On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Ryan Honeyman wrote:

>
> Well all the tools I've seen to analyze the spells conclude that
> chains and shiftless deeds are equivalent in the attack speed
> amount, and togors falls a little behind them. This just isn't
> the case. With togors/shiftless on an npc, I can count seconds
> before they attempt to swing. With chains, it's kinda like a
> small visual decrease but nothing fancy. Chains is nice for
> the mobility effect, but can be outdone by other atkspeed spells.

Chain (and Largo's) is a 30% slowdown. Mob attacks go from
3.0 seconds to 3.9 seconds. I've timed this 4 or 5 times
(people keep insisting it doesn't slow attacks, or it slows by
more, or that the two stack, and I retest it in case it's been
changed :). I haven't timed Torgors, but subjectively I'd put
it at close to 100% (i.e. attacks take twice as long).

The champ by far is Mort Drowsy. I'd estimate it as a 400%
slowdown *and* it's area effect. Makes Mortuary Fungi a great
pet to charm against melee mobs. :)

> I need someone to confirm these conclusions. I'd prefer the tests
> be done on ice giants, because it is glaringly evident when they
> attack if their speed is normal, chained, or togors/shiftless.

Why ice giants? So far, all the mobs I've seen, unless they
have a weapon or are buffed, swing once every 3.0 seconds.
It's far easier to test it on level 1 mobs that can't double
attack. Just let it beat on you, chain/torgors it, and time
how long it takes between hits. Or duel a shaman/enchanter
and time your own swings.

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John H. Kim
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