[smee] Re: Sending Ent to Charm School
- From: "Steve Chapman" <sandheat.chapman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <smee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 06:59:29 -0800
Unfortunately, It is Drill weekend so I cannot make it. Heather may make it
on depending on how the kids are doing and if she can keep them out of her
hair for a few hours.
Have you seen Metugg's new invisible armor?
Love,
Metugg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Putz" <vputz@xxxxxxx>
To: <smee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: [smee] Sending Ent to Charm School
> Well, I finally got my PoJ trials done... all of them. Yow! Happened on
> a small group that was wanting to do the Seventh Hammer, and they took me
> in for a round about the room.
>
> SMEE is very very close to being ready to try the trials, but I'm not sure
> we're there yet. HOWEVER, it is possible to work the trials and shoot for
> named mobs. For example, in the Trial of Flame, it's possible to for a
> mob to pop on the first wave that drops a mask, I think all/all, with
> Flowing Thought 1; any small group of SMEE could handle him.
>
> The big defining factor in success with PoJ trials is simply DPS. We are
> doing well in that department, but for burst damage there's one thing we
> haven't really taken advantage of: Ent and charm.
>
> The guy running the trials was a 65 chanter, and would have the druid
> snare a pet, he would charm it, and then buff the thing. And I can say
> that having a chanter-hasted High Guardian of Justice in your group is a
> MAJOR increase in dps. Sure, it would break and go straight for the
> chanter periodically, but since it was snared, evading it for the recharm
> wasn't TOO bad...
>
> So sometime when Ent and a ranger/druid is on, I'd like to screw around
> with it starting with midlevel mobs and increasing. I don't want to make
> it a regular part of SMEE (we'll save that for Dire Charm, which will
> never break--much easier to keep track of) but for the trials or serious
> named mobs, it's a big deal.
>
> The new expansion is nigh on us. Rumors seem to go back and forth about
> whether the level cap will be raised. I *have* seen many of the new AAs,
> and they seem... tepid (things like further extensions of old AAs, etc).
> However, one of the more interesting is that all caster classes will now
> have an AA which will allow their groupwide spells to affect pets.
> Including bards. Woot! So now Ent could get us a buffed/hasted uberpet
> which could also have overhaste, high resists, and a wicked damage shield.
> The possibilities for total destruction once charm wears off have never
> been higher!
>
> Seriously, though, the possibilities are interesting; I'm curious to see
> what we do with them. I don't know when I'll get the pet AA; it's 20
> points (OW!) and there are other choices I should probably go for first (I
> could get instrument mastery 3, singing mastery 2, and one level of
> lightning reflexes for that).
>
> Many thanks again for the romp through HS. I don't know how easy it will
> be to repetitively check and see if Drusella is up, but I will want to do
> that on a regular basis. Unfortunately, only rangers can track her from
> ZI, and a druid would have to port in with them to get them out, so this
> may be pretty painful.
>
> Not sure who we'll have Sunday, but see everyone then!
>
> -->VPutz
>
>
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