Power Word Stun downgraded in arena?

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Power Word Stun downgraded in arena?

Postby Zalkenai » Wed Jul 03, 2002 11:47 am

This was quite possibly the only way I had a chance in the arena, now it's not as powerful...

So I can't even stun players to give me a chance...

Why must the arena be completely unfair to mage types? My spells do barely any damage if I even get a chance to get them off.

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Postby Zoldren » Wed Jul 03, 2002 7:41 pm

lol i been yelling for months Image do a search for arena ..00..
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Postby Zalkenai » Wed Jul 03, 2002 8:04 pm

I read your posts prior to this Zoldren. They were about power word kill, not stun.

Power word stun worked last time I was in the arena, (after your posts) now... it says "they are too powerful to stun this way"

Those are the two most useless spells outside of the arena, must they be useless inside as well? Or maybe the gods would like to give us some replacement 7th and 8th circle spells? <-- I like that idea.

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Postby Guest » Wed Jul 03, 2002 11:15 pm

This hasn't been changed. However, it's probably a result of larger amount of hitpoint on your opponents in the arena.
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Postby Izizimmez » Thu Jul 04, 2002 1:16 am

You want to talk about the arena being unbalanced, look at Illithids. When the arena first came in we were kicking ass and taking names. A nerf was well deserved as our skills weren't player balanced. But now... sheesh. Axx tested ultrablast on me the other day, our most powerful skill (although I admit he didn't have it extremely high, in the high 60's I think I heard him say..). Well, anyway, the first one I completely ignored, but I'm a squid, so I figure that isn't common with everyone. The second one hit me full on, for a total of *drum roll* 45hp!

I've rarely seen a squid beat anyone in the arena in a long while. I've even gone mano a mano with a troll warrior who started at awful who still walloped me. Although he was highly geared compared to me and around 10 levels higher..

I'd like to test things out more, but that'll have to wait until I'm bigger I suppose.

Oh, and I have no idea about power word stun duration. Image Izizimmez was here.

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Postby Yayaril » Thu Jul 04, 2002 5:40 am

I wish normal mob ultrablasts did 65 damage, instead of their normal 500.

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Postby Axxsinlazzam » Fri Jul 05, 2002 1:52 am

After working on my Ultrablast skill (master lvl now).
I did around 150 damage to a player about 10 levels lower than me.
But to show you how badly our skills have been nerfed.
Xseressele mrizzisillsie and myself (i know, i misspelled the other illithids names
but damn they are kinda hard to remember. Image )
Well anyway, it was 3 illithids against 2 drow casters.
We go our tentacles handed to us on a silver platter.
The description of Ultrablaster says that this skill is equal to the most powerful
mage spells, that may not be true.
But as a class we severly suck in the arena.

Just my 2 cents.

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Postby Guest » Fri Jul 05, 2002 8:23 am

DON'T, and i'll repeat for the deaf, DON'T try and use the arena as any kind of effective spell/skill/ability test in comparring with everything else. You'll get inaccurate wrong results almost every time. The arena is meant for fun, use it as that.

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Postby Zalkenai » Fri Jul 05, 2002 8:47 am

Agreed. I know my spells do more damage in game play... but you just said yourself that the arena is for fun.

It would be fun to not _constantly_ get my ass handed to me.

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Postby Zoldren » Fri Jul 05, 2002 12:11 pm

is it ok if i post here, some spell damage i have tested OUTSIDE of the arena?
inferno
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