Rose, the dragons' spells are all AoE and will get you even when you stand
out of healing range of your party. I've learned that it makes no
difference if I stand on the steps (at Nag) or right behind my tanks in
front of the dragon as to damage I take. And you MUST be in healing range
of your party, otherwise why be there? One VERY interesting thing I have
discovered tho......on the last two dragon raids I positioned myself BEHIND
the dragon, almost under his/her butt. Guess what....I did not suffer
nearly the dmg from their spells I did when I was in front of them yet was
still in healing range of my party. And I never got physically hit,
although I rarely do unless I get summoned, then I get clawed big time.
I assume all you dragon hunters out there are aware that in order for your
nukers' spells to not be resisted and do max dmg you must have them
positioned and casting directly UNDER the dragons' bellies? That is the
vulnerable spot, where they are the least resistant and more susceptible to
damage.
Also, Rose..make dang sure you keep BOTH of your Invulnerable spells up when
doing these high level hunts. Divine Aura and Divine Barrier. I have
survived many a dragon raid or a bad FG pull to be able to keep my party
alive by casting one of these on me early enough before I was almost dead.
Be sure to tell your party members when you cast it tho, so another healer
doesn't waste mana trying to heal you.
Mik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose" <rliu@...>
To: <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] Seeking advice...
> From: "Rose" <rliu@...>
>
>
> I want to thank everyone for taking the time to reply to my post. Our
guild
> is doing another dragon run again tonight or planes =( (at least that's
the
> rumor) I am more nervous then I can say. Thanks for all the advise...I've
> printed out all of y'all's replies so I can read it while I play...EGAD
> that's a confidence builder there isn't it?! Good thing the tanks in my
> group won't know ;P
>
> I'll try not to die as much tonight...dont want my friend to come back to
> find she now has a lvl 48 character or something =P
>
> Last night, after dying so much, I started to make sure I kept a really
> really really good distance from the battle. Hope that's the way to do
> it...I was so good at keeping the distance that I couldn't cast at the
tanks
> cause they were "out of range" =/ So I wasted a few precious second trying
> to get closer to the battle to heal while the health bar was going down
> steadily...was too stressful. Then I got close enough, maybe too close,
to
> heal and die...again...*sigh* On the bright side...I was the only one in
my
> group that die majority of the time...all the tanks were kept alive pretty
> well most of the time...can't say the same for the enchanter and the
shammie
> in my group though =/ They went down too fast for me to heal. I'm pretty
> sure I'll get the exact science of this sooner or later =/
>
> I have no idea being a cleric can be this stressful.
>
>
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