Mezz breakers - new offenders

[Tendonit]

I remember reading a great post long time ago about different abilities that break mezz, it was very educational at the time. WIth expansion there are some new unique abilities that we have to consider, so far I only have three examples. If you have something to add that I have missed, please do. My group experience is not very diverse. Dynamism. This one is new, because procs that go off spells and CAs did not exist before to my knowledge. I am sure we are all familiar with this one. If mezzing is important for the encounter I am facing, this proc is canceled on all group members. Spell shield. Funny thing about this one - you wont get mezz breaking message, at least I couldn't find it. Mob casts true AoE, which bounces off the MT and mezz is gone. Also a few adds may come your way if AoE range is large enough. Thornskin. This time its a Fury spell. Its a very nice damage shield that procs on the whole encounter. Works great on large and weak encounters, but make sure its turned off when you are using group mezz. This shoul be fixed in a week with LU16 when group mezz will start to block encounter AoEs. <div></div>

[zit]

<P>the OP has pointed out the most common - and often overlooked - reasons for mez breaking in groups, beside wrong targeting or not assisting MT of course:</P> <P><U>1. procs that are triggered by using a skill.</U></P> <P>example would be illusionist Dynamism line, troubador Aria line, wizard Gift line, ...</P> <P>the reason why these can cause unintended mez breaking is because they can also get triggered by non-damage spells. the fighter who is only taunting, the warlock who is only debuffing, the wizard who is only rooting... they all can break mez. i had a group wiping in poets palace the other night cause of the wizard using Icebound Gift at a very bad moment. </P> <P> </P> <P><U>2. AE procs  of any kind</U>: (most will break AE mez only cause this is not blocking AE spells like our single mez atm. may get changed with next patch).</P> <P>example would be fury Thornskin, warlock Nihilism, warlock Gift line, berserker Furious Assault (proc of offensive stance), ...</P> <P>i am sure there are several other classes who get similar skills, these are just the ones i have had to deal with in groups recently and caused trouble in combination with AE mez. had a carpet 4 group wipe a few days ago as the fury obviously didnt take my warning serious and of course was casting his DS on the MT...</P>

[Legionus1]

Tendonitis_ I notice the Fury thing its halarious...Yet I always die when I am running for my life<span>:smileyvery-happy:</span> Im so glad an illuionst is online that actually mezzes I mean the countless people that hate on that spell is amazing... The forums treasure trolls...Lets never mez agian its useless...I can chain my mez Godly and I do use maintainance Window in combonation with common sense and having fun. After Revamp I DO LOVE ILLUSIONST only thing I am kinda iffy about is our new roots after LU 16... As for Fluffy spells and Fun spells Please someone give us a non-eye illusion I know illusion /target on a 1 hour duration whould make wonders happen for our complaints I mean it is a game and Fun spells are suppose to be fun making my group bald men dies as a joke the third time they curse me out and say cancel it... ~~Ardin Abysmal~~  <span>:mantongue:</span> ~~52 Illusionist~~~              ~~~Runnyeye~~ <div></div>