combine is such a piece of shit now.

….

So basically i combined two 120 potions of heal into one level 90 potion of heal with the same amount of charges...USEFUL :P</quote>

Bad way to report problems. You remind me of someone who doesn't vote, then bitches about the election results. The skill will be fixed regardless for other people's sake, but you would have a much better time playing if you were civil about things.

<quote>> I think we should create a sticky topic where we, the players, post out balance issues and problems with skills and spells so that Syn doesn't have to go searching for them. Organize, organize, organize!</quote>
I agree with this one. If we can create 5-6 general categories (i.e. pk issues, skill issues, race issues, and a few others, I would be much more effective at fixing these problems.

look at this

You are carrying:

a potion of haste

a potion of cloak of guile

( 2) an empty vial

a potion of heal

(Glowing) (K) A Black Velvet Bag

(Glowing) (K) A Red Velvet Pouch

(Glowing) (K) End of Existence

(Glowing) (K) Evil's Maw

(Glowing) (Gold Aura) (K) NetherRealm Nexus

(Glowing) (K) Unholy Puzzlebox

(Glowing) (K) Wake of Demise

A total of 32/107 items with weight 254/650 pounds. (0 lbs in coins)

SpuNK! <4163hp 4972sp 3300mv 24

SpuNK! <4163hp 4972sp 3300mv 24 comb po 2.po

You can only combine items which have the same spells.

That in itself makes the skill useless…but get a load of THIS

This is a single heal potion not combined..

SpuNK! <4163hp 5005sp 3300mv 24 cast id po

You begin to speak the words of the spell...

SpuNK! <4163hp 5005sp 3300mv 24

You have completed your casting.

Object 'potion' is type potion, extra flags none.

Weight is 1, value is 0, level is 0.

Fragility is Normal, condition is 100%. It has been repaired 0/5 times.

It is made out of glass.

Contains level 120 spell of: 'heal'

This potion has 3 remaining charges.

After combining it with another...

You are carrying:

( 2) a potion of heal

(Glowing) (K) A Black Velvet Bag

(Glowing) (K) A Red Velvet Pouch

(Glowing) (K) End of Existence

(Glowing) (K) Evil's Maw

(Glowing) (Gold Aura) (K) NetherRealm Nexus

(Glowing) (K) Unholy Puzzlebox

(Glowing) (K) Wake of Demise

A total of 29/107 items with weight 251/650 pounds. (0 lbs in coins)

SpuNK! <4163hp 4939sp 3300mv 24 comb po 2.po

You combine a potion of heal and a potion of heal.

You have completed your casting.

Object 'potion' is type potion, extra flags none.

Weight is 1, value is 0, level is 0.

Fragility is Normal, condition is 100%. It has been repaired 0/5 times.

It is made out of glass.

Contains level 90 spell of: 'heal'

This potion has 3 remaining charges.

So basically i combined two 120 potions of heal into one level 90 potion of heal with the same amount of charges...USEFUL :P

If I had my choice though, I would make no improvements to either druid nor crusader. Those are the two classes that I see to be most powerful and unbalanced at the moment, especially druid.

I have no idea what Avatar Shield is supposed to do. It's obvious that it doesn't act like a shield so you don't have to wear one. It adds 3k some points to 'unknown', so that explains alot.

Light Shroud? Eh. What's the point. Sanctuary does the same exact thing except it has a reduced damage affect.

Turn undead. Hahaha, you just made me laugh. Lets just say that going Adept was an enourmous mistake.

If it's of any importance or interest, I went sorceress/paladin/rogue/druid … warlady/ranger/arch-mage/sage.

<quote author="Laje">@Laje:

For clerics:

witch and monk both get counterspell

druid: cosmic blast (offensive spells suck), enchant armor and weapon were nerfed, and brew/scribe were greatly reduced in effectiveness also…so basically nothing

witch doctor: no clue, never been one

monk: frenzy, dirt kick, reverie</quote>

If anything, witch and monk need MORE advantages. Druid's are still vastly overpowered, in my opinion, even with reductions in the power of brew and enchanting. The way the system is now, I would not choose any other cleric class on any character I made. Simple as that.

(Pre-reverienerfage, I wouldn't have necessarily said that. But since reverie changed, it's faster to sleep on a buckskin anyway, so what's the point?)

<quote author="Laje">@Laje:

Sage

Judge: all remorts can naturally detect evil/good now, so skill is useless

Mob lore: not very useful

Deception: %chance to evade backstab, circle, etc… (rarely seen it work)

Class perm detect hidden (often found on eq)</quote>

I also disagree with this. Deception, once raised to a higher level can be extremely effective. In PK fighting with sages that have it pracced/bettered way up (i.e. Xavvy), I can hardly land a circle (which, in the current state of PK is quite an important aspect, apparently mutter), and it often saves from a blackjack without the need of the hr/dr reduction of calm.

Judge is pretty useless though :P

<quote author="Laje">@Laje:

Crusder - holy sword and shield are nice, but can't compare to the other classes skills. Increased quest rewards are helpful, but longterm everyone maxes anyways. +25% damage with exotic, not many exotic weapons that deal decent damage even with bonus</quote>

Every day I wish I had gone Crusader instead of Warlady. The quest bonus rocks, the mount help in battle rocks, and the holy sword/shield, when used consistantly, can be quite powerful and are nice for fighting against races for which there are few weapons with their vulnerability. The only thing I can think of that I got from Warlady and actually use was pursuit (although that is kinda cool >D) (and btw, when the heck is "bind" supposed to work?). I have not noticed any special difference when using the three spells that I recieved (energy field, spell shield, and healing aura… if anyone else that's a warlord/lady has noticed a difference, please clue me in), and I'm not even sure how leadership works, but I keep getting betters in it. x)

Destroyer seems decent, and those people that I know went destroyer are happy with the skills they got, but that was not an option for me with remort. I still think Crusader is overpowered, and Warlord/lady is the worst choice for warrior class in remorting.

Not meaning to call you out or anything, Laje, I think your opinion is just as valid as mine. I just happen to think differently based on my own personal experiences.

It's grossly unbalancing and it's cock blocking all the other skills in a person's set since they have to dedicate the entire fight to "c heal, c heal, c heal"

Once you have used mob lore on a creature, from that point forward you get some type of bonus while fighting that creature such as +dr, +hr, +ac, etc…

It could be a small bonus and last forever (keeping track in pfile of which mobs you have used mob lore on), or a larger bonus and last just till the end of the fight.

None of the mage classes have counterspell.

Wizards are overpowered. Necros need the most help, but sorcerors need it too. Don't just look at number of spells, look at how many are usefull and can be duplicated by other effects.

sorc gets silence and slow as unique (channel also but nobody ever uses it because they don't run out of mana)

wizards on the other hand get afterburn, roomshield, starflare, dispel room, nexus, gate, locate object, entrap, and light shroud

necro gets feign, kill, and energy drain

For clerics:

witch and monk both get counterspell

druid: cosmic blast (offensive spells suck), enchant armor and weapon were nerfed, and brew/scribe were greatly reduced in effectiveness also…so basically nothing

witch doctor: no clue, never been one

monk: frenzy, dirt kick, reverie

For thiefs:

assassin: slit, crossbow, envenom

rogue: circle

bard: never been one

Fighters:

Marauder: 4th attack, dirt kick, intimidate

Gladiator: circle

Paladin: smite

Not familiar with remort classes besides my own, only remorted once.

Alchemist - with potions/scrolls weakened really nothing for this class

Sage

Judge: all remorts can naturally detect evil/good now, so skill is useless

Mob lore: not very useful

Deception: %chance to evade backstab, circle, etc... (rarely seen it work)

Class perm detect hidden (often found on eq)

All the remort thieves classes need work

Crusder - holy sword and shield are nice, but can't compare to the other classes skills. Increased quest rewards are helpful, but longterm everyone maxes anyways. +25% damage with exotic, not many exotic weapons that deal decent damage even with bonus

That is my little spiel (sp) about what is wrong with the classes I took. When I took them they were awesome classes, but with tweaks to skills/spells, shuffling around who had what, and adding in new skills/spells they are quite lacking.

Not sure if it is just the specific combo of classes that I took that collectively cause me problems, or if they are just individually crappy. Would like to hear from anyone else who went druid/sorc/rogue/gladiator/sage/alchemist/crusader. (either that same combo just individual classes)

I also like the fact that they can dual wield a 2-handed weapon.

If you're looking for something to balance titans (I'm not sure if we are or not… Inimical?) can I suggest maybe making dual wielding 2-handed weapons hurt dex or str? I believe we need to make it so not everyone has every stat maxed out. This will make people really decide what is important to them and possibly diversify the game. However, this may be hell to balance;I haven't really thought it through.

eRT