Root spells bugged?

[Landaros]

Hi there,I havent played for a month and I just recognized that my lvl 61 adept3 root spell gets countered everytime after the second attack spell I cast. Anyone else have this problem? Without a root spell its kinda tough to solo in T7 areas due to the lack of maneuvering space on those islands. I tried it against 40+ monsters and its a 100% break chance with the second attack?!!<div></div>

[Bong_water]

the t7 roots are better, even at ad1 they are rarely resisited and takes a few hits to break it if the duration dosent run out first <div></div>

[Faheuc]

<P>the lvl 61 root is a t7 one...</P> <P>yeah roots sometimes seem to break more often than the % on the spell... i usually double up roots if im not fighting solo mobs. even then i have had both of them break on a single spell cast. (or the times when the first root sticks... but then the second root gets resisted AND breaks the first root)</P>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> rebootrequired wrote:<BR> <P>the lvl 61 root is a t7 one...</P> <P>yeah roots sometimes seem to break more often than the % on the spell... i usually double up roots if im not fighting solo mobs. even then i have had both of them break on a single spell cast. (or the times when the first root sticks... but then the second root gets resisted AND breaks the first root)</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>after today's patch you can stack both roots and as long as the root cast doesn't trigger a spell dmg proc it wont break the first root.</P> <P>and you wont get anymore random root breaks that also break the slow sending the mob running at you full speed.</P>

[Brigh]

I love having the KOS collection earring planar orb and grizzlefoshizzle staff for double chance to proc but it can be annoying for them to proc on casting root.

[Bucksno]

<div><blockquote><hr>Brigh wrote:I love having the KOS collection earring planar orb and grizzlefoshizzle staff for double chance to proc but it can be annoying for them to proc on casting root.<hr></blockquote>That's exactly one of the reasons I don't root anymore. I have that earring too so instead of rooting I just blast away and tank them. Thanks to the fact that I took the Strength and Stamina AA lines I have +14% crit chance, high Focus (I don't get interrupted), high Disruption (I don't get resisted), increased mitigation versus physical attacks and an automatic 150 point damage shield on each and every hit (Static Shield). I also have Master II Iceshield so while my targets are successful in giving me some damage, they rarely live to tell about it. And best of all of course, I'm not dependent on roots to survive. </div>

[Landaros]

I guess I have to reconsider my play-style then. Its just sad because I consider the rooting ability as top notch. It was an extremely descent mob control and additional adds being rooted just out of melee range was the [Removed for Content].I chose WIS+INT AA lines...maybe I ll try a respec.<div></div>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<P>with the recent nerf to making spells more resistable after xx levels</P> <P>truss m1 no longer will root mobs lvl 67 + reliably.</P> <P>The crappiest part about this change is that the next tiered adept 3 shackle is WORSE than the m1 i'm being FORCED to replace it with.</P> <P>way to go soe, thanks for once again penalizing me by leveling.  This one chalks right up with the dmg bonus getting fubared as you level</P>

[Brigh]

and here I turned down buying 61 root master for better than 3p not knowing about the resists...

[Bong_water]

<blockquote><hr>IllusiveThoughts wrote:<div></div> <p>with the recent nerf to making spells more resistable after xx levels</p> <p>truss m1 no longer will root mobs lvl 67 + reliably.</p> <p>The crappiest part about this change is that the next tiered adept 3 shackle is WORSE than the m1 i'm being FORCED to replace it with.</p> <p>way to go soe, thanks for once again penalizing me by leveling.  This one chalks right up with the dmg bonus getting fubared as you level</p><hr></blockquote>i dont realy see that as a nerf if your still using truss and trying to root 67+'s with it then you have issues. <div></div>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Bong_water wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote:<BR> <P>with the recent nerf to making spells more resistable after xx levels</P> <P>truss m1 no longer will root mobs lvl 67 + reliably.</P> <P>The crappiest part about this change is that the next tiered adept 3 shackle is WORSE than the m1 i'm being FORCED to replace it with.</P> <P>way to go soe, thanks for once again penalizing me by leveling.  This one chalks right up with the dmg bonus getting fubared as you level</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>i dont realy see that as a nerf if your still using truss and trying to root 67+'s with it then you have issues. <BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>maybe I should explain it for you since you cant grasp why using a previous tiered m1 was better than using an adept 3 of the next tier.</P> <P>1. resistability (pre lu24) was 30% on m1, 20% on adept 3's.</P> <P>    To expand upon that further, you would get 10% less resists, and while soloing that makes a BIG difference.</P> <P>2. slow/snare effect </P> <P>   Truss m1 was 63%, shackle adept 3 is 59%,</P> <P>3. Power cost- nuff said</P> <P> </P> <P>If you didn't understand that then YOU are the one who has issues.</P> <P>    </P>

[Owilliams]

Personally, I'm just quivering all over with happiness now that, post LU24, I can no longer lock down 3 stewards in Blackscale Sepulcher until the fourth is popped and killed.A big THANK YOU to the devs for nerfing my wizard's root duration so that my coercer can feel more special!I feel better now, I guess...--Orv

[QQ-Fatman]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Owilliams wrote:<BR>Personally, I'm just quivering all over with happiness now that, post LU24, I can no longer lock down 3 stewards in Blackscale Sepulcher until the fourth is popped and killed.<BR><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Actually you can still do it, as i just did it today. However it's much harder and one resist = you fail <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><BR>

[Owilliams]

I am perfectly aware of that, I have done BSS 3 times since LU24.My point was... to what good reason have they done this? So enchanters become more wanted?I have 2... one of each flavor (Illusionist & Coercer)... and root has NEVER been in competition with the ability to mez.I guess it boils down to this:The "giveth and then taketh away" routine is getting old.I'm here to relax and enjoy myself, and my patience is wearing a little "thin" on these combat "tweaks".I am not here to argue this issue, merely taking a moment to express my annoyance at so much effort being put into things like this while I continue to have "named pharmers" attempt to train me when I am questing and the plat sellers at the other end keep sending me /tells to buy in-game money for real currency.Sony... don't make me reach back there.Bah, shutting up now... I'll just get myself steamed to no good purpose.Happy Gaming, I Guess...--Orv