Possession being abused

a1will · 10-13-2006, 07:41 PM

Just a FYI. Possession can be used in an evil way. If a group is going in for a named, you can possess a mob and put it by the grp, causing it to agro and give the grp more than they can handle while they are engaged in another encounter killing the group and allowing you to be able to get the named encounter. Also people who are AFK, you can run a mob up on them and have it agro them killing them. The spells main purpose is to annoy, trust me I have been on the receiving end of this and have seen it done before. Thanks SOE for giving people ways to mess with other players in a NON PVP server.

Aoi · 10-13-2006, 07:55 PM

Can't you do this with Evac as well?

Meaning, I don't think Posession is the only spell that has this potential.

Cyene

Devolux · 10-13-2006, 08:27 PM

What a silly post.You can pull extra encounters over a group fighting and if they hit out of encounter AE they will pick up agro if you FD. I have seen this done to stop bott farmers fairly often. (That or back in the old days on eq2 when you could odessy a gorups hearer without a text box coming up form outside their group lol).It would be a sad day when major skills would get nerfed to prevent some ignorant [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] from messing with someone. Nice less hurt the already low coercer population of like 20k players because some guy you saw in SoS got you killed. Wow - such a breathtaking stance we should run countries like this - hmmm. NO

Belaythien · 10-13-2006, 09:09 PM

Devolux wrote:What a silly post.[...]It would be a sad day when major skills would get nerfed to prevent some ignorant [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] from messing with someone. Nice less hurt the already low coercer population of like 20k players because some guy you saw in SoS got you killed. [...]

Hrhr .. you consider possession a major skill .. that made me laugh .. a bit. As far as possession is concerned nobody would even notice a nerf. It's already as useless as can be. However I agree with the "silly post" part =)

Outerspace · 10-13-2006, 09:22 PM

Next you'll be saying nerf charm because someone charmed Gylton, evacced and zoned out.How stupid.

a1will · 10-13-2006, 09:50 PM

What I'm saying is the group doesnt have to hit aoe's to pick up the add, a coercer can basically drop it within range. As far as the evac method, it doesnt work anymore, mob will go back to it's original spot, and feign death doesnt work as well unless they hit AOE, only class this seems to work with is a coercer. Think of it this way, your fighting a mob, and all of a sudden a triple up is now added to attacking you. I just think it would be more useful to be an in-combat spell vs something that is set up to basically be used to mess with others.

ganjookie · 10-13-2006, 10:20 PM

Its made to stop farmers, SOE is giving us tools to fight back..let it be! SMILEY

Mordion89 · 10-14-2006, 04:05 PM

Possession is already nothing but a fluff spell, and theres still people who wants to nerf it? man you gotta be kidding me

Message Edited by Mordion89 on 10-14-2006 09:05 PM

djellip · 10-15-2006, 02:58 AM

a1will wrote:

Just a FYI. Possession can be used in an evil way. If a group is going in for a named, you can possess a mob and put it by the grp, causing it to agro and give the grp more than they can handle while they are engaged in another encounter killing the group and allowing you to be able to get the named encounter. Also people who are AFK, you can run a mob up on them and have it agro them killing them. The spells main purpose is to annoy, trust me I have been on the receiving end of this and have seen it done before. Thanks SOE for giving people ways to mess with other players in a NON PVP server.

lol thats funny hang out on a pvp server for a week... you wont be complaining then SMILEY

Cersiana · 10-15-2006, 10:08 PM

You only have 4 posts and your already complaining about a coercer "fun spell"?(really is a terribel spell) Lol, Possession is a really lame spell for nonPVP but truth is you can trian through others in a HUGE number of ways. You consider how few coercers there are + fewer high lvl + fewer that are mean enough to do something like this.... I think theres more outstanding spells that can be fixed to not train someone. Sounds like someone screwed with you on a personal level and you got mad.

Message Edited by Cersiana on 10-15-2006 11:21 AM

Lleinen · 10-16-2006, 02:07 PM

Mordion89 wrote:

Possession is already nothing but a fluff spell, and theres still people who wants to nerf it? man you gotta be kidding me

Message Edited by Mordion89 on 10-14-2006 09:05 PM

On raids yes, when solo this spell is extremely powerfull if used properly. (out of combat is bullsharks btw)

JimmyMa · 10-16-2006, 08:34 PM

As it is, all I use it for is to either 1) check the kind of CAs a mob has or 2) get the guards to jump off the Crash Site.

Norrsken · 10-17-2006, 04:18 PM

a1will wrote:

Just a FYI. Possession can be used in an evil way. If a group is going in for a named, you can possess a mob and put it by the grp, causing it to agro and give the grp more than they can handle while they are engaged in another encounter killing the group and allowing you to be able to get the named encounter. Also people who are AFK, you can run a mob up on them and have it agro them killing them. The spells main purpose is to annoy, trust me I have been on the receiving end of this and have seen it done before. Thanks SOE for giving people ways to mess with other players in a NON PVP server.

Woot!

Im happy you didnt target one of the useful spells.

10-13-2006, 09:22 PM	#5
Outerspace Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 214	Next you'll be saying nerf charm because someone charmed Gylton, evacced and zoned out.How stupid. __________________ Ingek, Assassin Siris, Coercer Koel, Berserker Splitpaw

10-13-2006, 10:20 PM	#7
ganjookie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,201	Its made to stop farmers, SOE is giving us tools to fight back..let it be! __________________

10-15-2006, 02:58 AM	#9
djellip General Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	a1will wrote: Just a FYI. Possession can be used in an evil way. If a group is going in for a named, you can possess a mob and put it by the grp, causing it to agro and give the grp more than they can handle while they are engaged in another encounter killing the group and allowing you to be able to get the named encounter. Also people who are AFK, you can run a mob up on them and have it agro them killing them. The spells main purpose is to annoy, trust me I have been on the receiving end of this and have seen it done before. Thanks SOE for giving people ways to mess with other players in a NON PVP server. lol thats funny hang out on a pvp server for a week... you wont be complaining then __________________ insert ubar fancy signature here Shaii - Give him the stick Kerslyn - Omg im Drunk Shikath - Omg Im Drunk

10-15-2006, 10:08 PM	#10
Cersiana Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere Posts: 183	You only have 4 posts and your already complaining about a coercer "fun spell"?(really is a terribel spell) Lol, Possession is a really lame spell for nonPVP but truth is you can trian through others in a HUGE number of ways. You consider how few coercers there are + fewer high lvl + fewer that are mean enough to do something like this.... I think theres more outstanding spells that can be fixed to not train someone. Sounds like someone screwed with you on a personal level and you got mad. Message Edited by Cersiana on 10-15-2006 11:21 AM __________________

10-16-2006, 02:07 PM	#11
Lleinen Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 368	Mordion89 wrote: Possession is already nothing but a fluff spell, and theres still people who wants to nerf it? man you gotta be kidding me Message Edited by Mordion89 on 10-14-2006 09:05 PM On raids yes, when solo this spell is extremely powerfull if used properly. (out of combat is bullsharks btw)

10-13-2006, 07:41 PM	#1
a1will Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	Just a FYI. Possession can be used in an evil way. If a group is going in for a named, you can possess a mob and put it by the grp, causing it to agro and give the grp more than they can handle while they are engaged in another encounter killing the group and allowing you to be able to get the named encounter. Also people who are AFK, you can run a mob up on them and have it agro them killing them. The spells main purpose is to annoy, trust me I have been on the receiving end of this and have seen it done before. Thanks SOE for giving people ways to mess with other players in a NON PVP server.

10-13-2006, 07:55 PM	#2
Aoi Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 117	Can't you do this with Evac as well? Meaning, I don't think Posession is the only spell that has this potential. Cyene

10-13-2006, 08:27 PM	#3
Devolux Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 40	What a silly post.You can pull extra encounters over a group fighting and if they hit out of encounter AE they will pick up agro if you FD. I have seen this done to stop bott farmers fairly often. (That or back in the old days on eq2 when you could odessy a gorups hearer without a text box coming up form outside their group lol).It would be a sad day when major skills would get nerfed to prevent some ignorant [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] from messing with someone. Nice less hurt the already low coercer population of like 20k players because some guy you saw in SoS got you killed. Wow - such a breathtaking stance we should run countries like this - hmmm. NO

10-13-2006, 09:09 PM	#4
Belaythien Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 576	Devolux wrote:What a silly post.[...]It would be a sad day when major skills would get nerfed to prevent some ignorant [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] from messing with someone. Nice less hurt the already low coercer population of like 20k players because some guy you saw in SoS got you killed. [...] Hrhr .. you consider possession a major skill .. that made me laugh .. a bit. As far as possession is concerned nobody would even notice a nerf. It's already as useless as can be. However I agree with the "silly post" part =)

10-13-2006, 09:50 PM	#6
a1will Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 23	What I'm saying is the group doesnt have to hit aoe's to pick up the add, a coercer can basically drop it within range. As far as the evac method, it doesnt work anymore, mob will go back to it's original spot, and feign death doesnt work as well unless they hit AOE, only class this seems to work with is a coercer. Think of it this way, your fighting a mob, and all of a sudden a triple up is now added to attacking you. I just think it would be more useful to be an in-combat spell vs something that is set up to basically be used to mess with others.

10-14-2006, 04:05 PM	#8
Mordion89 Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 104	Possession is already nothing but a fluff spell, and theres still people who wants to nerf it? man you gotta be kidding me Message Edited by Mordion89 on 10-14-2006 09:05 PM

10-16-2006, 08:34 PM	#12
JimmyMa General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 83	As it is, all I use it for is to either 1) check the kind of CAs a mob has or 2) get the guards to jump off the Crash Site.

10-17-2006, 04:18 PM	#13
Norrsken Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,450	a1will wrote: Just a FYI. Possession can be used in an evil way. If a group is going in for a named, you can possess a mob and put it by the grp, causing it to agro and give the grp more than they can handle while they are engaged in another encounter killing the group and allowing you to be able to get the named encounter. Also people who are AFK, you can run a mob up on them and have it agro them killing them. The spells main purpose is to annoy, trust me I have been on the receiving end of this and have seen it done before. Thanks SOE for giving people ways to mess with other players in a NON PVP server. Woot! Im happy you didnt target one of the useful spells. __________________