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Posted:Jan 05 2002 at 4:32 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If you are melee, you don't want O'Keils on you anyways. It over rides Call of Earth.
Regardless, this effect is near useless. Perhaps it could be useful for putting crap buffs up before a fight.....but if a dr00d is about then their buff will drop over it. nm, its useless
While I agree that the dmg shield portion of the effect is negligable, I feel that the effect should at least be O'Keils Flickering Flame. The Radiation spell gives 7 fire resist and 2dmg shield where the new Flickering Flame adds 10 FR and 5 dmg shield. It seems odd that they would not put the very costly and nearly useless Flickering Flame on these boots instead of the now completely useless O'Keils Radiation
Nlaren Manaweaver Wizard of the 51st Officer of Awahili Karana
At the level these boots are acquired, it is foolish to think that the effect is for the damage shield. On nearly every uber mob in game at the uber levels, Resist Gear is where it is at. You will see a whole swarm of casters put on Green Silken Drapes when they go after Trakanon.
Take these boots for example. All around minor resist bonuses. NOW, look at the fact that you can cast Okiels Radiation without having to mem the spell and have it take up a spell slot. Okiels is also a +10 Fire Resist spell. This is where the effect on the boots have the most benificial factor. Any Fire based uber mob, you will see these boots thrown on to keep up the Fire Resist.
I don't have these yet, but they will be added to my FR gear soon. When going after the uber mobs, I try to have the resists required for that mob to be at least 110-130 from resist gear alone before any spell buffs are added.
A level 4 effect on our level 60 equipment. Maybe it's just me, but the only time I use this spell, is if there is no one in the group that has a damage shield. Then I'll use this and O'Keils Flickering flame. If we have a caster that can damage shield, then I just cast O'Keils Flickering Flame because it stacks with the other damage shields.
Having this effect on these boots is terrible. Unless we get O'Keils Flickering Flame on another piece. Then it's not so bad. I dunno, just think I'd rather have something like Levitate on my boots instead of this 2 dd Damage Shield.