Why do they nerf in the first place?
Ok, at first it has to do with 'balancing the classes' - ok so by now it's
pretty damn close as to what it's ever gonna be. But anti-kite changes are
something different.
Do you suppose they see a few (ok 30% or so) druids using a technique that
their class allows to make some good progress - and they decide that they
have to nerf because "druids are not _supposed_ to be that powerful."
I think it all boils down to they are scared that players will level too
fast and thus blow through the game too soon and thus the $10/mo too
quickly. But making the game even MORE boring is not the way to keep
players. What I can't understand is why they purposely make the really
boring stuff - the way to progress.
Sylly
-----Original Message-----
From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:
Dean_Kimes@...]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 12:29 PM
To: '
eqbards@onelist.com'
Subject: RE: [eqbards] re: Fear/Chain, is not cheesy
From: "Kimes, Dean W." <
Dean_Kimes@...>
Sorry, was commenting to the most recent post in the thread.
I don't have a
problem with it either, just wondered why anyone was
questioning Fear/Chains
valididty or calling it cheesy when its no different from
Fear/Root which
Enchanters can do at much lower level. I agree with you it
seems perfectly
valid to me.
Kitasi
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Roach [mailto:
mroach@...]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:15 AM
To: '
eqbards@onelist.com'
Subject: RE: [eqbards] re: Fear/Chain, is not cheesy
From: Mike Roach <
mroach@...>
Its not, but what is your point? I am just expressing my
personal opinion,
not saying that anyone agrees or disagrees. I don't have a
problem with
Fear/Root either. Maybe I am missing something...
-Faras
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:Dean_Kimes@...]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 12:20 PM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] re: Fear/Chain, is not cheesy
>
>
> From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
> Ok I am confused, how is this any different from
Fear/Root?
>
>
> From: Mike Roach <mroach@...>
>
> I personally believe that chain/fear is a valid tactic,
why not?
>
> I do not have the occasion to use this combo often as I
> mostly adventure in
> groups but it did save my hide once in Unrest vs. a con
> Yellow barbed bone
> caster and even though I would not have known to try it if
I
> had not learned
> it from this list, I was still amazed and ran around
telling
> all my friends
> that I solo'd a barbed for days to come. I had never
solo'd
> a con Yellow
> mob in all my levels before that and was I think 24th or
25th
> at the time.
>
> Maybe we need to hush up about this one before it gets
nerfed
> like the other
> overused kiting thingy - someone is going to get upset and
> take this edge
> away from us.
>
> Faras "the drunken bard" Tar'Linedhel
> E'ci (26th for 3rd week now, but I can brew a mean load of
Fish Wine)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CYR, Thierry [mailto:tcyr@...]
> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 11:50 AM
> > To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> > Subject: [eqbards] re: Fear/Chain, is not cheesy
> >
> >
> > From: "CYR, Thierry" <tcyr@...>
> >
> > speaking of fear/chain, i was running to rathe mountains
and
> > on my way from
> > freeport saw a ranger getting wooped by Dorn... well
well
> > well payback time.
> > I start pounding away at him with my normal buff songs
and
> > he's doing about
> > the same damage as i am than he is to me, well to hell
with
> > this, i chain
> > him down and fear him, so i took off about half his
health
> > using fear, this
> > tactic is great against cyclops when ya get a druid to
snare
> > it, then fear
> > it and just pound away. Its sad when a level 14 npc is
> > pounding the hell out
> > of a 31th level pc. I just decided to not take any
chances
> > with him. And
> > upon zoning into Sro afterwards, i saw terrorantula, but
was
> > alone and not
> > taking any chances against it, since i would have needed
to
> > charm a giant
> > against it so it was too dangerous for me and my
untrusty ISP.
> >
> > Nothing kills me more then my connectivity.
> >
> > Minkin
> > Sol ro
> > Bard of the 31st level
> >
>
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