Para procs are totally stupid, here's why

Jurdex · Postby **Jurdex** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 4:12 am

<> w
The Back of a Large Cave
Room size: Large (L:50 ft W:50 ft H:20 ft)
Exits: -E
Drakur (Barbarian) stands, inches above the surface here.
A doppleganger of Hildippie stands here.
Hildippie Shadows of Imphras (Gnome) stands, inches above the surface here.
You sense a lifeform nearby.
You sense a lifeform nearby.
An snow elf druid stands here conversing with his friend.
An snow elf druid stands here conversing with his friend.
A bored jabberwock stands here, fighting Hildippie.
Treladian enters from the east.
Verarb enters from the east.
Lirela enters from the east.
Nlariar enters from the east.

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<>
An snow elf druid starts casting a spell called 'protection from gas'.

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<>
An snow elf druid completes her spell...
An snow elf druid utters the words, 'protection from acid'

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<>
Drakur sends an snow elf druid sprawling with a powerful bash.

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<>
An snow elf druid stops chanting abruptly!

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<>
Drakur defends against an attack from an snow elf druid.
Drakur attacks an snow elf druid, landing three hits.
Hildippie defends against two attacks from a bored jabberwock .
A bored jabberwock turns and stares at Lirela, who ceases all movement abruptly...
gsay Lirela is frozen!!!

Treladian sends an snow elf druid sprawling with a powerful bash.

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<>
Penshah enters from the east.
Verarb starts casting an offensive spell called 'sunray'.

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<> You group-say 'Lirela is frozen!!!'

< 1208h/1208H 120v/121V >
<> kill jabberwock
You miss a bored jabberwock with your hit.

< 1208h/1208H 121v/121V >
< T: Hildippie TC: excellent E: jabberwock EC: few scratches >
Verarb completes his spell...
Verarb utters the words, 'sunray'

An snow elf druid seems to be blinded!

Verarb's sunray hits four targets, one was outside of the area.
Nlariar starts casting a spell called 'group heal'.

< 1208h/1208H 121v/121V >
< T: Hildippie TC: excellent E: jabberwock EC: few scratches >
Holnar flies in from the east.

< 1208h/1208H 121v/121V >
< T: Hildippie TC: excellent E: jabberwock EC: few scratches >
Holnar starts casting a spell.

< 1208h/1208H 121v/121V >
< T: Hildippie TC: excellent E: jabberwock EC: few scratches >
Ashiwi attacks an snow elf druid, landing four hits.
You miss a bored jabberwock with your hit.
Treladian attacks an snow elf druid, landing two hits.
Hildippie attacks a bored jabberwock , landing two hits.
Drakur defends against an attack from an snow elf druid.
Drakur attacks an snow elf druid, landing two hits.
Hildippie defends against two attacks from a bored jabberwock .
A bored jabberwock turns and stares at you with his massive unblinking eyes and
you are rooted to the spot, paralyzed to the bone.

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Two rounds and both clerics are down? snort. This is a common occurrence.

Hmm, make the eldritch hard to get.

I'm down with that.

At least make the fight fun so it is worth the exp loss. I don't mind getting spanked, but I am sure you can come up with more imaginative ways to do so than this.

Dornax
Jurdex

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The Raven of Wisdom

Est Sularus Oth Mithas
"My Honor is My Life"

Yayaril · Postby **Yayaril** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 4:25 am

This proc wouldn't be so annoying if it was resistable.

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-Yayaril

Gromikazer · Postby **Gromikazer** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:49 am

Hrmm, I did this fight last night with no deaths. Hey even the level 26 with me didn't die.

Then again out of 12-15 times i've lead tf... 9-10 of them have been with 0-1 deaths.

Just kill jabber first.. he dies REALLY fast

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Gromikazer Terrorforge -Veldruk- Orbdrin D'oloth

Yayaril · Postby **Yayaril** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:56 am

You're right Gromikazer. We're just too dumb to fight the jabberwock correctly. Our problem is obviously that we don't have you for our leader!!

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-Yayaril

Gromikazer · Postby **Gromikazer** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 9:41 am

I never said such a thing yayaril. Then again, you can continue to be BBS troll and flame anyone that comes along.

I don't think jabberwock needs to be downgraded. Its significantly hard for the eq it pans out. Thats my opinion, but everyone has one.

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Gromikazer Terrorforge -Veldruk- Orbdrin D'oloth

Karikhan · Postby **Karikhan** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 3:06 pm

harsh Yaya!

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Ambar -= Squishin de Squid =-

Jurdex · Postby **Jurdex** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 4:03 pm

Gromikazer, I know how to do the fight. I've done it every conceivable way. The para proc makes it a crapshoot. I never take invokers so he para's my chanters and clerics right away.

Maybe you guys do more damage than us, who knows, but its generally a crapshoot if we win the fight cuz of the para proc.

Dornax
Jurdex

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The Raven of Wisdom

Est Sularus Oth Mithas
"My Honor is My Life"

Jegzed · Postby **Jegzed** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 5:47 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jurdex:
Gromikazer, I know how to do the fight. I've done it every conceivable way. The para proc makes it a crapshoot. I never take invokers so he para's my chanters and clerics right away. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry Dornax for being rude.
But your post explains WHY you get spanked there.

/Jegzed

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/Jegzed - Sorcere Master - Crimson Coalition

Corth · Postby **Corth** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:06 pm

yah who need healing when you have invokers?!

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Goddamned slippery mage.

Yayaril · Postby **Yayaril** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:20 pm

I think Dornax's post revolves around the fact that the fight isn't much fun, not that it's tough. He said that himself- he's down with it being tough. He's just saying that the proc is really annoying and takes the fun out of the battle when you are sitting there frozen. It's wonderful that you can do the fight without any deaths and are all uber and stuff, Gromikazer, but that wasn't the point of his post. I followed up with a suggestion that would make this fight more 'fun'. It annoys me when mobs have an ability that can't be saved against. What's the point of having saving throws if they don't ever come into effect?

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-Yayaril

Jegzed · Postby **Jegzed** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 6:37 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Corth:
yah who need healing when you have invokers?!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The proc targets invokers primarily. Bring 3 of them, and you're clerics wont get targetted

Not bringing invokers here and complain that its guaranteed spanks = not bringing a displacer to padashaw.

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/Jegzed - Sorcere Master - Crimson Coalition

torkur · Postby **torkur** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 7:08 pm

Wait, so you bring invokers along only to get para'd? Wow, now I feel useful......

rylan · Postby **rylan** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 9:36 pm

pit fiend fight in MD = mucho fun

jabber fight = not so fun

I doubt if there are 3 goodie zone-level invokers on at the same time.. rofl

torkur · Postby **torkur** » Sat Apr 20, 2002 9:59 pm

Hehe, for those of us with CS and other school projects, time is precious atm.....

Wait until after finals and I'll play Jabber-bitch anytime you need me too.....as long as I get an eldritch or two after the first 20-30 trips to make up for the guaranteed deaths.

Jurdex · Postby **Jurdex** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 7:05 am

Yayaril said it best.

Mob procs that can't be saved against generally are no fun. Heck, Lord Entropis' blind proc is kinda cool, because you can readily correct the proc. Thrym's proc is acceptable because you can be blinked out and wear !summon. Para procs like Jabbers are like the epitome of boring. I am not in favor of making the fight easier, it should be darn tough. However, I did want the fight to be more fun, that's all.

By the way, you don't need invokers for any zone. I am a huge advocate of melee damage over invoker damage. Also, I do Padashaw without displace all the time.

Dornax
Jurdex

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The Raven of Wisdom

Est Sularus Oth Mithas
"My Honor is My Life"

Gormal · Postby **Gormal** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 2:36 pm

Dornax is sloppy enough...he doesnt need help in zones

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"Forward Mithrilguard!"

moritheil · Postby **moritheil** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 4:54 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Yayaril:
You're right Gromikazer. We're just too dumb to fight the jabberwock correctly. Our problem is obviously that we don't have you for our leader!!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Your problem is that I was not leading, for then, you would surely be resigned to death already.

Waelos · Postby **Waelos** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 6:28 pm

Hrmm, Jurd/Dorn ? You mentioned how you can adjust for Thrym's nasty little proc. . . its pretty much the same thing as Jabber's isn't it? You could blink out para'd people =] And/or have folk wear prot eq and pre-consent a ranger (or another class) for a dispel magic so they can jump right back into the fight. (Those effects are dispellable, I believe. don't recall atm). Anyway =) Everyone's experience is different. . . I think I've died at jabber once or twice this wipe. . .so chalk it up to luck I suppose. Just my 2 cents!

Lost

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Jurdex · Postby **Jurdex** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 10:33 pm

In that particular fight where Lirela and I got para'd in the first 20 seconds, I was blinked out. Jabber then roared and walked east and my group was w fighting the elves while Jabber slowly killed me.

This thread can die though, since apparently I am the only one who ever spanks on Jabber. :P

Dornax
Jurdex

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The Raven of Wisdom

Est Sularus Oth Mithas
"My Honor is My Life"

torkur · Postby **torkur** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 11:11 pm

They just said the trick to jabber is to take more invokers to avoid spanks. You said you don't like grouping invokers. Kind of a mute point then.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Sun Apr 21, 2002 11:41 pm

You people can relax a bit, fixing Jabber is on the list. Its going to take a while to balance out, and expect it to actually get harder, it won't be quite as cheesy with para, but it will get harder.

I've started a new job recently, so my changes are going to be a bit more spread out, but they will get it, you can be assured of that.

-Garg

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Gargauth the Outcast

Baikalisan · Postby **Baikalisan** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 12:51 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by rylan:


I doubt if there are 3 goodie zone-level invokers on at the same time.. rofl<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Same on evil side. We are having a good night to have more than one around.

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Baikalisan - Valsharess Elg'Caress - Orbdrin D'oloth

belleshel · Postby **belleshel** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 3:17 pm

Im glad to see the proc going away, I'd rather see a dozen more druids added to that fight then watch key groupmates removed from the fight in the first round from something we can't prevent

Whats an invoker?

moritheil · Postby **moritheil** » Mon Apr 22, 2002 4:31 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by belleshel:
Im glad to see the proc going away, I'd rather see a dozen more druids added to that fight then watch key groupmates removed from the fight in the first round from something we can't prevent

Whats an invoker?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shudder... snow elf dr00ds r0x0r all.

Para procs are totally stupid, here's why

Para procs are totally stupid, here\'s why

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