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Forum: Zones and Population 12-20-2006, 03:52 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Jabs wrote:<BR>...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Jabs wrote:<BR> <DIV>People helping each other out shrinks <FONT color=#33cccc><STRONG>Fewson</STRONG></FONT>'s [Removed for Content].   </DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>...
Forum: Necromancer 12-20-2006, 03:38 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 1,119
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Geoff77 wrote:<BR> <BR>...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Geoff77 wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Everglow wrote:<BR> <DIV>Hrm... ~2k parse, with A3 pet, and 59AAs... makes me wonder how much higher one can parse...</DIV><BR> <HR>...
Forum: Necromancer 12-19-2006, 11:01 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 1,119
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Imperishable wrote:<BR> ...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Imperishable wrote:<BR> <P>All this talk about parsing really makes me laugh :smileyvery-happy:.  Many eq2 players ask which class is the best dps ect...  One thing that isn't...
Forum: Necromancer 12-19-2006, 03:24 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 1,119
Posted By Fews
<P>On a slight tangent, as a person who mostly is...

<P>On a slight tangent, as a person who mostly is looking at the class from the outside(I don't play my necro enough yet to conside being in the inside).</P> <P>I think lifeburn is awesome for you....
Forum: Wizard 12-19-2006, 03:07 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 370
Posted By Fews
<P>Well from all of the experiences I have had...

<P>Well from all of the experiences I have had the following make the most difference.</P> <P>Numbers given single target. VERY Rough estimates, order is not necessarily in order of importance. Shown...
Forum: Necromancer 12-19-2006, 02:31 AM
Replies: 84
Views: 1,119
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Actually,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   There...

<DIV>Actually,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   There is a certain validity to the argument of not going public if your class is overperforming.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am honest, I know the top DPS that...
Forum: Wizard 12-19-2006, 01:32 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 370
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Actually a great new set of posts in the...

<DIV>Actually a great new set of posts in the necro forum showing how Necros dominate the parse in the guilds they are in.</DIV> <DIV>As they say it is tough to always be on top of the parse. They...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-16-2006, 06:16 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 703
Posted By Fews
<DIV>There is a bell in TS for nek forest.</DIV>...

<DIV>There is a bell in TS for nek forest.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Through nek forest in the south across some bridges is the commonlands. otherwise a wizard can use a port spell and get you there...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-16-2006, 02:34 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Tazric...

<DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Tazric wrote:<BR> hehe I dont <EM>think </EM>this is referring to my reply, but if it is, I'm talking a minor issue with the bone throwing mobs at the very entrance...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-16-2006, 02:22 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Lol,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Least we...

<DIV>Lol,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Least we don't depend on people telling us strats from NPU and Chaotic Legion as EL did. An EX-EL member who now in our guild said that was the only way EL...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-16-2006, 01:58 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Oh and hints are one thing(which I don't...

<DIV>Oh and hints are one thing(which I don't mind at all), explicitly giving people a step by step, and/or put you toon at point marked X is just promoting the advancement of those that can't figure...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-16-2006, 01:51 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<P>Yep, looks like this game is turning into easy...

<P>Yep, looks like this game is turning into easy mode FTW.</P> <P>Not suprised EL will start providing howtos. Course EL gets strats from other guilds...so might as well just pass it around. They...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-16-2006, 12:20 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 200
Posted By Fews
<P>In order of difficulty to complete in EoF</P>...

<P>In order of difficulty to complete in EoF</P> <P>Clockworx Raid Zone</P> <P>Freethinkers Hideout</P> <P>Mistmore Inner Sanctum</P> <P>Emerald Halls</P> <P>Pumpkinhead(He may end up being easier...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-14-2006, 02:54 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 636
Posted By Fews
<DIV>For us, we just went through Deathtoll last...

<DIV>For us, we just went through Deathtoll last night....and our raids response was.</DIV> <DIV>Wow! They must have really gimped the mobs. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We still run through the zone...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-11-2006, 03:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 149
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Pinski wrote:<BR><BR>...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Pinski wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Soldancer wrote:<BR>SOE, You told something from a "progression" from KoS to EoF, but I can't see Your "progression". All EoF raidzones...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-11-2006, 03:11 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 149
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Killerbee3000...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Killerbee3000 wrote:<BR>kos trash like monoliths, labs lyceum ->> kos mobs that require you to think aoa, hos, dt ->> kos contested ->> menace ->> freethinkers ->> emerald...
Forum: Wizard 12-11-2006, 01:33 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> electricninjasex...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> electricninjasex wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Fewson wrote:<BR> <DIV>From the experimenting I have done so far, while doing the Mistmore Inner Sanctum and emerald...
Forum: Wizard 12-11-2006, 12:38 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>From the experimenting I have done so far,...

<DIV>From the experimenting I have done so far, while doing the Mistmore Inner Sanctum and emerald halls, 90K+ manaburns are nice.... But losing all your mana and having 0 damage done (vs 60-90K)...
Forum: Wizard 12-06-2006, 11:50 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 231
Posted By Fews
<DIV>If we go purely by theoritical then it is...

<DIV>If we go purely by theoritical then it is best to consider not just the chance of procing, but as others said the duration once it procs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sony likes to normalize on 3 sec...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-06-2006, 11:40 PM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<DIV>The reason for the bug is that the vampire...

<DIV>The reason for the bug is that the vampire never watched another vampire who was well known on TV, "The Count" from Sesame Street. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif"...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-06-2006, 10:51 AM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<P>As I said in another post, I normally don't...

<P>As I said in another post, I normally don't give out strats. But your question deserves a straight answer because I don't consider the answer giving out a strat, and that the non-agro part is too...
Forum: Wizard 12-06-2006, 02:07 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 469
Posted By Fews
<P>SOE will always have a very hard time...

<P>SOE will always have a very hard time balancing a game with 24+ class plus all the other variables/complexities. I have always said it would have been better to have a few well defined classes and...
Forum: Wizard 12-05-2006, 12:41 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Myself I just ignore flames.</DIV>...

<DIV>Myself I just ignore flames.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My read of all of this is that</DIV> <DIV>        a) some people have found MB useful in their play</DIV> <DIV>        b) some people have...
Forum: Wizard 12-04-2006, 11:41 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Well, I haven't tried a respec to MB yet,...

<DIV>Well, I haven't tried a respec to MB yet, but I will try it. Hey I am one of those wizards who have four times respeced out of my preferred class AA setup at 10 plat each. So I like emprical...
Forum: Wizard 12-02-2006, 01:58 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Now that I think of it, even for finishing...

<DIV>Now that I think of it, even for finishing off a mob(without a using a gods favour), it doesn't do that much</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do over 2KDPS.(Higher burst) on a single target without...
Forum: Wizard 12-02-2006, 01:46 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>"I hit Lord V in labs for 44k last night w/...

<DIV>"I hit Lord V in labs for 44k last night w/ very little power left... it is quite the dps boost at the end of a named fight."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will state I haven't tried "Manaburn" yet....
Forum: Wizard 12-01-2006, 11:58 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Oh, and how much is 40K?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>...

<DIV>Oh, and how much is 40K?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well in the later EoF raid zones such as the instance 24 man zone in Mistmore, when we went into it certain trash mobs have over 2 million hit...
Forum: Wizard 12-01-2006, 11:54 PM
Replies: 184
Views: 2,010
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Yep, lifeburn looks like a fun really useful...

<DIV>Yep, lifeburn looks like a fun really useful spell for necros in raids. They can ask for healer help, which increases interaction, they see their life go down, but heals save them..so more...
Forum: Zones and Population 12-01-2006, 11:22 PM
Replies: 136
Views: 1,168
Posted By Fews
<P>Looks like a fun strat for you, thats...

<P>Looks like a fun strat for you, thats cool.</P> <P> </P> <P>You seem upset that raiders don't share strats much. Well I actually like it that we, and others don't. Makes it possible for more...
Forum: Wizard 12-01-2006, 01:36 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 189
Posted By Fews
<P>Haven't tested it. But I have heard (i.e....

<P>Haven't tested it. But I have heard (i.e. hearsay) that it no longer procs on anything with 0 cast time(or was that just the adornments damage bonuses not  adding to zero cast time procs). If so...
Forum: Wizard 12-01-2006, 01:14 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 304
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Hope this helps...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>...

<DIV>Hope this helps...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You earn an AA point</DIV> <DIV>That point at <U>THAT time</U> is unallocated(unassigned), which means it can be allocated to either tree.</DIV>...
Forum: Wizard 12-01-2006, 12:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 144
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Well, he has a point. Troll or not(he has...

<DIV>Well, he has a point. Troll or not(he has very few posts, but accounts been around since game start it seems)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Myself I just get tired of trying to explain it. Course I am...
Forum: Wizard 11-30-2006, 07:18 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 469
Posted By Fews
<P>Well,  a well played Necro is overpowered. A...

<P>Well,  a well played Necro is overpowered. A mediocre played one is not. </P> <P> </P> <P>Once our raiding Necro gets lifeburn, the discrepency will only increase.</P> <P> </P> <P>As a raiding...
Forum: Zones and Population 11-22-2006, 12:57 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 184
Posted By Fews
<DIV>I don't play on the european server. So I...

<DIV>I don't play on the european server. So I cannot truely know your pain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But the way you phrased it, won't likely entice a SOE response. Perhaps you meant to throw words...
Forum: Wizard 11-20-2006, 08:59 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 592
Posted By Fews
<DIV>recast time= original recast time *(   ...

<DIV>recast time= original recast time *(    (100%) /  (   100% + all recast timer speed ups)  )</DIV>
Forum: Wizard 11-17-2006, 02:36 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,099
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Actually EQ2 often doesn't send events to...

<DIV>Actually EQ2 often doesn't send events to you that are occuring more than 35 meters if they are not directed from you.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This means a parser will not see the damage of the...
Forum: Zones and Population 10-12-2006, 02:34 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 432
Posted By Fews
<blockquote><hr>Shakir1065...

<blockquote><hr>Shakir1065 wrote:<div></div><blockquote><hr>pubear wrote:Apparently all you have to do to kill the matron is charm ...<div></div><hr></blockquote><p>I hear if you pray hard enough...
Forum: Wizard 09-29-2006, 04:22 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 397
Posted By Fews
<DIV>I agree with Noaani's interpretation on what...

<DIV>I agree with Noaani's interpretation on what the crossover point means. if you are currently >428  and <=510 you will be nerfed, if you are <428 you will gain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thats how...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 09-29-2006, 02:41 AM
Replies: 489
Views: 3,167
Posted By Fews
Ok, I can understand the linear versus non-linear...

Ok, I can understand the linear versus non-linear curves. But I do not fully understand what is being communicated by the "Break-even". Do you just mean the point where the "old line" and the "new...
Forum: Wizard 09-28-2006, 10:37 PM
Replies: 426
Views: 6,735
Posted By Fews
Nope, Didn't lose information from dieing[Don't...

Nope, Didn't lose information from dieing[Don't "think" I died that time midfight].But If I am at far range then the numbers from other raid members seems to be not sent to the eq2 client from the...
Forum: Wizard 09-28-2006, 09:51 PM
Replies: 426
Views: 6,735
Posted By Fews
At work so I don't have the parse with meI did...

At work so I don't have the parse with meI did about 980 or so DPS on our first kill of Chel'drak and it seemed I was top DPS. Took us about ten minutes.Since your raid is killing it in 7 and a half...
Forum: Wizard 09-28-2006, 08:24 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 258
Posted By Fews
Yes, Some mobs they have designed to wipe (or add...

Yes, Some mobs they have designed to wipe (or add difficulty for ) a raid if you pull agro. Sorcerers are notorious for pulling agro <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif"...
Forum: Wizard 09-26-2006, 11:26 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 138
Posted By Fews
Yep. It is kinda tricky. Hopefully some wizards...

Yep. It is kinda tricky. Hopefully some wizards won't read the boards and not figure it all out. One of the ways to differentiate. For those that do, they get some extra insight through these...
Forum: Wizard 09-26-2006, 11:12 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 138
Posted By Fews
Razar, Another way to look at it is to fill in...

Razar, Another way to look at it is to fill in the timeslots for a 48 sec fight. With and without recast bonus.then take whatever extra dps was done due to recast bonus/48 and that is what extra DPS...
Forum: Wizard 09-26-2006, 11:07 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 138
Posted By Fews
Razer, The main point I was communicating is that...

Razer, The main point I was communicating is that an increase in recast can actualy give zero increase in DPS depending on cast speeds and spell sequencing. In reality, it would give some increase...
Forum: Wizard 09-26-2006, 10:05 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 138
Posted By Fews
Razer, It's not quite like that. A full analysis...

Razer, It's not quite like that. A full analysis would be to take a length of a fight and fill out the time slots.At work so I can't give you concrete spell examplesBut lets take a few "imaginary...
Forum: Wizard 09-26-2006, 01:56 AM
Replies: 426
Views: 6,735
Posted By Fews
Here is some samples from a labs run a few weeks...

Here is some samples from a labs run a few weeks ago. Mind you , as a wizard I pace a bit, because it is very bad form to pull agro on the nameds.Since this is just a farm zone for us(all instances...
Forum: Wizard 09-25-2006, 10:33 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 138
Posted By Fews
I am always up for experimention.So I dropped 10...

I am always up for experimention.So I dropped 10 plat to try a different AA line.I am a raiding Wizard, with lots of proc gear (Ring of Superiority, Fitzpizzles, etc. etc.) Fully Fabled, cheldrak...
Forum: Wizard 09-09-2006, 12:35 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 145
Posted By Fews
<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> PurpleLlama wrote:<BR>...

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> PurpleLlama wrote:<BR> Just chiming in to say that agi/wis is a pretty crappy line unless a.) you somehow never miraculously have mana issues, and since i'm near FT cap and...
Forum: Wizard 09-09-2006, 12:17 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 145
Posted By Fews
<DIV>Lol,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  not a fanboi....

<DIV>Lol,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  not a fanboi. A past developer of RPG games (both as a game designer and dev)..yes. So i Can get both frustrated by what SOE does and appreciate the difficulties...
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