Heat Stroke is basically useless?

[notyou]

<DIV>Just curious.. the damage seems really low, and the stifle seems way too uncommon to be worthwhile.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone use this?</DIV>

[Stavenh]

Yes, on any casting mob, and if you have a fast hitter in the group, it's awesome. Basically a 25 second stifle.

[Darkstar]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Stavenham wrote:<BR>Yes, on any casting mob, and if you have a fast hitter in the group, it's awesome. Basically a 25 second stifle. <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You really see it go off that often?  It seems more like 1 in 10 for me ... I find that if I need something stifled its best to use Enfeeblement.

[Stavenh]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> DarkstarII wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Stavenham wrote:<BR>Yes, on any casting mob, and if you have a fast hitter in the group, it's awesome. Basically a 25 second stifle. <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You really see it go off that often?  It seems more like 1 in 10 for me ... I find that if I need something stifled its best to use Enfeeblement. <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>In a group with a scout or monk, yes, i do. usually goes off 3-5 times within a group. When it's me and the paladin, 1-2.<BR>

[Stavenh]

So this weekend we raided the big mob in Zek, Gromzog, crap, can't remember how to spell his name and to lazy to look it up.Any way, using the take out the friends first method, I was using heatstroke on the mobs, so they wouldn't try any of the tricks we use on the players. On one of the friends, I counted 7 times Heat stroke went off in a row, because of all the melees pounding on him.I must be the only wizard that uses this spell. Personally, I like it against casting mobs.

[TooFarGo]

I think I tried it for a few days and never bothered with it again.  Sounds like I should pick it up again?  Heh, its even app1, never bothered to upgrade. Seemed worthless at the time. <div></div>

[Stavenh]

<blockquote><hr>TooFarGone wrote:I think I tried it for a few days and never bothered with it again.  Sounds like I should pick it up again?  Heh, its even app1, never bothered to upgrade. Seemed worthless at the time. <div></div><hr></blockquote>If your main play style is solo, this spell won't do anything for you, since it requires the the mob to be physically struck. But on mobs that can heal the named mob, it's great.A situational spell, but in that right situation, great.

[TooFarGo]

That must be why it never worked, I didnt understand how it worked either.  I thought you cast it and theres 5% chance to stifle...(haven't looked at the text in a while, maybe it was updated). So you're saying you cast it, and during the spells duration *any time a mob member is hit* there is a 5% chance to stifle the (entire?) mob?  Now that sounds much more useful! <div></div>

[Stavenh]

<blockquote><hr>TooFarGone wrote:That must be why it never worked, I didnt understand how it worked either.  I thought you cast it and theres 5% chance to stifle...(haven't looked at the text in a while, maybe it was updated). So you're saying you cast it, and during the spells duration *any time a mob member is hit* there is a 5% chance to stifle the (entire?) mob?  Now that sounds much more useful! <div></div><hr></blockquote>Yes, that is exactly how it works. I'm not sure how long the stifle, when it goes off, lasts, I imagine 1-2 seconds. But when you have 4-8 people beating on a mob, it goes off alot. Enough to effectively stifle a mob for around 20-25 seconds.