Afraid to use fear

[terzaghi]

<DIV>Does anybody use our fear spell (Phantasm I think)?  I used it once and the mob ran away and got stuck in the wall.  We couldn't hit him and we couldn't exit combat so we were pretty much were out of luck.  Anybody else have a different experience?</DIV>

[Jorg]

<DIV>I use it if the group gets into way over their heads. can be a good saviour tool to keep em away whilst we run</DIV>

[Cru]

<DIV>Yup, only use it if we need to make an escape.</DIV>

[Gavving]

Although it's kinda cool to randomly use it in the middle of a fight and watch your group go crazy trying to figure out why all the mobs are running away. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />I don't recommend doing that very often though, as they might figure out it's you. hehe

[11B3VB4]

<DIV>I've used it several times... with varied results. Never any adds, sometimes they come back to you and other times it works. I think alot depends on where you sit on the hate list. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It seems to be more effective at reducing hate if it's used the moment you get agro ( ie- You have not been spaming Ward, Ward, Heal ) trying to keep your self alive thus increasing your hate. But I don't often use it then, as the tank (98% of the time) can get him off me and I can save it for an emergency.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[doubleblade]

<DIV>Treasure this spell cos it works , you get a totallly uber  non working  spell later on,  primordial terror which fears and roots but thats if u cna ever get it to cast and if u by chance do it doesnt work. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>lvl 49.4 Defiler</DIV>

[Xalbus]

<DIV>I loved the spell while it worked. The stuff I am fighting now laughs at me when I cast it. But while it worked I loved it, saved my [FaarNerfed!] many many times.</DIV> <DIV><BR>Best use I found for it, when you get swarmed, hit it and have the tank taunt as fast as he can. Works nearly 95% of the time to get aggro off you and onto the tank. They barely run, think it last about 5 seconds.</DIV>

[Metebol]

<DIV>Strange, I've never had this spell get aggro off me. Sometimes the only aggro I have is sight aggro and I still can't get them off me. Usualy I just use it when I'm swarmed to give me a second to get off a heal before they come running back at me. And yeah the other ones are garbage too, never save me in terms of removing the aggro.</DIV>

[Drfeelgood0]

<DIV>I use it all the times, every day because most of the tanks aren't able to keep aggro on them and a lot of them never watch healer HP bar. This spell works fine 99% of the time and i can not count the number of times it saved my life .</DIV>

[STDKakers]

One time I used it the thing ran out of our camp room.. and just kept running all over the place. I watched its name and that thing was all over the place. Our ranger apparently hit it in a hallway and it just kept going. I scared the thing so [FaarNerfed!]less we couldnt even fight it.Just evac'd out and ran right back to our camp, from evac to being in the exact same spot mustve taken 40 seconds.

[Xalbus]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> STDKakers wrote:<BR>One time I used it the thing ran out of our camp room.. and just kept running all over the place. I watched its name and that thing was all over the place. Our ranger apparently hit it in a hallway and it just kept going. I scared the thing so [FaarNerfed!]less we couldnt even fight it.<BR><BR>Just evac'd out and ran right back to our camp, from evac to being in the exact same spot mustve taken 40 seconds.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>The tank should AE taunt as soon as you fire it off and that will 99% of the time get it off you. Also DoTs can help keep it from running to far. Odd and totally backwards as it sounds I used to be able to cast DoTs on the runner and the tank would be able to taunt off me easily when it ran back. Course at my level now it doesnt work anymore <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> and the one we get to replace it is crap, I miss Phantasm.......</FONT><BR>

[terzaghi]

<DIV>Since I originally asked about this I have started to use it!  It is excellent for escaping, and also as a little breather during a long fight.  Thanks for the feedback everybody!</DIV>