On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Perhaps a Princess... wrote:

>
> >When there's a good snarer in the group I let them work, but as was
> >mentioned earlier a lot of them have gotten really lazy. They cast once at
> >the beginning and then again when the mob runs. Hell, just let me chain
> >them and save the mana.
>
> Okay. You say casting once at the beginning then again when the mob
> runs makes the druid lazy.
>
> What would make a snarer NOT lazy? (realizing that even Snare takes mana)
> Do you want them to set a timer and snare every 30 seconds? Every 60
> seconds?
>
> What do you expect out of your snarer to not call them lazy?

Lazy = refusing to change your standard MO (snare at beginning
of fight, forget about it) when a better alternative is
available that requires a little more work (let bard Chain to
slow the mob's attacks, then snare when he says the Chain is
off).

Another reason not to snare at the beginning is dispels. A
lot of high level casting mobs tend to buff themselves to the
hilt. I haven't tested this formally, but dispel seems to
dispel things you haven't cast. Since it's usually an
enchanter doing mass dispels, that means you're snare will be
gone.

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John H. Kim
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