On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>
> So basically Chains is like bards in general? An afterthought that's nice
> to have when the real spells fail. I waited 22 levels for this. Sigh,

For mid-blues and lower, Chain is just fine and will work as
well as snare 99% of the time. Chain/Fear is actually better
than Snare/Fear once you get past level 38, and it's better
for stopping green runners since it'll stop them at 50%. The
only time you absolutely need Snare is when you're fighting
high blues or higher and absolutely cannot risk runners.

> maybe I should just give in and play a necro so I can complain about how my
> 400 pt DoT's take a whole minute to happen and my 65 point heal/DD's aren't
> mana efficient because my pet keeps me from ever taking damage. Sighs in
> defeat.

It could be worse. You could be playing one of the 9 other
classes who have to rely on root and stuns to stop runners.
The monks and warriors in my guild are planning a trip to
Permafrost to try to get some of those webs which have 3
charges of root.

--
John H. Kim
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