possession..

[spammy]

<div></div>i just got this spell ( master) and... WOW! the first time i used it, i did it on solo mobs. nothing special there, and it would cause my computer to crash. but once i rebooted it was all good. then i went and possessed a ^^^ heroic... and... well yeh, you get where im going with this. but anyway, i still cant figure out how to stop the possessed mob from coming back after me once it expires. ive tried putting auto run on, but that doesnt work, and ive also tried to mez and stun the target once it ends, but the mob is unafected by it...get no exp or loot with it either... and im getting parried alot. does it work in groups yet?<div></div><p>Message Edited by spammy on <span class=date_text>07-04-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:17 AM</span>

[Petgroup]

Ive used this spell about 5x. Its a cool concept but does more harm than good. It bugs out way to much.Id like to be able to cast it on my charmed pet and get its hotbar. I think that would be an awesome change to the spell. Not how it is now where you become the pet and can't use any Coercer spells or move your toon, you get an actual new hotbar with its spells so you can cast yours and the pets. <div></div>

[Lader]

<DIV>ive only gotten aggro when i possess a mob thats in range of other mobs, if there is a wanderer far enuogh away and you possess nothing should aggro you.</DIV>

[Azmode]

Not sure if its been fixed.  Cancel possesion just before its going to expire, the mob will not aggro you.   I have used this spell a total 3x.

[Petgroup]

<div><blockquote><hr>Azmodeus wrote:<div></div>I have used this spell a total 3x.<hr></blockquote>I considered not even scribing it after using my Conjurors starter AA.Cool concept but thats where it ends.</div>

[spammy]

i can see some sort of use to it..... the damage some mobs can do is just amazing... and just look at that HP! if you ask me, that could be a 32 second indestructible tank... but, im still a noob at it hehe<div></div>

[Pookie_Wizard]

<DIV>Agreed, have not been able to figure it out either. OMG buggy, buggy, buggy. I consistenly crash when I use this spell. I recommend folks /bug if they are having issues and maybe they will fix. I think it could be a great fun spell.....if it worked.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jede - 65 Coercer</DIV>

[Tanatus]

This spell help trivilize couple raid encounters plus somethat amusing for study mobs stats/skill plus usuable to clearing path (can posses mob and make it jump out of island for example)

[Roriondesexiest]

<DIV>Any reason to get it at M1?  Saw it on the broker yesterday and was debating the worth...</DIV>

[Lader]

id say m1 possession is only useful if you have m1 charm. i have m1 domination and adept 1 possession, and when i possess some mobs and i see differences in the amt of damage that i see when i actually charm them

[Raidi Sovin'faile]

<P>In my experience, the quality level of Possession does not increase the damage of the creature. And in fact, reduces it to a fixed low amount even if you use regular charm on it later.</P> <P>Which ruins it for it's use to find out what abilities it has loaded. At least, for that specific mob. Could be useful to see what "kind" of mobs are good for charming (what's a caster, etc).</P> <P>Master 1 Possession basically just increased the duration to 32 seconds.</P> <P> </P> <P>It's also rather graphically buggy when you get aggro, or when your body gets aggro when you are possessed. If something attacks you while you possess something, Possession breaks right away, but the effect is still going... which means it's starting to attack you right off the bat... yay, TWO mobs hitting you now.</P> <P>Why is it that all the "special" spells are either A) useless (or eventually become useless because they aren't scaling with level but still have the level restriction, see Mindbend), or B) hard to find specific uses for.</P> <P>Amnesia has limited use in aggro situations where you want to drop as much aggro as possible off the wrong person. It happens from time to time in bad pickup groups, but in a group where folks know what they are doing, it's never used. Channel is nice, but useless unless you have a high quality version, since the loss is actually pretty big at adept 1... to the point where the one time my group let me try it, they said "Don't even use that ability again!".</P> <P>Mindbend becomes worse after 14 levels, and Possession has some quirky "helps me get past things" uses, but otherwise gathering dust on my hotbar.</P> <P> </P> <P>Looking at my Bruiser, he gets an ability that lets him warp to a target (obvious uses), an "absorb 3 magic hits" ability, and a "can't be stunned/rooted/mez'd/etc" ability. At 65 they get Knockout Combo that adds another major DPS spike ability.<BR>Talk about disparity in usefulness!</P>

[noobslayer]

<P>-Possession-</P> <P>Did you know you can possess Sothis?</P> <P>Did you know as long as you don't get knocked out early or aggro something your safe after the spell ends?</P> <P>Did you know anything you can possess you can see all its abilities and exactly what they do (not what they do charmed but normally, as already stated if you charm the mob afterward these abilities won't change for this particular mob based on your charm lvl)?</P> <P>Did you know that you can move a mob out of your way as Tanatris's horrible grammer suggested?</P> <P>Did you know that you can possess the heroics in most epic encounters?</P> <P>Did you know that when grouped you can send in your pet on your groups target, possess something to the side, run in for some dps and shortly before the duration of possession is up back off and as long as you get out of aggro range the mob wont attack?</P> <P>Did you know that earth elementals can dance?</P> <P> </P> <P>Possession takes practice and excellent timing to use effectively.  Both are skills you should have if you have played a coercer to lvl 65....or you should give up the class.</P>

[Tanatus]

<DIV>Possesion have it uses - not many but some. Some thing you can do better with using AA instead of possesion, some thing you can do different way but overall it largely waste of spell slots... Tell you true I am using Reek of Terror a lot more often then possesion <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[spammy]

so i can possess sothis (to lower his stats), then unpossess him without getting aggro, then stick a zerker onto him? has anyone tried this? or is the debuff from possessing a mob and unpossessing not enough?<div></div>

[Tanatus]

<P>What person mean in reality is next:</P> <P>You can posses Sorth, while possed you can pull him to place of your liking the <STRIKE>use</STRIKE> waste his best CA/Spells. By doing so you saving time on positioning him (normally most folks kill him at stairs unless you have really brutal DPS then you can take him as is before he spawn any adds) and somethat softening initial damage spike</P>

[Petgroup]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>dalessit wrote:<div>Any reason to get it at M1?  Saw it on the broker yesterday and was debating the worth...</div><hr></blockquote>I bought mine for 5p and haven't used it since. I believe it lasts 6 seconds longer over adept 3.I bought master 1 charm for 10p. I use this quite often soloing or in duels.Every server is different but on Najena, Coercer spells go for peanuts. I think we have 35 copies of Enrapture Master 1 on the broker atm.I'd spend 5p on any Coercer spell 57+, regardless of usefullness. I'd spend prolly 50P for Enraging Demeanor Master 1 <span>:smileymad:</span></div>

[Azmode]

Man I wonder why Najena's coercer spells are so cheap. When I was on Najena we had a healthy amount of coercers that I could remember too.  On permafrost the price of masters is asanine.  Cheapest thing you will find is about 7 plat, with some higher level stuff going for as much as 30 plat, prolly 10+ on average.   You never see a master 1 charm on vendor, never see SonicBoom, never see our DoT (mana tap) forget name.  Maybe I should move toon back to najena to buy the stuff I need then xfer back over to perma!!   <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />