The range of Fusion...

[Didi]

<DIV>Love the spell; hate the short range.  I find it ridiculous that when I'm practically standing up a mob's nose, I constantle get 'no targets in range' message.  I can't even begin to imagine how anyone could possible get it to land on more than one target; half the time I can't even get it off reliably on one!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is there some kind of trick to telling when you're in range?  It's a great spell, but between the long casting time and the short range, I find it's rarely worth the pain of trying to use it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This picture pretty much says it all:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG src="http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5784/fusion9nk.jpg"></DIV>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Didi wrote:<BR> <DIV>Love the spell; hate the short range.  I find it ridiculous that when I'm practically standing up a mob's nose, I constantle get 'no targets in range' message.  I can't even begin to imagine how anyone could possible get it to land on more than one target; half the time I can't even get it off reliably on one!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is there some kind of trick to telling when you're in range?  It's a great spell, but between the long casting time and the short range, I find it's rarely worth the pain of trying to use it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This picture pretty much says it all:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG src="http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5784/fusion9nk.jpg"></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>turn on auto attack, it looks to me from that picture your facing away from the mobs hit box.</P> <P>giants you have to basically turn on auto attack and run up to them until you run into the mobs hit box, then take a step back so when they swing they dont move out of your range, and your golden.</P> <P>I always turn on auto attack to ensure im facing the right way for fusion works 99.9% of the time.</P>

[Dr]

I might be wrong, but my understanding of Fusion is that its Frontal only, so 45 degrees either side of where you are facing, and within 5 metres is the range.

[Brigh]

Yes that picture does say it all. You are so not facing the right way or the right distance imo.I am glad for LU25 giving me Fusion M1 through a fellow PVP Qeynosian for 5p.I Fusioned the fury in my sig as you can see <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[ailees]

I'm trying to make a macro for it.Right now I have 2 :one with autoattack on, then freehand then fusion (was the right one, 2 weeks ago, but now I have 50 aas)one with freehand, catalyst,fusion (but i loose a lot of time trying to see if I'm at the right place with right direction)Can't find a syntax that allows me to autoattack, freehand, catalyst, fusion <div></div>

[Didi]

<P>Well I confess I turned around to face the camera because vanity is everything <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P>However I didn't know about the autoattack range trick, I will have to try that and see if that helps!  Thank you very much for the tip there!  I knew I was holding a weapon for some reason other than summoning a pretty familiar ...  now was it pointy end into OTHER guy, or .... hmm .... :smileywink:</P>

[Bong_water]

           /           /          / Fusions range         /        /       ^ You are here all you have to do is get within what looks like 10-15 feet, point and shoot <div></div>

[frigginfragged]

<DIV>60 degree cone</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I really haven't had too many problems getting it to land, even on raid mobs, just gotta have the balls to belly up to the mob and hope it doesn't shift targets when you're 4.5 secs into the cast lol</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>27.5k at adept 3 ftw <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[iceriven2]

pic does say it all.... Standing on the mob is not considered frontal. need to back yourself up a little then cast it. takes practice as well as a tank that knows that it is up to help position it and u can get 3 mobs

[UUCyberSte]

Hell, I'd just be happy to have a tank that can sit still for a minute while I line up and cast that dang spell ... LOL<div></div>

[BlackAdderDr]

That is so true. Some tanks just have happy feet.  Sometimes they stop for a couple sec and then move when Im half way through casting.  Especially fun in vaults of El'arad where the tank gets ping-ponged around the halls.-Acelia<div></div>

[LoreLady]

Try assisting a tank when they pull several encounters, and there swapping mobs.. And you gotta find behind each mob and start attacking.. Then they whine when yous top assisting.

[SLATAN]

<P>I too have horrible difficulty getting this spell to land on more than one mob.  Im extreamly lucky if it hits two.  I NEVER get it to hit 3.</P> <P>This spells area and mob placement requirement is just too touchy.  Even turning on auto attack and insanly trying to solo (which i shouldnt have to do) myself, i cant get the mobs lined up correctly.  Something to do with pathing, because my tanks cant get them lined up correctly either.</P> <P>The spell would be more usefull to myself if the mobs cooperatied or if the spell arch was widened or the depth distance increased.</P> <P> </P>

[jacobag]

<P>Today's chuckle:</P> <P>In recent raid, I cast fusion 2 or 3 times (without gaining agro incidentally) and was politely instructed to please stay behind the mobs <sigh></P>

[Bong_water]

<blockquote><hr>SLATAN wrote:<div></div> <p>I too have horrible difficulty getting this spell to land on more than one mob.  Im extreamly lucky if it hits two.  I NEVER get it to hit 3.</p><hr></blockquote>as a wizard you should be a master of the "fancy footwork". a nice way to setup 3 mobs for a fusion hit is - the frost nova thing runt the [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] away form them as then get closer start casting fusion and they'll all come straight up infront of you and if you can time it just right you'll get all of them before they position themselves around you. or just engage melee and step around a but to reshape their formation to get two or three.<div></div>

[SLATAN]

<P>My main wish for this spell is i wish it was more group friendly.  In places like HoF, Poa or even some spots in SoS i rarely get the chance to use it because of the proximity requirements and mob pathing.  A wizard that gets to close to mobs in those places can wind up dead or cause a group wipe in certain areas.</P> <P>Do other mage class's have point blank arch spell requirements like this, or just us wizards ?</P>

[kajirala]

<p>Message Edited by kajirala on <span class=date_text>08-04-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:19 AM</span>

[kajirala]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Didi wrote:<BR> <DIV>Love the spell; hate the short range.  I find it ridiculous that when I'm practically standing up a mob's nose, I constantle get 'no targets in range' message.  I can't even begin to imagine how anyone could possible get it to land on more than one target; half the time I can't even get it off reliably on one!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is there some kind of trick to telling when you're in range?  It's a great spell, but between the long casting time and the short range, I find it's rarely worth the pain of trying to use it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This picture pretty much says it all:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG src="http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5784/fusion9nk.jpg"></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=4>this sucks</FONT></DIV>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> jacobagus wrote:<BR> <P>Today's chuckle:</P> <P>In recent raid, I cast fusion 2 or 3 times (without gaining agro incidentally) and was politely instructed to please stay behind the mobs <sigh></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>what most people dont realize is that if you fusion 3x mobs when the main assist mob is around 20 or so % (after you've been doing full aoe dps mode) </P> <P>and you die from the fusion, you can still parse top-top3.  It's called taking one for the team.</P>

[Kelkirra]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> jacobagus wrote:<BR> <P>Today's chuckle:</P> <P>In recent raid, I cast fusion 2 or 3 times (without gaining agro incidentally) and was politely instructed to please stay behind the mobs <sigh></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Did your raid leader understand the range of this spell? Maybe some explination was in order to the raid leader if they did not understand how short ranged the spell was. On a lighter note though, I always find it amusing when a wizzy (cough Illu cough) mistimes an AoE and comes in to cast the spell only to get one shotted =D. Makes me chuckle inside <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.

[IllusiveThoughts]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sarasoon wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> jacobagus wrote:<BR> <P>Today's chuckle:</P> <P>In recent raid, I cast fusion 2 or 3 times (without gaining agro incidentally) and was politely instructed to please stay behind the mobs <sigh></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Did your raid leader understand the range of this spell? Maybe some explination was in order to the raid leader if they did not understand how short ranged the spell was. On a lighter note though, I always find it amusing when a wizzy (cough Illu cough) mistimes an AoE and comes in to cast the spell only to get one shotted =D. Makes me chuckle inside <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>i'm glad i can bring joy to your life.  You gotta have something fun to do while your staring at a mobs crotch the entire raid right?

[Kelkirra]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sarasoon wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> jacobagus wrote:<BR> <P>Today's chuckle:</P> <P>In recent raid, I cast fusion 2 or 3 times (without gaining agro incidentally) and was politely instructed to please stay behind the mobs <sigh></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Did your raid leader understand the range of this spell? Maybe some explination was in order to the raid leader if they did not understand how short ranged the spell was. On a lighter note though, I always find it amusing when a wizzy (cough Illu cough) mistimes an AoE and comes in to cast the spell only to get one shotted =D. Makes me chuckle inside <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>i'm glad i can bring joy to your life.  You gotta have something fun to do while your staring at a mobs crotch the entire raid right?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>-_-</P> <P>The price that you pay to pretend to be a tank. =D</P>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sarasoon wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> IllusiveThoughts wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sarasoon wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> jacobagus wrote:<BR> <P>Today's chuckle:</P> <P>In recent raid, I cast fusion 2 or 3 times (without gaining agro incidentally) and was politely instructed to please stay behind the mobs <sigh></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Did your raid leader understand the range of this spell? Maybe some explination was in order to the raid leader if they did not understand how short ranged the spell was. On a lighter note though, I always find it amusing when a wizzy (cough Illu cough) mistimes an AoE and comes in to cast the spell only to get one shotted =D. Makes me chuckle inside <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>i'm glad i can bring joy to your life.  You gotta have something fun to do while your staring at a mobs crotch the entire raid right?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>-_-</P> <P>The price that you pay to pretend to be a tank. =D</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>rofl!  that made my day<BR>

[Admh]

lol.. I have yet to nuke Tarinax with Fusion.. or chel'drak. They're too nimble for something that's 1000x bigger than a gnome .. ugh!

[SacDaddy420]

Just practice like you are in the picture.  You'll get it didi.   Giants are hella tough to line up though for multiple hits.  Just get a buddy to hold some aggro for ya while you get used to the range, maybe on some gnolls  that are right down that hill or something.<div></div>

[Bi]

<blockquote><hr>ailees wrote:I'm trying to make a macro for it.Right now I have 2 :one with autoattack on, then freehand then fusion (was the right one, 2 weeks ago, but now I have 50 aas)one with freehand, catalyst,fusion (but i loose a lot of time trying to see if I'm at the right place with right direction)Can't find a syntax that allows me to autoattack, freehand, catalyst, fusion <div></div><hr></blockquote><font color="#ffff00">why are you casting catalyst after freehand? take advantage of the 1min timer on catalyst and you arent so rushed in 10s to get a spell off after casting freehand (esp if you catch an ae or something, or the mob you are about to fusion moves (or the tank does, or you get an 'out of range' its like a second chance!</font><div></div>