What I found out about Illusionists.

Hacatta · 05-07-2006, 12:23 AM

They are a blast! I have to say this is the funnest class I've tried, and I have tried alot. For those of you who are thinking of starting one, all I can say is go for it. Mind you this is not a class for the lazy, you are always doing something. I truely feel useful in groups. Frist let me say what has happen to me may not be the case for others. With that said, at the present I am lvl 42, Got my guild invite at 10, my LFG flag is never up longer than 15 mins before pick up, shoot I get invites when I am in a group already. I can lock down six targets at a time, a lot of times I am the last to go down in case of wipes most of the time I do get away to return and revive the group. I can mana feed the group, I have a 2 good pets that helps when I solo and when I am in a group I can cast haste on 3 people. The big plus is the group invis so we can get to the target needed without having to fight the nation to get there. I have both in and out of combat mana feeds and regens. The fun spells are a blast, I turn the group into humans or half-elfs and watch as the group trieds to figure out why they are a human, works great on Barbarians and Orges. Can we solo, yes and very well once you get it down. I don't die a lot, in fact some of my alts die far more. I am sure there is more to speak of that I can't think of, such as raids which I haven't done yet so I can't say as of yet. Bugs, what can I say, nothing that stops me from doing my job or having fun. but don't take my word for it try it your self. Please feel free to add anything I forgot.

Please forgive mispells, lol

Befallen, Mezer Illusionist 42, Sage 20

zit · 05-07-2006, 03:50 AM

Hacattack wrote:

.....The fun spells are a blast, I turn the group into humans or half-elfs ......

At this point i started to wonder if the post was meant sarcastic. :smileywink:

Manyak · 05-07-2006, 09:34 AM

Hacattack wrote:

....I don't die a lot, in fact some of my alts die far more.....

id love to know how u pull that one off.

Effie · 05-08-2006, 10:26 PM

DaMutation wrote:

Hacattack wrote:

....I don't die a lot, in fact some of my alts die far more.....

id love to know how u pull that one off.

A steady diet of greens and blues?

Impetus · 05-08-2006, 11:35 PM

His alts are all warlocks that only group with monks as tanks?

Barobra · 05-08-2006, 11:39 PM

He only fights solo mobs?

Tuleri · 05-09-2006, 12:18 AM

He is really the Director of Propaganda for SOE posting in disguise?

:smileytongue:

Lea · 05-09-2006, 12:25 AM

Tulerine wrote:

He is really the Director of Propaganda for SOE posting in disguise?

:smileytongue:

STOP !!! I almost spilled my drink on my skirt at work laughing so hard

I have an illusionist also and I will have 2 of whatever the OP is drinking. SMILEY

Barobra · 05-09-2006, 12:51 AM

Girls play this game? I thought that was a myth.

Celestian_ · 05-09-2006, 03:43 AM

I enjoy my illusionist also. Only 50 but I can still solo all I want and do quests. However, what I can't do and I enjoy most is find groups.I sit LFG for 2-4 hours and almost never get a group. Sometimes I will make my own groups if the right people are LFG but not always possible.On the flip side I can log my templar in and walla, group with 5 minutes. It shows as well cause he is much higher level.Very frustrating, I'd rather play my enchanter but lately more and more I've just not even tried and play my templar. I like grouping more than solo play and thats 90% of what I'm stuck with playing an illusionist.

Barobra · 05-09-2006, 04:51 AM

Sadly, a healer is a must for ANY group ANY. And some groups want 2 for HOF or whatever. This is always going to be the case when you compare a healer to any class when LFG. I bet healers get groups faster then most tanks as well.

Celestian_ · 05-09-2006, 06:02 AM

Barobrain wrote:Sadly, a healer is a must for ANY group ANY. And some groups want 2 for HOF or whatever. This is always going to be the case when you compare a healer to any class when LFG. I bet healers get groups faster then most tanks as well.

I understand that somewhat... I also play a troubador and it has the same problem my illusionist does. It's just frustrating is all. I get in groups and watch who is invited and almost always its tank, healer, dps. Utility classes are almost always ignored or last guys to be picked.Just wish it wasn't so cause I really perfer my illusionist.

Belizarius · 05-09-2006, 08:56 AM

Haste? Group invis? Illusions? Mezzing?

This has to be the finest bit of satire I've seen in a long time. Good job!

I'm just hanging out to read the happy-raiding-Illusionist version :smileyhappy:

Message Edited by Belizarius on 05-08-2006 10:05 PM

BaumeisterGeez · 05-09-2006, 04:05 PM

Illus are not that bad ... at least in a group illus are an importand class. not everyone appreciates the abilities of an illu - but there are some peeps out there appreciating what we can do in groups or raids.

yesterday I joined a PUG in runny with my LV37 illu. a friend of mine was already in as the healer and asked me to join in our voice chat - he was claiming that the tank was the fastest (in terms of pulling and progress) he ever saw - and he was right - that guy was nuts - you really had to hurry in between mobs to catch up with him - he did not stop for master chests or anything ... pulling the next mob right away before the first one hits the ground. I made like 40% or 45% of progress to LV38 in an hour without any vitality (actually this hurry does not fit with my normal playstyle ... but it was fun for a while ... kind of power grinding)

before I joined the group the tank was asking for power all the time (they already had a trouba at that point) ... he had chat macros for asking group members for heards, shards and whatever power-related items any member could supply - he was running out of power all the time due to his increadible speed (he was very well equiped and knew exactly what he was doing). after I joined he did not run out of power once - I turned on my A3 mana cloack from time to time and had the MII power regen (M2) on.

I had to leave the group quite early due to waiting customers. my friend stayed in the group and reported in our voice channel that the tank started using his power-request-macros after the first few mobs.

this is of course only one example and only one aspect of the illu - in a group the illu can play a vital role!

Message Edited by BaumeisterGeezer on 05-09-2006 02:07 PM

Ghu · 05-09-2006, 06:41 PM

I just wanted to chime in here as well. My Illu is lvl 35 atm. I'm a hydra player (2-boxxer) and am building up a pally with the illu. I have a regular group that I play with. Guardian, Inqu, Ranger, Brigand, Illu and Pally. Everyone in group is 32 to 36. Our tank, the guardian, is 32. We just did a nek castle run Sunday. it went very well. We completed Hadden's earring with few hitches.

At one point we got to the named beetles and the tank didn't know to pull them down the hall. we ended up with two groups of beetles plus the named. I kept them all locked down throughout the battle but had a comp glitch towards the end and ended up dieing. I was the only casualty. SMILEY

We continued fighting for a few min while I reloaded my illusionist and the differance in over-all DPS and power was amazing. After the illu was back in group and we had killed a few more mobs everyone commented on what a huge differance the illu makes in groups.

It is not uncommon for me to get one or two group invites when I first log in and to get one or two throughout game play (it mostly dwindles after a few min.)

I have played a few toons and still do. Some are 70, some are in their teens. To date I have not had another toon that I felt contributed as much as my Illu.

Message Edited by Ghunn on 05-09-2006 07:44 AM

Effie · 05-09-2006, 07:53 PM

I can log my templar in and walla

Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy:

I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist.

Message Edited by Effie on 05-09-2006 11:53 AM

Celestian_ · 05-09-2006, 09:49 PM

Effie wrote:

I can log my templar in and walla

Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy:

I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist.

I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem.As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =)

Effie · 05-09-2006, 10:26 PM

I usually like to play healer types in MMOGs... so in comparison, we definately don't have as easy a time getting a group as a healer. But I suppose that's to be expected.

Impetus · 05-09-2006, 10:42 PM

Celestian_GC wrote:
Effie wrote:

I can log my templar in and walla

Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy:

I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist.
I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem.As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =)

In that case, I believe "walla" is an acceptable pronunciation. SMILEY

Belizarius · 05-10-2006, 04:42 AM

Impetus wrote:

Celestian_GC wrote:

Effie wrote:

I can log my templar in and walla

Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy:

I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist.

I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem.

As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =)

In that case, I believe "walla" is an acceptable pronunciation.

Sounds too close to "Wally" to me.

I would suggest something like vwah-la

Effie · 05-10-2006, 05:36 PM

I think Impetus was taking a shot at Celestian being from Texas... hehehe. :smileyvery-happy:

Lightomen · 05-10-2006, 07:40 PM

I die often in my quilted armor, but from trying things I would never have dreamed of with my other toons. I would rather go down soloing a named mob 4 levels below me if I can get it to 20% health rather then die after 3 hits and mob is only to 75%.

I have a level 34 Illusionist and find I am enjoying him more then my 70 Ranger. At 34, I soloed a lvl 30 ^^^ named gargoyle outside Nek castle. Mostly because this mob must melee and I was able to keep him mezzed and rooted. Sent Tiny (my personae) in and when he got low on health pulled him out and let heal then sent back in. I am having more trouble with the named Giant in Nek though. Mostly because this mob is a caster and kills me with DoTs. All-in-all, when I decide to retire my ranger, I feel it will be for my Illusionist.

As a side note, even though Tiny's roots and mezzes did not last full term, I was wondering if anybody noticed our pet can root and mez epics? I was soloing the Windstalker Rumbler to clear out my quest book some. When I sent Tiny in the first thing I saw was he rooted the Rumbler, then I saw the mezzes hit. I was excited because if any class should be able to mez/root epics it should be Illusionists so I tried to cast my roots and mezzes to no avail. I asked a good friend, who is a level 60ish Illusionist and she said she had not tried it but would let me know.

Barobra · 05-10-2006, 07:42 PM

Lightomen wrote:

I die often in my quilted armor, but from trying things I would never have dreamed of with my other toons. I would rather go down soloing a named mob 4 levels below me if I can get it to 20% health rather then die after 3 hits and mob is only to 75%.

I have a level 34 Illusionist and find I am enjoying him more then my 70 Ranger. At 34, I soloed a lvl 30 ^^^ named gargoyle outside Nek castle. Mostly because this mob must melee and I was able to keep him mezzed and rooted. Sent Tiny (my personae) in and when he got low on health pulled him out and let heal then sent back in. I am having more trouble with the named Giant in Nek though. Mostly because this mob is a caster and kills me with DoTs. All-in-all, when I decide to retire my ranger, I feel it will be for my Illusionist.

As a side note, even though Tiny's roots and mezzes did not last full term, I was wondering if anybody noticed our pet can root and mez epics? I was soloing the Windstalker Rumbler to clear out my quest book some. When I sent Tiny in the first thing I saw was he rooted the Rumbler, then I saw the mezzes hit. I was excited because if any class should be able to mez/root epics it should be Illusionists so I tried to cast my roots and mezzes to no avail. I asked a good friend, who is a level 60ish Illusionist and she said she had not tried it but would let me know.

Wow, I am glad to see a 70 ranger feels this way. Unfortunatley in the t7 raids I have attended a 70 ranger is an invaluable asset to just about any raid situation. Where as an Illusionist is more of situational and depends on what classes you already have. All in all I am glad you feel this way. But, I wouldn't delete your ranger if your guild raids. :smileyhappy:

Lightomen · 05-10-2006, 07:54 PM

Never would delete him, same for my Illusioinist. I am a ranger at heart but the challenges of the Illusionist class are rekindling a fire I have't had in years, long before Everquest even existed. More like from my AD&D days as a teen.

Anyways, as I have questioins you might see more posts from me. I read alot before I ask so if it is here, hopefully I will find it before I ask a question that has been answered before.

KniteShayd · 05-18-2006, 09:17 PM

Belizarius wrote:

Impetus wrote:

Celestian_GC wrote:

Effie wrote:

I can log my templar in and walla

Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy:

I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist.

I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem.

As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =)

In that case, I believe "walla" is an acceptable pronunciation.

Sounds too close to "Wally" to me.

I would suggest something like vwah-la

Or Wah-Lah, Wall-Ah, Wal-lah, Wa-lah, Wa-la, Wah-la, or Wal-ah would be acceptable. need the dash to denote pronounciation. so no, walla has no emphesis and is spoken as "one word", therefore it is not a correct pronounciation, scriptically speaking.

KniteShayd · 05-18-2006, 09:23 PM

But yes, if you can put up with all the crap enchanters get, you can have a good time and grow to love the class, but we arent all that and the bag of bat wing crunchies you make it sound.

If you look at prima's guide when the class came out, you'll see it said that enchanters are the hardest class to master in this game and it is not for the light hearted. they were rite.

Those that have started an illus since, about nov of last year, have had it very easy. try playing with crappier roots, lower dps, and no pet like the dedicated chanters have endured. we have had some progress along the life of this class, but nothing to really brag about. all we can do at this point is kudos the pet idea.

Message Edited by KniteShayd on 05-18-2006 11:24 AM

05-07-2006, 03:50 AM	#2
zit General Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 573	Hacattack wrote: .....The fun spells are a blast, I turn the group into humans or half-elfs ...... At this point i started to wonder if the post was meant sarcastic. :smileywink:

05-07-2006, 09:34 AM	#3
Manyak Tester Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 822	Hacattack wrote: ....I don't die a lot, in fact some of my alts die far more..... id love to know how u pull that one off. __________________

05-08-2006, 10:26 PM	#4
Effie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 933	DaMutation wrote: Hacattack wrote: ....I don't die a lot, in fact some of my alts die far more..... id love to know how u pull that one off. A steady diet of greens and blues?

05-08-2006, 11:35 PM	#5
Impetus Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 340	His alts are all warlocks that only group with monks as tanks? __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ Aylowan, 70 Illusionist, Blackburrow

05-09-2006, 12:18 AM	#7
Tuleri Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 144	He is really the Director of Propaganda for SOE posting in disguise? :smileytongue: __________________ Tulerine, Illusionist Clone, Dirge FnF, AB

05-07-2006, 12:23 AM	#1
Hacatta Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 14	They are a blast! I have to say this is the funnest class I've tried, and I have tried alot. For those of you who are thinking of starting one, all I can say is go for it. Mind you this is not a class for the lazy, you are always doing something. I truely feel useful in groups. Frist let me say what has happen to me may not be the case for others. With that said, at the present I am lvl 42, Got my guild invite at 10, my LFG flag is never up longer than 15 mins before pick up, shoot I get invites when I am in a group already. I can lock down six targets at a time, a lot of times I am the last to go down in case of wipes most of the time I do get away to return and revive the group. I can mana feed the group, I have a 2 good pets that helps when I solo and when I am in a group I can cast haste on 3 people. The big plus is the group invis so we can get to the target needed without having to fight the nation to get there. I have both in and out of combat mana feeds and regens. The fun spells are a blast, I turn the group into humans or half-elfs and watch as the group trieds to figure out why they are a human, works great on Barbarians and Orges. Can we solo, yes and very well once you get it down. I don't die a lot, in fact some of my alts die far more. I am sure there is more to speak of that I can't think of, such as raids which I haven't done yet so I can't say as of yet. Bugs, what can I say, nothing that stops me from doing my job or having fun. but don't take my word for it try it your self. Please feel free to add anything I forgot. Please forgive mispells, lol Befallen, Mezer Illusionist 42, Sage 20

05-08-2006, 11:39 PM	#6
Barobra Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 560	He only fights solo mobs?

05-09-2006, 12:25 AM	#8
Lea General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10	Tulerine wrote: He is really the Director of Propaganda for SOE posting in disguise? :smileytongue: STOP !!! I almost spilled my drink on my skirt at work laughing so hard I have an illusionist also and I will have 2 of whatever the OP is drinking. __________________ I may have to grow old, but I don't have to grow up

05-09-2006, 12:51 AM	#9
Barobra Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 560	Girls play this game? I thought that was a myth.

05-09-2006, 03:43 AM	#10
Celestian_ General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 326	I enjoy my illusionist also. Only 50 but I can still solo all I want and do quests. However, what I can't do and I enjoy most is find groups.I sit LFG for 2-4 hours and almost never get a group. Sometimes I will make my own groups if the right people are LFG but not always possible.On the flip side I can log my templar in and walla, group with 5 minutes. It shows as well cause he is much higher level.Very frustrating, I'd rather play my enchanter but lately more and more I've just not even tried and play my templar. I like grouping more than solo play and thats 90% of what I'm stuck with playing an illusionist. __________________

05-09-2006, 04:51 AM	#11
Barobra Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 560	Sadly, a healer is a must for ANY group ANY. And some groups want 2 for HOF or whatever. This is always going to be the case when you compare a healer to any class when LFG. I bet healers get groups faster then most tanks as well.

05-09-2006, 06:02 AM	#12
Celestian_ General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 326	Barobrain wrote:Sadly, a healer is a must for ANY group ANY. And some groups want 2 for HOF or whatever. This is always going to be the case when you compare a healer to any class when LFG. I bet healers get groups faster then most tanks as well. I understand that somewhat... I also play a troubador and it has the same problem my illusionist does. It's just frustrating is all. I get in groups and watch who is invited and almost always its tank, healer, dps. Utility classes are almost always ignored or last guys to be picked.Just wish it wasn't so cause I really perfer my illusionist. __________________

05-09-2006, 08:56 AM	#13
Belizarius Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 407	Haste? Group invis? Illusions? Mezzing? This has to be the finest bit of satire I've seen in a long time. Good job! I'm just hanging out to read the happy-raiding-Illusionist version :smileyhappy: Message Edited by Belizarius on 05-08-2006 10:05 PM

05-09-2006, 04:05 PM	#14
BaumeisterGeez Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9	Illus are not that bad ... at least in a group illus are an importand class. not everyone appreciates the abilities of an illu - but there are some peeps out there appreciating what we can do in groups or raids. yesterday I joined a PUG in runny with my LV37 illu. a friend of mine was already in as the healer and asked me to join in our voice chat - he was claiming that the tank was the fastest (in terms of pulling and progress) he ever saw - and he was right - that guy was nuts - you really had to hurry in between mobs to catch up with him - he did not stop for master chests or anything ... pulling the next mob right away before the first one hits the ground. I made like 40% or 45% of progress to LV38 in an hour without any vitality (actually this hurry does not fit with my normal playstyle ... but it was fun for a while ... kind of power grinding) before I joined the group the tank was asking for power all the time (they already had a trouba at that point) ... he had chat macros for asking group members for heards, shards and whatever power-related items any member could supply - he was running out of power all the time due to his increadible speed (he was very well equiped and knew exactly what he was doing). after I joined he did not run out of power once - I turned on my A3 mana cloack from time to time and had the MII power regen (M2) on. I had to leave the group quite early due to waiting customers. my friend stayed in the group and reported in our voice channel that the tank started using his power-request-macros after the first few mobs. this is of course only one example and only one aspect of the illu - in a group the illu can play a vital role! Message Edited by BaumeisterGeezer on 05-09-2006 02:07 PM

05-09-2006, 06:41 PM	#15
Ghu Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 71	I just wanted to chime in here as well. My Illu is lvl 35 atm. I'm a hydra player (2-boxxer) and am building up a pally with the illu. I have a regular group that I play with. Guardian, Inqu, Ranger, Brigand, Illu and Pally. Everyone in group is 32 to 36. Our tank, the guardian, is 32. We just did a nek castle run Sunday. it went very well. We completed Hadden's earring with few hitches. At one point we got to the named beetles and the tank didn't know to pull them down the hall. we ended up with two groups of beetles plus the named. I kept them all locked down throughout the battle but had a comp glitch towards the end and ended up dieing. I was the only casualty. We continued fighting for a few min while I reloaded my illusionist and the differance in over-all DPS and power was amazing. After the illu was back in group and we had killed a few more mobs everyone commented on what a huge differance the illu makes in groups. It is not uncommon for me to get one or two group invites when I first log in and to get one or two throughout game play (it mostly dwindles after a few min.) I have played a few toons and still do. Some are 70, some are in their teens. To date I have not had another toon that I felt contributed as much as my Illu. Message Edited by Ghunn on 05-09-2006 07:44 AM

05-09-2006, 07:53 PM	#16
Effie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 933	I can log my templar in and walla Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy: I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist. Message Edited by Effie on 05-09-2006 11:53 AM

05-09-2006, 09:49 PM	#17
Celestian_ General Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 326	Effie wrote: I can log my templar in and walla Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy: I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist. I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem.As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =) __________________

05-09-2006, 10:26 PM	#18
Effie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 933	I usually like to play healer types in MMOGs... so in comparison, we definately don't have as easy a time getting a group as a healer. But I suppose that's to be expected.

05-09-2006, 10:42 PM	#19
Impetus Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 340	Celestian_GC wrote: Effie wrote: I can log my templar in and walla Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy: I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist. I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem.As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =) In that case, I believe "walla" is an acceptable pronunciation. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ Aylowan, 70 Illusionist, Blackburrow

05-10-2006, 04:42 AM	#20
Belizarius Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 407	Impetus wrote: Celestian_GC wrote: Effie wrote: I can log my templar in and walla Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy: I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist. I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem. As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =) In that case, I believe "walla" is an acceptable pronunciation. Sounds too close to "Wally" to me. I would suggest something like vwah-la

05-10-2006, 05:36 PM	#21
Effie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 933	I think Impetus was taking a shot at Celestian being from Texas... hehehe. :smileyvery-happy:

05-10-2006, 07:40 PM	#22
Lightomen Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nektulos Posts: 48	I die often in my quilted armor, but from trying things I would never have dreamed of with my other toons. I would rather go down soloing a named mob 4 levels below me if I can get it to 20% health rather then die after 3 hits and mob is only to 75%. I have a level 34 Illusionist and find I am enjoying him more then my 70 Ranger. At 34, I soloed a lvl 30 ^^^ named gargoyle outside Nek castle. Mostly because this mob must melee and I was able to keep him mezzed and rooted. Sent Tiny (my personae) in and when he got low on health pulled him out and let heal then sent back in. I am having more trouble with the named Giant in Nek though. Mostly because this mob is a caster and kills me with DoTs. All-in-all, when I decide to retire my ranger, I feel it will be for my Illusionist. As a side note, even though Tiny's roots and mezzes did not last full term, I was wondering if anybody noticed our pet can root and mez epics? I was soloing the Windstalker Rumbler to clear out my quest book some. When I sent Tiny in the first thing I saw was he rooted the Rumbler, then I saw the mezzes hit. I was excited because if any class should be able to mez/root epics it should be Illusionists so I tried to cast my roots and mezzes to no avail. I asked a good friend, who is a level 60ish Illusionist and she said she had not tried it but would let me know. __________________ Staghorn 90 Kerran Ranger 90 Master Jeweler Fomerly from Lavastorm Proud Member of Has Gone LinkDead

05-10-2006, 07:42 PM	#23
Barobra Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 560	Lightomen wrote: I die often in my quilted armor, but from trying things I would never have dreamed of with my other toons. I would rather go down soloing a named mob 4 levels below me if I can get it to 20% health rather then die after 3 hits and mob is only to 75%. I have a level 34 Illusionist and find I am enjoying him more then my 70 Ranger. At 34, I soloed a lvl 30 ^^^ named gargoyle outside Nek castle. Mostly because this mob must melee and I was able to keep him mezzed and rooted. Sent Tiny (my personae) in and when he got low on health pulled him out and let heal then sent back in. I am having more trouble with the named Giant in Nek though. Mostly because this mob is a caster and kills me with DoTs. All-in-all, when I decide to retire my ranger, I feel it will be for my Illusionist. As a side note, even though Tiny's roots and mezzes did not last full term, I was wondering if anybody noticed our pet can root and mez epics? I was soloing the Windstalker Rumbler to clear out my quest book some. When I sent Tiny in the first thing I saw was he rooted the Rumbler, then I saw the mezzes hit. I was excited because if any class should be able to mez/root epics it should be Illusionists so I tried to cast my roots and mezzes to no avail. I asked a good friend, who is a level 60ish Illusionist and she said she had not tried it but would let me know. Wow, I am glad to see a 70 ranger feels this way. Unfortunatley in the t7 raids I have attended a 70 ranger is an invaluable asset to just about any raid situation. Where as an Illusionist is more of situational and depends on what classes you already have. All in all I am glad you feel this way. But, I wouldn't delete your ranger if your guild raids. :smileyhappy:

05-10-2006, 07:54 PM	#24
Lightomen Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nektulos Posts: 48	Never would delete him, same for my Illusioinist. I am a ranger at heart but the challenges of the Illusionist class are rekindling a fire I have't had in years, long before Everquest even existed. More like from my AD&D days as a teen. Anyways, as I have questioins you might see more posts from me. I read alot before I ask so if it is here, hopefully I will find it before I ask a question that has been answered before. __________________ Staghorn 90 Kerran Ranger 90 Master Jeweler Fomerly from Lavastorm Proud Member of Has Gone LinkDead

05-18-2006, 09:17 PM	#25
KniteShayd Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,190	Belizarius wrote: Impetus wrote: Celestian_GC wrote: Effie wrote: I can log my templar in and walla Walla Walla is county in Washington state. I think you mean voila. :smileyhappy: I have no problems soloing or getting groups on my illusionist. I have absolutely no problems soloing with my chanter either, it's finding groups that tends to be the problem. As to Washington, well thats a bit out of the way for me I live in Texas =) In that case, I believe "walla" is an acceptable pronunciation. Sounds too close to "Wally" to me. I would suggest something like vwah-la Or Wah-Lah, Wall-Ah, Wal-lah, Wa-lah, Wa-la, Wah-la, or Wal-ah would be acceptable. need the dash to denote pronounciation. so no, walla has no emphesis and is spoken as "one word", therefore it is not a correct pronounciation, scriptically speaking.

05-18-2006, 09:23 PM	#26
KniteShayd Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,190	But yes, if you can put up with all the crap enchanters get, you can have a good time and grow to love the class, but we arent all that and the bag of bat wing crunchies you make it sound. If you look at prima's guide when the class came out, you'll see it said that enchanters are the hardest class to master in this game and it is not for the light hearted. they were rite. Those that have started an illus since, about nov of last year, have had it very easy. try playing with crappier roots, lower dps, and no pet like the dedicated chanters have endured. we have had some progress along the life of this class, but nothing to really brag about. all we can do at this point is kudos the pet idea. Message Edited by KniteShayd on 05-18-2006 11:24 AM