Comments on: More dots! More dots! http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/ all the slaggle you can handle Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BJ http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/#comment-130 BJ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:55:58 +0000 http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/#comment-130 What about crowd control in PVP? Is there anything that will lock down a PC? Ie no casting/moving for more than 20-30 seconds. Also how long does a typical pvp encounter last? What about crowd control in PVP? Is there anything that will lock down a PC? Ie no casting/moving for more than 20-30 seconds. Also how long does a typical pvp encounter last?

]]> By: tim http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/#comment-129 tim Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:09:44 +0000 http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/#comment-129 Each class runs at the same base speed. So a big hulking Tauren (a cow-like creature of the Horde) runs the same speed as a Gnome. This is explained away by the fact that Taurens are slow movers, but their size makes up for it, while Gnomes are fast but their small legs slows them down. Speed can be affected by different spells and enchantments to your boots, and also by your mounts that you get (regular mount at level 40, epic mount at 60). See http://www.wowwiki.com/Speed for more information. For your second question, there are some neat crowd control abilities in the game. Priests have a spell called "Mind Control" which lets them temporarily take control of a mob for one minute. Use of all their abilities comes under your control, although in PvP mind control is limited to melee attacks. My class (warlock) has some fun crowd control abilities. I can use my Succubus minion to "seduce" a mob so that they cannot attack, cast, move, or use any other abilities until they are hit or the spell wears off. It's fun to be in a group in Ventrilo or Teamspeak and say, "Ok, don't attack the monk over there--I'm going to seduce him!" It makes people giggle like little school girls. I can also cast a spell called "fear" that sends a person running in fear for a while. They can't control their character. It's great for PvP or out in the open, but it does have one drawback--if I fear an NPC mob if they run into other mobs they'll bring them back and then I have a ton of mobs to deal with. In fact, that is what caused the Onyxia wipe in the above post. I still think the funniest crowd control capability in the game is the mage's polymorph spell. It turns a mob into a sheep for nearly a minute and they can't do anything. They just wander around. For added fun, I've been known to say, "hey to keep that sheep from wandering around, I'm going to seduce it." Hubba blo-tep indeed. Each class runs at the same base speed. So a big hulking Tauren (a cow-like creature of the Horde) runs the same speed as a Gnome. This is explained away by the fact that Taurens are slow movers, but their size makes up for it, while Gnomes are fast but their small legs slows them down.

Speed can be affected by different spells and enchantments to your boots, and also by your mounts that you get (regular mount at level 40, epic mount at 60).

See http://www.wowwiki.com/Speed for more information.

For your second question, there are some neat crowd control abilities in the game. Priests have a spell called “Mind Control” which lets them temporarily take control of a mob for one minute. Use of all their abilities comes under your control, although in PvP mind control is limited to melee attacks.

My class (warlock) has some fun crowd control abilities. I can use my Succubus minion to “seduce” a mob so that they cannot attack, cast, move, or use any other abilities until they are hit or the spell wears off. It’s fun to be in a group in Ventrilo or Teamspeak and say, “Ok, don’t attack the monk over there–I’m going to seduce him!” It makes people giggle like little school girls.

I can also cast a spell called “fear” that sends a person running in fear for a while. They can’t control their character. It’s great for PvP or out in the open, but it does have one drawback–if I fear an NPC mob if they run into other mobs they’ll bring them back and then I have a ton of mobs to deal with. In fact, that is what caused the Onyxia wipe in the above post.

I still think the funniest crowd control capability in the game is the mage’s polymorph spell. It turns a mob into a sheep for nearly a minute and they can’t do anything. They just wander around. For added fun, I’ve been known to say, “hey to keep that sheep from wandering around, I’m going to seduce it.” Hubba blo-tep indeed.

]]> By: BJ http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/#comment-127 BJ Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:15:34 +0000 http://slaggle.com/2006/11/03/more-dots-more-dots/#comment-127 YOU TOOK MY CLOUDSONG!!!! Speaking of memes. I would have you know that I actually had a cloudsong. I camped the spot for about 8 hours and killed the centaur that drops the item. I even had the 3 scrolls necessary to "activate" it. I did it solo. Normally it takes an almost full group of 8 in DAOC. I've also been in a group that killed the dragon in DAOC (which has wiped groups of 100 ) with 13 people. I was awesome. I have a question. Which class/classes run the fastest in WoW. Are there any classes that can take control of Mobs? (ie charm them) It might be best for me if you don't actually answer those questions. YOU TOOK MY CLOUDSONG!!!!

Speaking of memes. I would have you know that I actually had a cloudsong. I camped the spot for about 8 hours and killed the centaur that drops the item. I even had the 3 scrolls necessary to “activate” it. I did it solo. Normally it takes an almost full group of 8 in DAOC.

I’ve also been in a group that killed the dragon in DAOC (which has wiped groups of 100 ) with 13 people.

I was awesome.

I have a question. Which class/classes run the fastest in WoW. Are there any classes that can take control of Mobs? (ie charm them)

It might be best for me if you don’t actually answer those questions.

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