Hello,
I have dusted off a lowbie (32) Enchanter that I had made several years ago and while I was combining pages I had collected, mesmerization was created. If you remember, its a lvl 16 targeted AE that I never had and decided to use it for the first time last night. Lower Guk, bad spider pull was the scene and I popped the AE mez. To my surprise, I was mezzed right along with the spiders. Here is the question, I am assuming that this spell mezzes ALL around the target and if so that means the tank, what is the application to this spell? Can it be used duoing? If things get bad I mez the whole show from afar and then re mez with the longer duration single target on?
Thanks for any clearification on this.

That low level AE mezz is sketchy at best. As far as I know the mezz will only hit a maximum of 4 mobs at a time, one of those can be you if the targeted mob is too close to you when it goes off.

The application was pretty straight forward, you would cast that when a puller had many in tow, and then snap single mezzes for a longer duration. With that mezz, it really never came about as being a highly user-friendly spell.

It is now found in the higher levels under the wake line that is great for certain higher level raiding encounters. The Sendaii event comes to mind for me, but maybe Sisters in Demi plane when all else fails and your raid is wiping.

Ultimately that spell is a liability. It is better to stick with the single mezzes until higher levels. This is opposed to the PBAE mezz/stun lines that we get too. Those can be very helpful on small groups and duoing with a cleric or wizard who is PBaeing many mobs for farming or power leveling.

Dumb question...

Are you on a PVP server?

If so the all the above apply.

If not, you can ONLY mezz yourself not your group mates. Do not worry about mezzing the tank or cleric it will not happen on a blue server.

I'm pretty sure that your group mates CANNOT be mezzed by you. You can only mez yourself and your foes. In fact a good tactic (ok ... I'm a recently returning after a long hibernation player) was to target your Tank and then use the AE mez ... from a safe distance, of course. This is the same principle as you being able to nuke yourself (for skill practice, of course) but you can't nuke your group mates.

I never liked the AE mez because of its short duration and the fact that I couldn't then overwrite it with a single target longer duration one. I think that that was fixed long ago and you can overwrite it now but don't hold me to that. AE mez could be used as a bad pull buy some time so the group can zone kind of spell if nothing else. Oh ... and teach your puller NOT to stand next to you when they come back to camp with "friends". Very bad.