DD Nerf Disappointing

[Polonium]

48 Coercer here, and I'm not tickled with the patch changes. They have put my main and secondary nukes (Tyrannical Mind and Seizure) on to the same recast timer so I can no longer alternate them. To compensate, they apparently increased the tick rate on my dots (Torment and Anguish). Gee thanks.I haven't parsed dps to compare, but I enjoyed nuking. I don't want to rely on dots. They are simply not exciting. More importantly they have such long cast times and mobs die so fast, that they are normally not worth casting. The nukes were far more valuable to me and though I tried to adjust, I'm really unhappy.Prior to the patch, although mezzers are not essential in groups, I felt I carried my weight by being a strong DDer. That is no longer the case and I feel very disapointed by this change.<p>Message Edited by Polonium on <span class=date_text>01-07-2005</span> <span class=time_text>03:24 AM</span>

[LudaChr]

<a href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=news_announcements&message.id=88#M88" target="_blank">Check this post and you'll see everything is fine =P</a>

[Nerj]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Polonium wrote:<BR>48 Coercer here, and I'm not tickled with the patch changes. They have put my main and secondary nukes (Tyrannical Mind and Seizure) on to the same recast timer so I can no longer alternate them. To compensate, they apparently increased the tick rate on my dots (Torment and Anguish). Gee thanks.<BR><BR>I haven't parsed dps to compare, but I enjoyed nuking. I don't want to rely on dots. They are simply not exciting. More importantly they have such long cast times and mobs die so fast, that they are normally not worth casting. The nukes were far more valuable to me and though I tried to adjust, I'm really unhappy.<BR><BR>Prior to the patch, although mezzers are not essential in groups, I felt I carried my weight by being a strong DDer. That is no longer the case and I feel very disapointed by this change. <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Root and Rot are a Coercer's mainstay. If you want to nuke then you would want to be a Wizard. However, I found that in group situations a wizard of equal level, level 20 Coercer currently, was getting a lot of resists untill I hit them with my Debuffs. Plus I can throw on a DOT and head back to CC, thus doing two jobs at once.<BR> <p>Message Edited by Nerjin on <span class=date_text>01-07-2005</span> <span class=time_text>09:36 AM</span>

[Shagittari]

<DIV>Thank god that was a bug, I was not looking forward to going back to one Breeze spell.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Phew, I can breathe a sigh of relief, I thought they were nerfing us big time, but since they admitted this was a bug I feel better =)</DIV>

[Tanatus]

<DIV>Nerjin I hate to brake you but coercer is primary nuking class - only warlock have more variety of nukes.... we suprass even wizards on amount of nukes availible to our disposal</DIV> <DIV>We have 4 major independ DD lines</DIV> <DIV>Ego Shock - Ego Strike- Ego Blast - slow casting, moderate damage, slow recast DD with root-buit-in</DIV> <DIV>Lighting Burst-Mind Jolt-Muddled Thinking-Seizure - fast casting, low damage, fast recast DD with zero stun buit-in (interutption)</DIV> <DIV>Despotic Mind - Tyrranical Mind - slow casting, high damage, slow recast DD with power drain built-in</DIV> <DIV>Lighting Storm-Simple Minds-Dicomforting Gaze-Dsomething (fogot name last in this line) Gaze - AE DD</DIV>

[Nerj]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Tanatus wrote:<BR> <DIV>Nerjin I hate to brake you but coercer is primary nuking class - only warlock have more variety of nukes.... we suprass even wizards on amount of nukes availible to our disposal</DIV> <DIV>We have 4 major independ DD lines</DIV> <DIV>Ego Shock - Ego Strike- Ego Blast - slow casting, moderate damage, slow recast DD with root-buit-in</DIV> <DIV>Lighting Burst-Mind Jolt-Muddled Thinking-Seizure - fast casting, low damage, fast recast DD with zero stun buit-in (interutption)</DIV> <DIV>Despotic Mind - Tyrranical Mind - slow casting, high damage, slow recast DD with power drain built-in</DIV> <DIV>Lighting Storm-Simple Minds-Dicomforting Gaze-Dsomething (fogot name last in this line) Gaze - AE DD</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Yes we do have good nuking cabilities. But, as you have pointed out that we need our DOTs to maximize them. Plus when soloing prefer root and rot to tanking. But, grouped find preety busy with multi-mobs and do nuke with the single mobs.</FONT></DIV><p>Message Edited by Nerjin on <span class=date_text>01-07-2005</span> <span class=time_text>01:28 PM</span>

[Parabola10]

<DIV>Well, i read SOE's post, and, my heart rate has dropped (a little) lol.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My main concern is this.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Where is the foresight??? How do you not know that you are puttin spells on same casting timers??? How does that accidentally happen??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, I am not claiming to be some computer genius, but, I am a emplyee somewhere, and we are xpected to know and do our job accordingly. Perhaps all my anger is just building up, and this is the breaking point. I have never played a MMO with this many issues, bugs, quirks, and mistakes made when it comes to patches.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>breath,, breath para breath</DIV>