nithrill
01-06-2006, 10:47 AM
<DIV>With <STRONG><EM>Kingdom of Sky</EM></STRONG> on the horizon it is interesting to gaze into the future and try to see what our T7 M2 upgrades might be.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First we need a list of possible candidates, which we get by using the rule of:</DIV> <UL> <LI>14 levels between upgrades</LI> <LI>M2 choices usually come from the first 5 levels of each tier</LI> <LI>Some classes have an M2 choices from the last spell in the previous tier</LI></UL> <P>This gives us:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">59 Vicious Torment (59)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">60 Gorging Thoughts (60)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">61 Clarity+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">61 Dominate+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">61 Fatal Hesitation+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">62 Mind's Eye+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">62 Velocity+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">63 Instigation+ (49)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">63 Synergetic Link+ (49)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">64 Demoralizing Gaze+ (50)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">64 Psychic Wail+ (50)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">64 Ravaged Psyche+ (50)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Next we need to figure out what the trend is for our M2 choices:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Anguish (31)</FONT></STRONG> - Torment (45) - Vicious Torment (59)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Mesmerize (24</FONT><FONT color=#ffff00>)</FONT></STRONG> - Enthrall (3<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> - <STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Spellbind (52)</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Signet of Insight (26) - <STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Signet of Realization (40)</FONT> - <FONT color=#ffff00>Signet of Reason (54)</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Bewilder (30)</FONT> - <FONT color=#ffff00>Perplexity (44)</FONT></STRONG> - Confoundment (5<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Refresh (33)</FONT></STRONG> - Clarity (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Damaged Psyche (20)</FONT></STRONG> - Scarred Psyche (33) - <STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Ravaged Psyche (50)</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Recklessness (20)</FONT></STRONG> - <STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Bravado (34)</FONT></STRONG> - Velocity (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Sibyllant (23)</FONT></STRONG> - Haruspex (37) - <STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Magus (51)</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Despotic Mind (2<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> - <STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Tyrannical Mind (42)</FONT></STRONG> - Destructive Mind (56)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00>Spell Lash (40)</FONT></STRONG> - Spell Whip (54)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Obviously, the trend seems to be based on some kind of an idea of a role for the Coercer ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>.. and based on the M2 choices alone we get the idea that the Coercer is all about:</DIV> <UL> <LI>Crowd control (Mesmerize line, Bewilder line)</LI> <LI>Group enhancements (Signet line, Refresh line, Recklessness line)</LI> <LI>General mob penalizers (Torment line, Psyche line, Sibyllant line, Tyrannical line, Spell Lash)</LI></UL> <DIV>We also note that:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV>T3 choices were CC (1), Group (1) and penalizers (2)</DIV> <DIV>T4 choices were CC (1), Group (1) and penalizers (2)</DIV> <DIV>T5 choices were CC (1), Group (1) and penalizers (2)</DIV> <DIV>T6 choices were CC (1), Group (1) and penalizers (2)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>which makes us belive that for T7 we will have:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV>CC (1), Group (1) and penalizers (2)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>by categorizing our list of candidates we get:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 59 Vicious Torment (59)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P/G 60 Gorging Thoughts (60)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 61 Clarity+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">CC 61 Dominate+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">CC 61 Fatal Hesitation+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 62 Mind's Eye+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 62 Velocity+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 63 Instigation+ (49)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G/P 63 Synergetic Link+ (49)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 64 Demoralizing Gaze+ (50)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P/CC 64 Psychic Wail+ (50)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 64 Ravaged Psyche+ (50)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>then we eliminating those spell lines that have never been given an M2 choice:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 59 Vicious Torment (59)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>P/G 60 Gorging Thoughts (60)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 61 Clarity+ (47)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>CC 61 Dominate+ (47)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>CC 61 Fatal Hesitation+ (47)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>G 62 Mind's Eye+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 62 Velocity+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>G 63 Instigation+ (49)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>G/P 63 Synergetic Link+ (49)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>P 64 Demoralizing Gaze+ (50)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE>P/CC 64 Psychic Wail+ (50)</STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 64 Ravaged Psyche+ (50)</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>then we note that:</DIV> <UL> <LI>Since our pure CC have been eliminated we conclude that there must be something to the rumor of new spells being introduced in T7 and for us one of the new spell will be likely be a level 61-64 stun (lets call it THE_NEW_CC).</LI> <LI>Clarity is a choice that almost every Coercer would want so it will probably not be given as an option</LI></UL> <P>this leaves us with the following choices for T7 M2 options:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 59 Vicious Torment (59)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">G 62 Velocity+ (4<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">CC 6x THE_NEW_CC</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><STRIKE></STRIKE></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New">P 64 Ravaged Psyche+ (50)</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Think I'm close ? <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV><p>Message Edited by nithrill on <span class=date_text>01-06-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:51 AM</span>