ray, fumble, and other enchantment spells

[izarek]

Can one of the staff check into enchantment spells like ray, fumble, and stumble. They just dont seem to have much of an effect on mobs (meaning at the level of shady smugglers and navies). When ya add in how infrequently they hit, these dont really add much to battles. Just seems like awhile back (soj2, etc) ray was better. The equivalent cleric spell (usage wise) is blind, and that has a much more significant effect (although about as low of a hit rate).
Anyhow, I'm just wondering if something got tweaked outta proportion with all these offensive/defensive changes.

Izzy

[Ragorn]

My blind hits a significant portion of the time. I was even having 50/50 or better success blinding mobs 20-25 levels higher than me.

- Ragorn
Level 19

[Kiloppile]

The main thing that changed on ray is that Dexterity affects your hitroll and Strength affects your damroll. Since Strength used to affect both, ray did a bit more last wipe.

I have seen these spells used to great effectiveness this wipe. You just have to learn when/where they're useful.

Also, remember that both Clerics and Shamans get spells that help you land spells a bit more often.

[Yayaril]

I use ray quite a bit since it hoses your foe's chances of getting a critical, which will usually go right through my stoneskin, sapping off half my life in one hit..

Yayaril

[Laxlez]

Yeah, ray definitely is of extreme value in certain cases for evils.. Ya got a blind mob that crits like a sonofabitch.. Then if you ray em, you can solo them or do them in small groups and get tons of experience..

[Nassis]

While 'rainbow pattern', 8th illusionist spell, seems to do nothing (or have a duration of about .5 seconds).

(But I'd rather see change self fixed and go have a look in wd.

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nassis:
<B>While 'rainbow pattern', 8th illusionist spell, seems to do nothing (or have a duration of about .5 seconds).

(But I'd rather see change self fixed and go have a look in wd. </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Working on this one atm. (Rainbow Pattern)

[asamoth]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nassis:
<B>While 'rainbow pattern', 8th illusionist spell, seems to do nothing (or have a duration of about .5 seconds).

(But I'd rather see change self fixed and go have a look in wd. </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Here here, I wana wander around in the UD.