On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Ryan Honeyman wrote:

>
> > So, now that Dragon Fear strips buffs (cancel magic/pillage enchantment
> > whatever), everyone is gonna pile on as many useless buffs as possible - 15,
> > 20 whatever - exactly what the so-called exploiters were doing.
>
> Which does absolutely nothing, as pillage enchantment strips buffs
> seemingly randomly. My first buff was Illusion: DE yet he stripped
> my Agility and Strength in the first attack (which both were in the
> middle of my buff list).

Still, with a bunch of "useless" buffs up, you lessen the
chance that he will strip your usefull buffs.

> The new AE Fear also bugs casters as once they are hit, there is
> a chance they will not be able to cast spells. (You have not
> recovered... permanently) With our casters in this state, it
> was pure melee that brought the dragon to the 'Lord' in Lord
> Nagafen. But it was without healing and nuking, umm hehe there's only
> so much the melee peeps can do. Too bad the programmers at Verant
> cannot get their stuff straight. It's a shame the players have
> to pay for their constant mistakes.

If PC fear spells made it so mobs couldn't cast, you can bet
they'd fix that yesterday. :(

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John H. Kim
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