kim@... wrote:

> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Ryan Honeyman wrote:
> >
> > Not that I'm aware of. But I'm not certain how the server handles
> > dual nature effects. Is 100% slowdown stronger than 30% slowdown
> > with movement reduction? Along the same lines as, is movement
> > reduction (snare) stronger than 30% slowdown and minor movement
> > reduction. I'm just not sure, without extensive testing.
>
> Hmm, you may be right. The only reason I can see for Chain to
> override root is because it also has a slowdown component.
> But that doesn't make sense if you follow my thinking that
> stronger effects should override weaker. Yet if you have
> enchanter celerity and bard celerity, you get the enchanter
> speedup AND the bard stat boost.
>

I think in many cases, the rules are almost arbitrary.

Chains breaks root, yet it is not as great a slowdown effect.

Snare bounces off of something that is chained, even though snare has a greater slowdown effect.

There could be a couple of reasons for this. A root effect is probably a different effect than a movement
reducing effect. Note how rooted creatures behave differently than snared creatures (they always try to
run, rather than fight).

Also, songs could override spells all the time.

I don't know, it's just conjecture.

According to the EQSS spells database, which is the actual spell data file parsed out:

Snare: Mobility -40 - (level * 1.0) http://www.darkflame.org/data.pl?mode=EQSS&uline=ON&snum=242

Chains: Mobility -30
Attack Speed 95
http://www.darkflame.org/data.pl?mode=EQSS&uline=ON&snum=738

Perhaps chains overrides snare because of the attack speed modification.

Note that Root: Mobility -10000
http://www.darkflame.org/data.pl?mode=EQSS&uline=ON&snum=230

Same parameter as the others. So my theory doesn't hold much water. :)

Jyzan