Conjurer Interview for EQ2 Podcast

[Rotacidare]

<DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Hello Conjurers! We have a weekly feature on the various classes for our podcast at <A href="http://www.eq2-daily.com/" target=_blank><FONT color=#c8c1b5>www.eq2-daily.com</FONT></A> . I am looking for some input from you all about your class to use in our discussion, in the form of this forum "interview." I'll post some questions for you all to answer, and then we'll talk about your thoughts. Please try to be somewhat brief in your answers, and please try to be objective. Thank you all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>1. What do you like about your class?</DIV> <DIV>     a.</DIV> <DIV>     b.</DIV> <DIV>     c.</DIV> <DIV>2. What do you not like?</DIV> <DIV>     a.</DIV> <DIV>     b.</DIV> <DIV>     c.</DIV> <DIV>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class?<BR>4. In general is it easy to find a group?</DIV> <DIV>5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)?</DIV> <DIV>6. How do you feel your class does soloing? What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)?</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>

[Zachatan]

<BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>1. What do you like about your class?</DIV> <DIV>     a. That i have a tank, Ranger, Caster at my side when i need them</DIV> <DIV>     b. That i can solo and not rely on finding a group all the time to lvl</DIV> <DIV>     c. THis class requires us to pay attention to so many things, that there really is never a dull moment when your trying make fightign a challange.</DIV> <DIV>2. What do you not like?</DIV> <DIV>     a. There not much i dont like about my conjurer... but i am a gnome conjurer so i am sick of the short punes</DIV> <DIV>     b. Our pets have a mind of there own... even though its fun... it can get frustrating when the pet decided to pick his own target <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class? Solo, very aggressive... i hold nothing back.... blast now ask questions later<BR>4. In general is it easy to find a group? yes and no... at times i get 5 tells in the first minute of putting up lfg tag when they want some serious dps... then other times 3 hours go by and not a single tell... they rather have the ranger or the wizard</DIV> <DIV>5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)? We have our differences of course.... They undead we are elemental... enough said... on a side note out of th 5 necros i have dueled i lost only 1 fight</DIV> <DIV>6. How do you feel your class does soloing? What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)? Great soloing class... no problem takin on most no heroic stuff... at lvl 51 i can take non heroic 55 56 some times if i try... heroic stuff is another question... if done right i can take on blue con heroics <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>

[tuckerlord]

<DIV>1. What do you like about your class?</DIV> <DIV>     A.  The damage my character can put out on groups of mobs around my level.</DIV> <DIV>     B.  The ability to solo, extremely well. It removes dependency on other players in many situations.</DIV> <DIV>     C.  Being able to off-tank mobs that might add to the encounter at a bad time in a group situation.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. What do you not like?</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>     A.  The way the pets look.  It has become worse since last liveupdate #18.</DIV> <DIV>     B.  Pets getting stuck in the walls when dungeon battling.</DIV> <DIV>     C.  I have no other complaints.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class?</DIV> <DIV>     Solo is best.  However if we decrease our DPS slightly and have a good tank, we do well in groups as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4. In general is it easy to find a group?</DIV> <DIV>     If the group is aware of the DPS and abilities that a conjuror has, then yes, if not, then no.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)?</DIV> <DIV>     Better, but I am sure that is bias and will be balanced later if it has some truth.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>6. How do you feel your class does soloing? </DIV> <DIV>     Wonderful.  I have never played a class that can solo as well as this one can.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>7. What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)?</DIV> <DIV>     I have only tried up to level 40 so far, group of 4.  I am confident I could take on a single solo 42^^ if I plan well.  I am currently level 38.</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I love my class and have not found any that I like more.  I have played them all.  This class has the powerful wandering-hero feel that I haven't gotten with any other class yet.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV><p>Message Edited by tuckerlord on <span class=date_text>12-29-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:30 AM</span>

[Eyes_of_Truth]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>1. What do you like about your class?</DIV> <DIV>     a. The versatility is amazing, i can perform a tanking job about 1/2 as good as a real fighter, and i can reach or supass sorceror dps on some fights later on.</DIV> <DIV>     b. It has over all good dps when going all out</DIV> <DIV>     c. Im a pet class fan and allways have been. For the most part the pets look nice (excluding 32 and 60 air and 10 and 52 earth )</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. What do you not like?</DIV> <DIV>     a. With recient update, the air pet has lost it's purpose. It used to be the Single target damage pet, but now the Fire beats it in single and multiple fights. Im hoping this is unintended side effect from changing it's AI and not updating it's offensive stance.</DIV> <DIV>     b. The pet heal seems for the most part useless. If it healed a larger chunk for less effecent power ratio, and larger power cost, i think it would be used more. Or, they could scale the healing and power cost and increase the recast timer. either of these would help. I heal about 2 or 3% hp on my earth pet when it's buffed in defensive</DIV> <DIV>     c. Wouldnt mind if having the earth pet added extra defense for you. Would be nice if it intercepted a portaion of your damage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class? Anyreally, Solo or group are equally viable.<BR></DIV> <DIV>4. In general is it easy to find a group? More or less so. Depends mainly on server population.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)? They have superior utilitarian skills compaired to us in most cases, and they recive an extra spell (dooming darkness line) for which we get no other spell line opposit of it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>6. How do you feel your class does soloing? What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)? Possible to solo up to white ^^ mobs the normal tank pet + heal + damage way, but also possible to kill ^^^ whites at 40 if you root and constantly resummon earth pets to attack the foe, though this takes forever and pronly will be removed eventually.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>Message Edited by Eyes_of_Truth on <span class=date_text>12-29-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:39 AM</span>

[fodder6]

<div>1. What do you like about your class?</div> <div>     a. That I can solo very well</div> <div>     b. That I can be grouped and offer many different additions to the group</div> <div>     c. Being an AOE specialist is very helpful</div> <div>2. What do you not like?</div> <div>     a. My pet gets locked inside a wall and I can't help it without telling it to back off</div> <div>     b. As a CH in SWG I had so much more control over my pets. I'd to see our control over our pets expanded</div> <div>     c. That a lot of players dont seem to know how to deal with us in a group. Thinking we are weak DPS'ers, which we arent, or that our pets will get in the way</div> <div>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class? Solo and Duo4. In general is it easy to find a group? yes</div> <div>5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)? We are the AOE specialist they are the one on one specialists. They have rez, the ability to transfer their own health to a player, and life taps. We are more of a straight damage type of class. Also there is a difference in how we treat our pets. From my expierence Conjurers treat our pets as a weapon and a means to an end. We have no real attachment. And since our sacrifice line is so powerful. Tend to just blow the suckers up if needed. Necros seem to treat their pets as familiars and don't like to lose them. They are more focused on keeping the pet alive and not having to pull a new one out of the ground. Again just what I have felt when playing with necros</div> 6. How do you feel your class does soloing? What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)I think our class are perfect soloists. And we arent even forced into one style of solo play. We can either just go for long battles with our fighter pets tanking. Or we can try some different styles of play with our scout and fire pets.<div></div>

[Mordith]

By the way, I enjoy listening to your Podcasts.  Keep up the good work! 1.  a.  Being very versatile in our abilities.      b.  Having to use different tactics to defeat tough encounters. 2.  The main thing I don't like is the cast time of pets. 3.  Anything from casual soloing (incredibly well) to raiding. 4.  I rarely go lfg (just group with guildies typically). 5.  I think we are both well balanced (necros better at single target and conjurors better at multiple mob encounters). 6.  At level 60, I can solo blue heroic encounters and "some" white heroics. <div></div>

[StaticLex]

<DIV> <HR> <DIV> <DIV>1. What do you like about your class?</DIV> <DIV>     a.</DIV> <DIV>     b.</DIV> <DIV>     c. <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The amount of damage it can dish out.</DIV> <DIV>Farming greys made easy because of the pet.</DIV> <DIV>Solo ability.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> 2. What do you not like?</DIV> <DIV>     a.</DIV> <DIV>     b.</DIV> <DIV>     c. <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Horrid pathing makes the class virtually useless in dungeons.</DIV> <DIV>Lame pet graphics.</DIV> <DIV>Any other conjuror related bug that SOE refuses to acknowledge and/or fix.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class?</DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The class excels at both solo and group play.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> <HR> 4. In general is it easy to find a group? <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> 5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)? <HR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I couldn't say, I am not certain what a necromancers strengths are supposed to be.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> 6. How do you feel your class does soloing? What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)? <HR> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <P>The class is able to solo quite well.  I can't remember what the highest level mob was that I soloed, probably a heroic ^^^ 1 or 2 levels below me.</P>

[Brutus2]

<DIV> <DIV>1. What do you like about your class?</DIV> <DIV>     </DIV> <DIV>a. Pet Pulls - You can use your pet to pull just the mobs you want from almost unlimited range.  If you can target it, you can send you r pet to go get it and bring it back to the safety of your camp. </DIV> <DIV>     </DIV> <P>b. Invisibility - Yes, I know this is not unique to Conjurer and with Totems anyone can get invis now but being able to turn it off and on at will is such a huge advantage in questing or exploring.  I can go just about anywhere I want.</P> <DIV>c. Pet variety - It's just great having a tank, a scout or a mage at your side whenever you want them.  I never have to spend lots of time LFG because the group needs a tank or more DPS.  I can solo anything at my level without any help and I can usualy supply whatever a group needs.  I have found my Earth pet to be better then many player tanks in normal questing groups just because of better pulling and you don't really care if they die.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. What do you not like?</DIV> <DIV>     </DIV> <DIV>a.   Fighting in dungeons is awful.  Pets and mobs get stuck in the wall or you get the "Can't See your target" message a lot.  This may not be a Conjurer specific issue but it keeps me from going to underground or interior zones.</DIV> <DIV>  </DIV> <DIV>b.  This is a trivial thing to complain about but the new pet graphics for Necros are really unique and well chosen where as ours are much more boring.  </DIV> <DIV>     </DIV> <DIV>c.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. What kind of play style is best suited to your class?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We do very well in both solo and group.  I have leveled my Conj to 32 almost all solo.  However, we do great in groups too, especially vs groups of mobs.  Fun to see the group reaction when 3 mobs drop dead all at once.</DIV> <DIV><BR>4. In general is it easy to find a group? Yes</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5. How would you compare your class to your good/evil counterparts (Necromancers)? Never played one</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>6. How do you feel your class does soloing? What is the highest lvl mob you can solo (i.e. yellow ^ or blue v)?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV>Don't know the highest level but soloing is great.  I can take out anything at my level and even green or blue con ^^^  Fighting groups of mobs is no problem with all the AoE and single targets can be stunned or pacified and DoTed.  That is not to say I am overpowered.  I can fight things well at my level, if I get coky and try something I have no business fighting I will get beat down quick.</DIV>

[curtcleancut]

<P>1) What do you like about you class?</P> <P>a) I'm a very casual player - this class works great for me. I can log on and off, play on my own time and if a group is around they don't usually turn me away.</P> <P>b) If I had the time to group, I think that I would prefere a nuking class (wizzard/warlock) but this class has just enough line of these spells that I can still feel like a caster.</P> <P>c) I like having a pet. Its just cool.</P> <P>2) What do you not like?</P> <P>a) The pet heals are useless.</P> <P>b) My new pets look cheezy.</P> <P>c) No other complaints.</P> <P>3) What kind of playstyle</P> <P>Solo. This guy flys solo. I just dont have the time to get into a regular group or play for long periods of time.</P> <P>4) Is it easy to find a Group?</P> <P>Usually. I've only been turned away a few times.</P> <P>5) How could you compare to Evil?</P> <P>I'm not sure.  The next toon that I decide to do will be necro.</P> <P>6) Highest level?  </P> <P>Early on I took on an orange... every other time I've tried, I get my dish served back to me. Still its fun to try.</P> <P> </P>

[Rotacidare]

<div></div><p>Thanks for your comments all. This podcast went live late last week so feel free to check it out if you like. The class specific stuff is towards the end. This segment turned out pretty good as we had Xalmat of <a target="_blank" href="http://eq2.eqsummoners.com/">http://eq2.eqsummoners.com/</a> on with us to talk about Conjurers and Necromancers. Feel free to let us know what you think here or on our forums -  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eq2daily.com/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=494">http://www.eq2daily.com/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=494</a></p><p>Show 15 Notes:<a target="_blank" href="http://www.eq2daily.com/blog/show-15-collecting-tinkered-spinners-of-an-eq2-podcast-1132006"><span><font color="#c8c1b5">http://www.eq2daily.com/blog/show-15-collecting-tinkered-spinners-of-an-eq2-podcast-1132006</font></span></a>For an MP3 of the show:<a target="_blank" href="http://www.eq2daily.com/podcasts/show15.mp3"><font color="#c8c1b5">http://www.eq2daily.com/podcasts/show15.mp3</font></a>For iTunes Users:<a target="_blank" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=79501284&s=143441"><font color="#c8c1b5">http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=79501284&s=143441</font></a>Yahoo Podcasts:<a target="_blank" href="http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=be9f22c1b66ee7e661286e9adc3187a8"><font color="#c8c1b5">http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=be9f22c1b66ee7e661286e9adc3187a8</font></a>Odeo Users:<a target="_blank" href="http://odeo.com/listen/subscribe?feed=http://www.eq2-daily.com/podcastfeed.xml"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://odeo.com/listen/subscribe?feed=http://www.eq2-daily.com/podcastfeed.xml"><font color="#c8c1b5">http://odeo.com/listen/subscribe?feed=http://www.eq2-daily.com/podcastfeed.xml</font></a></p><p> </p>