Well oaky it determines how many times you hit your opponent
someone want to inform me on how this affects recovering from
interruptions???
-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Katz <
hkatz@...>
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Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] Question about dexterity
>From: Harry Katz <hkatz@...>
>
>ok...i dont know whether dex helps in casting...but i do know that DEX does
>NOT affect your ability to
>avoid a hit...that is AGILITY.....dexterity helps in hitting your target.
>IMO clerics should get there wisdom up...
>at higher levels, we rarely melee and AC, at least in my experiences,
>becomes less important...Bronze armor sucks anyway....i would much rather
>have the extra mana to cast a few heals then the extra AC a higher wt
>allowance will give me...and in the group environment, which is the norm at
>higher levels (especially for clerics), if you have good tanks, you
>shouldnt be taking hits for very long anyway....just my opinion :0
>
>Dank Skunksage
>the Rathe
>
>
>At 02:37 PM 7/14/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>From: "The Scotts" <jtscott@...>
>>
>> Okay I see what your saying since DEX does effect how often
your
>>opponent misses and you hit of course it will increase you chances of not
>>being intterupted because the opponent will miss more often but to say it
>>effects you recovery directly is not true indirectly yes but directly no
>>thats what the skill Channaling is for to help you recover when hit while
>>casting a spell>>Also you cannot compare a wizard to a cleric there
casting
>>time is half ours which leaves little room for the opponent to hit them
>>while casting plus they are pure mage users yeas we can also be considered
a
>>pure mage user but think about it we are better fighters than other mage
>>users but not as good as warriors but we are not comparible to wizards in
>>spellcasting in any way..
>>Personally I think clerics shopuld not worry abnout mana as much as
getting
>>there STR up cus face it all of you right now probaly cannot wear full
>>bronze even (and this is a big probaly)unless of course you already have
STr
>>increasing items.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Heather M. Daley <blushn@...>
>>To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
>>Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 1:52 PM
>>Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] Question about dexterity
>>
>>
>>>From: "Heather M. Daley" <blushn@...>
>>>
>>>2 Extra bars of Mana????? I find that impossible, I have tested the
Wisdom
>>>item theory. Let me say this my base Wisdom was 89, with all the items I
>>>had that added wisdom, i was at 124.
>>>I conducted a test...I removed all of my Wisdom granting items so my wis
>>was
>>>89. I began to cast Greater healing ( I did not fizzle) I was able to
cast
>>>it 5 times( 150 per cast).....I then tried to cast Holy Might ( 35 per
>>>cast ) and was unbable to.....
>>>
>>>I then put all of my WIS items back on so my wis was 124 i once again
cast
>>>greater healing 5 times ( no fizzle 150 per cast)....with the BS MANA I
had
>>>left over i was able to cast ONE holy might (35 MANA) and one flash of
>>light
>>>(12 MANA). SO, with this test i have decided that instead of using ALL my
>>>item slots to try to bring up wisdom, which is a complete waste of time,
I
>>>would get some really good wis Items( like plus 6 wis ring, Adementite
>>>epolets, ETC) and i would replace some items with DEX, yes DEX
increasings
>>>items.
>>>
>>>DEX does directly affect your ability to cast while being hit, not to
>>>mention if you have a weapon that randomly casts an effect, DEX plays a
>>>great part in how Often it works. I have seen it make a difference with
>>our
>>>regular gnome wizard, who naturally has a high DEX( she is over 115)She
can
>>>literally cast almost any spell while being hit,I will estimate that she
is
>>>interrupted only 10% of the time, I have seen her Gate from terrible
>>>situations while being completely pounded and my in-game husband, has
found
>>>great success with his DEX over 105 now, Our Paladins DEX is 117, and
even
>>>though he has no DD spells, his Ghoulbane is much much more effective
>>>against the undead, My DEX is now 100 and I have seen a difference in my
>>>casting, then gnome and I were medding in Soluseks eye ons day when
someoen
>>>trained a boat load of nasties by us, they took an extreme liking to me,
I
>>>was able to cast greater heal on myself 5 successive times without being
>>>interrupted.
>>>So, that is my rant, i feel very strongly about it, WIS is good don't get
>>me
>>>wrong, but there will NEVER be a way to add enough wisdom to make a
really
>>>big difference in the Mana that I have. SO i sacfrifice a small amount of
>>>mana, while gaining a better ability to help people while in battle, I
>>think
>>>the trade off is fair. By the way, Yes channeling is a great factor in
>>>recovering as well.
>>>
>>>Bree Wyndsdale
>>>36th Cleric of Fennin Ro
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Mystik <mystik@...>
>>>To: EQ-Clerics@onelist.com <EQ-Clerics@onelist.com>
>>>Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 8:02 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] Question about dexterity
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: Mystik <mystik@...>
>>>>
>>>>well, me personally, i think it's channelling that helps you recover
from
>>>being hit and still
>>>>casting.....i could be wrong, but i believe that's what it is....also,
>>>later on, it's
>>>>important to have as much mana as you can, so i'd invest in wis adding
>>>items......believe me,
>>>>that can go along way....for example, i died today <yeah i know i'm not
>>>supposed to do that,
>>>>but it happens>....well, when i got back and looted my corpse, from all
>>the
>>>wis adding items
>>>>i have, it gave me 2 extra bars of mana....base wis 95 and with items,
>>>138....this was on lv
>>>>40, so it does make a difference
>>>>
>>>>Mystix Spellchaser
>>>>lv 41 human/DE <thanx to my new toy (; >
>>>>cleric of The Rathe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Olli Haapam�ki wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Olli Haapam�ki <olli.haapamaki@...>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have question to you fellow clerics that would like to have a clear
>>>answer to. The
>>>>> question is that does dexterity effect in spellcasting any way? Does
it
>>>make us
>>>>> to recover from mobs interrupting our spellcasting better? I have
heard
>>>some
>>>>> clerics claim this. I have a dex of 98 and i do find it quite often
that
>>>even if critters
>>>>> hit me HARD i am able to cast a healing spell. I have even gated
several
>>>times
>>>>> out from a heated battle while being hit for a total of 70 dmg.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just thinking if buying those jewellery craft items that raise dex are
>>>worth it :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Iyenya Goldenheart
>>>>> Lvl 27 dwarf cleric
>>>>> Innoruuk server
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