The Conjuror's "Petrify" line of spells...

[Jrkh8er]

These are nice spells - decent damage and a stun. Better than the Necro's mirror spell (Grasp) which is just a stun.However, the animation really bugs me. When I think "Petrify," I think of my enemy being turned to (or maybe incased in) stone. I do NOT think of a giant, yellow ghost-hammer whirling out of nowhere and exploding on them. That'd be more like "Crush" or "Smash" or "Cartoon Antics." Well, maybe not that last one.It's not a big thing, really, but the inaccuracy just bugs me. The Necro's Grasp line makes 4 giant bone hands rise from the ground and grab the enemy, the various elemental attacks actually look like lightning, ice, or fire, and most of the heals look fairly holy. But there are the select few whose animations just make no sense.Any other spells out there that are really inaccurate?

[Aer]

Back when EQ2 first came out, we did have a graphic that fit very well for the petrify line.  Its that graphic that turns things into a stonish texture you can see on some spell graphics still.Granted, it was a little bugged and you'd sometimes see weird things reflected in the graphic, but it was a neat graphic.  Overall, I agree that it just isn't fitting to have the hammer for the spell line.  Our stoneskin graphic would work nicely as well.

[Athri]

Anyone else think that spell graphics need a good passover and upgrade? So many of them seem to simplistic, not to mention the sheer number that are copied as naseum. I'm not sure why the original game has spell effects that are generally more attractive than the ones here, and it's going on a decade old.

[Mirander_1]

<cite>Aerio wrote:</cite><blockquote>Back when EQ2 first came out, we did have a graphic that fit very well for the petrify line.  Its that graphic that turns things into a stonish texture you can see on some spell graphics still.<b>Granted, it was a little bugged and you'd sometimes see weird things reflected in the graphic,</b> but it was a neat graphic.  Overall, I agree that it just isn't fitting to have the hammer for the spell line.  Our stoneskin graphic would work nicely as well.</blockquote>Heheh, ah yes.  Wasn't that the one where you would see random pictures that you have saved on your computer inside the character model?  I recall a few humorous threads about a bug like that <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />.

[jam3]

they made deluge graphic cool atleast... <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />