Ring of Cold possibly fixed on Test

[roarfrost]

<DIV>Wizard changes: <BR>- Ring of Cold should now correctly snare the target.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've been saying its broke for a while, hopefully its actually fixed.</DIV> <DIV>BTW, as of this post, the official test server update notes have not been posted yet.<BR>Thats taken from another post in test forum.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Edit: apprently no love for Protoflame though :/</DIV><p>Message Edited by roarfrost on <span class=date_text>05-19-2005</span> <span class=time_text>01:41 PM</span>

[Meld]

As I stated on the test forum... Yes, of COURSE this is the first thing thats fixed for wizards... Lets see.. Screwed up epic resists? Noooooo.. Spells that are broken so as to be unuseable? Nooooo.... Oh I know, A damage to power factor that makes Evoker robes and G.E. Boots manditory? Nooo..... Lets go and fix the spell that does MORE than its supposed to!!! WooHoo!!!

[TheWhiteRaid]

<P>Hey I am not objecting to this I have been pointing it out for a while.   </P> <P>I agree this is not the most important, but hey it beats nothing.  </P>

[QQ-Fatman]

<DIV>To make this useful, they need to remove the dot effect of ring of cold. Otherwise, we have to manually cancel ring of cold anyway <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[TooFarGo]

<span><blockquote><hr>QQFatman wrote:<div>To make this useful, they need to remove the dot effect of ring of cold. Otherwise, we have to manually cancel ring of cold anyway <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><hr></blockquote> errmm....what?  I'll take all the DoTs I can get.</span><div></div>

[Beghard]

"To make this useful, they need to remove the dot effect of ring of cold. Otherwise, we have to manually cancel ring of cold anyway <img src="../../i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16">[because the dot efect brakes the extra several seconds of bind that truss gives us]" The dot will brake the first half of truss. With no dots on Truss can cold a mob in place long nuff for us to get power or wait for anotherspell timer to come back. <div></div>

[aa]

Yes, removing the dot effect would rock.  I did not know you could cancel it, I will have to check this out.  The spell would be more useful if it did not break truss when I cast it after. 

[Lady Uaelr]

I am sorry, but what was wrong with this spell?

[adamflanagan]

<span><blockquote><hr>Lady Uaelrea wrote:I am sorry, but what was wrong with this spell? <div></div><hr></blockquote>the root broke at 27 seconds instead of 36</span><div></div>

[TheWhiteRaid]

<DIV>RoC was intended to snare the target once it breaks, but insted it rasies their our of combat speed. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[TooFarGo]

<div></div><span><blockquote><hr>Beghard wrote:"To make this useful, they need to remove the dot effect of ring of cold. Otherwise, we have to manually cancel ring of cold anyway <img src="../../i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16">[because the dot efect brakes the extra several seconds of bind that truss gives us]" The dot will brake the first half of truss. With no dots on Truss can cold a mob in place long nuff for us to get power or wait for anotherspell timer to come back. <div></div><hr></blockquote> Then don't use truss =P Seriously, I use Frozen Manacles (Ad3) on all remaining mobs a few seconds before RoC breaks. Heck, I even use Truss. Even when the mob is hit by the DoT, Truss's secondary effect holds them for several seconds...time enough to get another Frozen Manacles off.  Use your minor regens (I currently use Intromission) and Frozen Manacles/Truss/etc. until RoC is ready to be cast again. Then, cast RoC, use your DoTs/Immo, and cast your major mana regen spell.  Works well for me (barring resists, heh), even on heroic mobs with 5 members.  Yes, you get really close to low power, and yes sometimes mobs resist, but thats the fun of it =P.  Be sure to position yourself so that you can run if needed. RoC is still definately very very useful.  However, I do agree that removing the DoT would make it easier to keep a mob rooted.  Now, if they would increase the DoT, or make the mob very slow as a secondary effect.... =)</span><div></div><p>Message Edited by TooFarGone on <span class=date_text>05-23-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:06 AM</span>

[KelemGarima]

<DIV>Hmm, what do you think the chances are that the unbreakable root has now become breakable but with a snare secondary effect? That would be awesome.....</DIV>

[notyou]

<P>Ummm... I'm at work... and not quite the right level yet...</P> <P>Please confirm this isnt true.</P>

[adamflanagan]

so.... now the patch is live, what difference is there with RoC? i would test it myself but im on an EU server so we dont get the patch til tomorrow <div></div>

[Fizby]

<DIV>Ok i just want to confirm this. RoC does still root the targets right. From how it was put it almost looked like they were saying it no longer roots the targets but just slows them.</DIV>

[notyou]

<DIV>I think we can probably assume it still works fine... otherwise the boards would be full of complaining about how it sucks now. As it is, they are silent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So its probably ok. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[TooFarGo]

Confirmed. It does snare. haven't figured out how long yet,but its there. Dunno if they fixed it from breaking either yet, I forgot to watch =P <div></div>

[Beghard]

Ied like to say that you do need to cast truss. it gives nuff time to cast our self stun pwr regen, thereby saving some HP for thoose long fights with lvl 50^^ mobs. <div></div>