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IllusiveThoughts · 05-31-2006, 08:18 PM

Worrick wrote:

Even if the cast reduction is 15% it still doesn't seem very apealing. .1 or .2 seconds for a 3 secodn spell isn't very much. The 3 biggest issues for a sorcerer is , high power consuption, high agro, long cast/recast timers. What this AA does is slighty increase 2 of thos eproblems (agro and pwoer usage) for a slight reduction in the third (cast/recast timers). The magnitude of the effect is very so small it just doesn't seem to do anythign worth spending so many points on.

If it was substantually increased (25% at least) then even though it will up power usage and agro per unit time, the increase DPS would become noticible and worth the cost.

actually 15% shaves a half second off a 3 second cast spell. at 2.5s

combine that with a troubador's 3.6% and your looking at 18.6% and casting bol in 2.4seconds. which means a wizard who hasn't trained this aa would still be casting the spell while your already refreshed and still have .1s left to start casting another.

05-31-2006, 08:18 PM	#16
IllusiveThoughts Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,311	Worrick wrote: Even if the cast reduction is 15% it still doesn't seem very apealing. .1 or .2 seconds for a 3 secodn spell isn't very much. The 3 biggest issues for a sorcerer is , high power consuption, high agro, long cast/recast timers. What this AA does is slighty increase 2 of thos eproblems (agro and pwoer usage) for a slight reduction in the third (cast/recast timers). The magnitude of the effect is very so small it just doesn't seem to do anythign worth spending so many points on. If it was substantually increased (25% at least) then even though it will up power usage and agro per unit time, the increase DPS would become noticible and worth the cost. actually 15% shaves a half second off a 3 second cast spell. at 2.5s combine that with a troubador's 3.6% and your looking at 18.6% and casting bol in 2.4seconds. which means a wizard who hasn't trained this aa would still be casting the spell while your already refreshed and still have .1s left to start casting another. __________________ The wizards creed: __________________________________________________ _____________________________________ you will die, you will die often, you will die for no reason, you will die for a reason, you will die because soe wants you to die, did I mention you will die? Start getting used to it.