useful? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Truth · #6 11-15-2011, 04:54 PM

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Here is Blart from classic RZ talking about PvP during the early days. He talks about stacking dots on people.

http://www.notacult.com/guide_trollshaman.html

If there are people out looking for you, it should be assumed they are prepared with generic magic/fire/cold resistances. When attacking prepared opponents, go with disease debuffs, disease spells and direct damage. If they are resisting the disease spell, keep slamming away at the disease debuff – it’s fast casting and will eventually stick on even the most resistant players. Below level 40, few players have good poison resist, so you may want to give poison a shot as well. At level 50, I like to stack two disease dots on them (scourge + plague).

You can't argue against Blart. He was best PvP shaman of the era.

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Castle · #7 11-15-2011, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Lovely

Today, 03:49 PM: Prima Strategy guide in the lead!

It's okay, you musta just missed my post, brah.

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Originally Posted by Castle

Today, 03:49 PM: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...5&postcount=55

Or as one person who reviewed the guide said...

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This book is horrible. It isn't filled with "errata," and it's not rife with mere typographical errors. Simply put, it's atrociously misinformative and is so incorrect on fundamental game issues that I can't believe Verant actually read it. It is wrong--just blatantly WRONG