Anyone remember Bolt spells from EQ1?

[Zapo_Stormlight]

<DIV>I thought Bolt spells were cool!  Not only did they do more damage then the standard Nukes they had a great effect.</DIV> <DIV>Bolt spells for those who dont know were a line of spells that did more damage than the standard Nukes but they had some drawbacks.</DIV> <DIV>Bolt spells required a Line of Fire.  If another character got into your line of fire the spell would not go off.</DIV> <DIV>I would suggest if they were brought to EQ2 they also require the Mob to be at a Medium or longer distance.  So if the mob were on top of the wizard bolt spells could not function.  However Bolt spells should have a greater range of effect than the standard nuke.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Nethis]

I don't think they're going to give us a whole new nuke that does "more damage."  They won't give anything like that without taking something away.  Are you willing to give up your Ball of Fire line of spells for a Bolt line?  I doubt it.With that aside, I thought the bold spells gave an interesting twist on things.  It was funny seeing lowbie NPCs, minding their own business, walk in the path of them.<div></div>

[Zapo_Stormlight]

<P>Why must people think that any new idea for a spell must some how cause other spells to be removed.</P> <P>New spells may just need to share a timer with existing spells.  Remember this spell line would only be effective at extra long to medium range.  Currently most of our spells are the reverse of that where short range is required for some spells.  Why not have a spell that requires Long range to use.</P> <P> </P>

[Kamuj]

Yes, I remember bolt spells.I remember ports.I remember TL's.I remember gflux.I remember lures.I remember manaburn.

[ailees]

<div></div>but I did not go to EQ2 just to play same thing than EQ1of course, if I can get manaburn, I take.<img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><p>Message Edited by ailees on <span class=date_text>09-29-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:11 AM</span>

[Kamuj]

<blockquote><hr>ailees wrote:but I did not go to EQ2 just to play same thing than EQ1</blockquote>I've been hearing that arguement since beta.Kinda lost its impact around the time most of my EQ1 friends joined the 5 million other people who were playing WoW instead.If you were here for beta, there was alot of "If you don't like X, then maybe EQ2 isn't the game for you."Apparently, they were right.

[Brigh]

<P>I have a technicolor memory of a bolt fireball flying through the EC sky at night. </P> <P>Sometime after some expansion or patch people stopped seeing those things flying around.</P>

[Lakespookie]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Kamujin wrote:<BR>Yes, <BR><BR>I remember bolt spells.<BR><BR>I remember ports.<BR><BR>I remember TL's.<BR><BR>I remember gflux.<BR><BR>I remember lures.<BR><BR>I remember manaburn.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>i rememebr mana burn </P> <P> </P> <P>i also   rememebr them nurfing it when 500 wizzys single shotted vishan with manaburn </P> <P>... the spell worked fine they should have zerg caped the mob like they caped naggy ...</P>

[Kamuj]

<blockquote><hr>Lakespookie wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Kamujin wrote:<BR>Yes, <BR><BR>I remember bolt spells.<BR><BR>I remember ports.<BR><BR>I remember TL's.<BR><BR>I remember gflux.<BR><BR>I remember lures.<BR><BR>I remember manaburn.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>i rememebr mana burn </P><P> </P><P>i also   rememebr them nurfing it when 500 wizzys single shotted vishan with manaburn </P><P>... the spell worked fine they should have zerg caped the mob like they caped naggy ...</P><hr></blockquote>That would have made sense.Instead they nerfed the ability to the point of uselessness and claimed it was gamebreaking.To completely ruin their credibility, later they gave SK's essentially the same things as pre-nerf manaburn.