There is a Wiz camping in High Hold Pass on Solusek Ro, waiting for the
Named to get that backback that weighs nothing regardless wof what is in
it. Not exactly low level loot when it is always useful. I wish he
would die. Damn you Dorn.
Baelstorm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slithey Tove [SMTP:slithey@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 7:32 PM
> To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] rez question
>
> From: "Slithey Tove" <slithey@...>
>
> Huh? I seriously doubt this, unless a level 30 wizard is stealing from
> a
> level 15 group. That doesn't happen much, because high level people
> aren't
> interested in low level loot. You don't see level 30's, or even level
> 20's,
> camping for mino axes or bronze weapons, for example, even though they
> could
> easily steal them from the level 8's to 15's who want them. The
> problem lies
> with with wizards, and sometimes mages and clerics, stealing from
> groups of
> about their own level. A simple code change could fix this problem.
>
> Heck, even if you have a wizard of the same level in your group, your
> kill
> will be stolen if he gets in one fewer shots, or if his spells get
> resisted
> for a point or two more than the killstealer's, no matter HOW much
> damage
> everyone else in the group combined does. That is really bad design.
>
> Another change that could help is to let everyone know how much damage
> is
> being done by spellcasters. I don't understand why everyone can see
> the
> damage done by every blow by the tanks, but only the spellcaster
> himself can
> see his own damage report. If I could see the damage being inflicted
> by a
> killstealer, I might throw in a few offensive spells to try to stop it
> --
> which I usually don't, saving most of my mana for healing -- but as of
> now,
> I have no idea how much damage is being done, and can't intervene
> effectively. 'So-and-so begins to cast a spell' just gets lost in all
> the
> battle clutter.
>
> Heck, even if you have wizard in your group, he can't know how much
> damage
> is being done by the killstealer and adjust his casts to try to
> counter it.
>
> This is a very dumb situation, and I don't understand why Verant has
> let it
> continue.
>
> == Gilead, 19th level dwarven cleric of Fennin Ro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mr. J Daniels <warpig@...>
> To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 4:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] rez question
>
>
> >From: "Mr. J Daniels" <warpig@...>
> >
> >Even if they made it so a groups combined damage was taken into
> >consideration solo wizards would still get the kill credit. They can
> do
> >so much damage per spell that there really isn't enough HP left on a
> mob
> >for a group total to be more.
> > Verants choice of whoever does the most damage vs. group damage,
> makes
> >no difference.
> >
> >
> >Mr. J Daniels
>
>
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