Purpose of snare?

[gr8scott]

<DIV>Disclosure:  I generally like the new changes.  Lots of things to get used to, but generally I like them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>However, I can't figure out a use for the new snare.  I could see two uses prior to the changes.  </DIV> <DIV>1.  snare kiting</DIV> <DIV>2.  run away when things got bad ability</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is there another use?  Anyway, with the current snare, I can't see it working in either of these situations.  I think they wanted to avoid snare kiting, so the changes were meant to eliminate that ability.  Fine.  However, right now the snare drops when the mob is damaged (and is likely to drop with melee damage).  This makes it [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] near impossible to use as a out-run the mob spell.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If I am fighting the mob and I run low mana or something I almost always have rats/dumbfire/pet on the mob.  Without taking the time to stop all of that (time I don't usually have) I can't stick a snare and run.  If I am just walking around and get accidental aggro, I generally rely on my pet to take aggro to save my bacon.  I'm not going to turn off "guard me" just so I have a chance of sticking a snare and running away (I would be better off just running after pet gets aggro).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It seems like a snare cap could have avoided many of the problems with kiting.  The "drop with damage" change just makes it useless as far as i can tell.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>So people that have played the expansion more than me...what is a good use for our shiny new (and revamped) snare line?</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Greatscott</DIV>

[Fierce Ra]

I really haven't played around with kiting in the new expansion.  I was really good at it before the expansion, ie tundra terrors.  I still think you can snare effectively and kite.  The root we have snares after it has been broken, we still have the snare hex doll, and we have a DOT snare.  There still may be a chance to kite, we just have to find a way to do it.

[Allowen]

<P>As far as I could notice it is near impossible to kite using app 1 snare darnkess spells cause 47pct is nto enough and you cant stack with doll.</P> <P>I saw dooming darkness app4 for salle and iti s 68pct snare so I guess lower lv snare dots and others will snare for better pct if the spel is higher.Also I guess the better is the spell the lower is the chance for it ,err poof before the 48 secs of it s max duration.</P> <P>So  put darkness line of spells one of the 1st to desire to get adept 1 + as soon as possible so we can start soloing agro kitign 3 arrow up mobs )</P> <P> </P> <P>Allowen</P>

[Xalmat]

Snare is capped at 50% now anyway.

[MrGrimm9]

The only purpose of snare now is if you are killing a couple of solo mobs and you root, snare, fear a few to get them off of you while you kill the other. It is not there to help you get away because you can sprint, and kiting is not an option.