shamen aa spell herbal expertiese

[samejima]

has any one else gotten this aa skill, in the staminia line? i have rank 8 of it and it has seemed to stop working after rank 4. the casting timers have not decreased at all since rank 4. the skill says 100% reduced casting timers but it still takes .5 seconds to cast?? is this a buy or is the descripton wrong...thanks.<div></div>

[Broomhilda]

<div></div>I got it but only at rank 3 at this point.  I really like the line but Ill watch out for what your talking about.  I would bug it in game also.

[Cragger]

<div>Casting timers cannot be reduced below 50% of their original time. As well as the recast component being pointless as the recast component of the single target cures is already instant.</div><div> </div><div>Of my four characters Defiler, Troubadour, Brigand, Shadowknight the shaman AA lines just boggle me, their so incredibly situational, make no sense, counteract each other and are so highly dependent on the spirit companion their becoming more of a pain then usefull things. Added to that the only two of the end 8 point abilities are all that great. The lack of actual upgrades to the Atrophy and Degenerate lines (percentage based debuffs) I find myself on other character more and more often. And I've also noticed quite a few old time shamans beginning to dissappear as well, even before they hit 70 on my server.</div><div> </div><div> </div>

[Daisy Lou]

I think the Defiler AA's are crap personally, but I loved my toon before they came out and I could care less about the extra junk with the AA's now.  I'll still play her.  I think it is silly to require a certain type of weapon in order to use an ability.  Frankly I don't think a decent 2H Spear exists for our class let alone a 1H.  I haven't had a buckler on this toon since she was like level 10, and I don't buy symbols because they don't have as good of stats as many of the other secondaryranged items we can get.  I'll stick with my little doggy and just keep on trucking like before the AA system.  The defiler is still an awesome class.<div></div>

[Sokolov]

<div><span><blockquote><hr>Cragger wrote:<div>Casting timers cannot be reduced below 50% of their original time. As well as the recast component being pointless as the recast component of the single target cures is already instant.</div><div> </div><div>Of my four characters Defiler, Troubadour, Brigand, Shadowknight the shaman AA lines just boggle me, their so incredibly situational, make no sense, counteract each other and are so highly dependent on the spirit companion their becoming more of a pain then usefull things. Added to that the only two of the end 8 point abilities are all that great. The lack of actual upgrades to the Atrophy and Degenerate lines (percentage based debuffs) I find myself on other character more and more often. And I've also noticed quite a few old time shamans beginning to dissappear as well, even before they hit 70 on my server.</div><div> </div><div> </div><hr></blockquote>Degenerate does upgrade (now?):<a target="_blank" href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=20&message.id=7003">http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=20&message.id=7003</a></span></div>

[Cragger]

<div></div><div>You are correct the Degenerate line does indeed upgrade with level, the Repulsion-Malignancy line however still does not all Adept Is do 24% and all Master Is do 32%.</div>