could have been a specific incident. i haden't been above the surface for
hours, i never attacked this judi, and he just kept blasting me. by the
time i knew what was happening it was too late. took a while talking with
the GM, and having him talk to my group, but he said it was indeed a bug.
Shada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle [mailto:ksibbald@...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 4:31 PM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] More OT stuff: Invisibility
>
>
> From: "Kyle" <ksibbald@...>
>
> I think you got lucky, had a very sympathetic GM, or
> are a really good
> talker. I've heard from Beta friends that this particular
> double standard
> was implemented back in beta because some spellcasters were levitating
> themselves, running off the nearest cliff, and shelling mobs
> with direct
> damage spells from what effectively constituted as a 'safe
> zone'. To fix
> this they enabled mobs to attack you across any vertical distance.
> I suppose there could be two additional solutions to
> correct this
> inconsistency.
>
> 1. Disallow casting when levitated. Nah. That would
> totally screw over
> casters in the plane of Air as I understand it.
>
> 2. Allow players to attack mobs across any vertical
> distance. Possible,
> even if it is not really realistic. Imagine a warrior on the ground
> underneath the Aviak Village in South Karana hitting aviaks up in the
> highest building. =/
>
> Good Journey,
>
> Sineras Silverlyre (Cazic-Thule)
>
>
> 8)-----Original Message-----
> 8)From: Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)
> 8)[mailto:Michael.Garramone@...]
> 8)Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 11:50 AM
> 8)To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> 8)Subject: RE: [eqbards] More OT stuff: Invisibility
> 8)
> 8)
> 8)From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)"
> <Michael.Garramone@...>
> 8)
> 8)You should be able to. I got killed by a lizard judicator
> 8)swimming above
> 8)the surface of the avatar room in cazic while i was
> 8)underneath. i convinced
> 8)the GM it was a bug and got ressed.
> 8)
> 8)Shada Silverleaf, Level 50 Bard, Mithaniel Marr
> 8)Erisi, Level 9 Paladin, Mithaniel Marr
> 8)
> 8)
> 8)> The only possible detrimental effect I see of levitate is
> if you are
> 8)> swimming, and suddenly levitated, wouldn't you pop to the
> 8)> surface? Since
> 8)> EQ apparently has a major problem with distinguishing
> 8)> vertical difference,
> 8)> any creature on the bottom of the ocean can attack you as
> 8)> though you were
> 8)> standing on it's head. Very annoying, because that means
> 8)> that you can't
> 8)> attack it, but it can attack you. *ahem* Nice double
> standard here,
> 8)> programmers. Can I report a death like that as a bug, since
> 8)> obviously, the
> 8)> monsters are exploiting it...
> 8)>
> 8)> Talies the Wanderer
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