Oaken Guard
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5 posts
Gotta get this spell in order to get the other, got mine last night. :)
Just got this spell a week ago or so. It ROCKS. Drawing aggro is part of the game if you heal, nuke, and debuff a lot. This spell won't save you for long, but usually give the tanks enough time to get aggro back. I've used a couple times now and it def. kept me from taking serious damage or dying.
Recast time is a moot point IMO. If you are stealing aggro that much you're doing something wrong.
Edited, Sat Aug 27 12:13:02 2005
Recast time is a moot point IMO. If you are stealing aggro that much you're doing something wrong.
Edited, Sat Aug 27 12:13:02 2005
6 posts
The recast time on Oaken Guard (15 minutes) makes it undesirable to take up a gem slot on the off chance it may be needed. I have to juggle buffs in and out of gem slots as it is.
And yes, I have the extra gem slot from AA.
Why offer something that is almost not worth having.
Lowering recast time to say 5 minutes would make it worth considering. The rest of the stats are good and workable.
And yes, I have the extra gem slot from AA.
Why offer something that is almost not worth having.
Lowering recast time to say 5 minutes would make it worth considering. The rest of the stats are good and workable.
2 posts
Kinda sick of these 8k casters. 10k casters. This is why I'm gonna end up leaving the game. Some of us have kids, work, are married, own homes, etc. Sony has turned this game into a game for uber raid guilds. Those that have posted about that are correct. Those that chided them about it, probably are those uber geared no lifer's. Sony is catering to the "rich" people by only helping the uber's out :(. But in the end, it's us "family guild" guys that make sony their money and it's us who will leave the game and cost sony lots of money.
Wow, so someone else has better gear than you, therefore they must have no life. I hate to break it to you pal, but nearly my entire guild has families, full-time jobs, and we throw in hobbies and so forth as well. We are Tacvi enabled, and 8khp would be toward the low end of our casters' gear.
Instead of calling others names, because they have done something you have not, perhaps you should rethink what you are doing wrong. Many of our characters play as little as 10-15 hours a week, so its not a "no life" thing.
I know I personally, have 2 kids, aged 2 and 7, a wife, a full-time job, a one acre yard to mow, and still find time for martial arts classes 3 times a week.
Instead of calling others names, because they have done something you have not, perhaps you should rethink what you are doing wrong. Many of our characters play as little as 10-15 hours a week, so its not a "no life" thing.
I know I personally, have 2 kids, aged 2 and 7, a wife, a full-time job, a one acre yard to mow, and still find time for martial arts classes 3 times a week.
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Posted: Jul 21 2005 at 2:53 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Ninjas killed my family.... Must... make...money..to buy..kungfu lessons..
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Ninjas killed my family.... Must... make...money..to buy..kungfu lessons..
ummm....yeah....ok.....can I have your stuff then!?
Have to speak out in favor of this spell its saved my butt a few times and its made things easy so many more. I can debuff with my ros and snare earlier and if I get agro off an add from patch healing i can pop this. Have gone from getting one rounded while tank or CC tries to reign in adds to having 18 seconds of leisure time mobs that hit for 600 hit for a mere 150, target self and cast a fast heal over during that time. Spell winks out after 18 seconds with me at full life and everything under control.
You trying to get druid corpes spread thru out the land? Solo dragons with this? !!! DURATION 3 ticks, by the time you engage the dragon and get a dot off (summonong begins) your time is up for both the duration and your solo session, unless you are super uber. But basicly if you can't root or snare it, and it summons, then it is anti-druid solo writen all over it, with or without this 3 tick spell. So maybe the shawl 8 will push it to 4 ticks, I still don't like that.
most mobs dont start summoning till 97% or so. Thats plenty of time to get 3 dots loaded on a mob before you gotta place this spell on yourself. Besides with both regens + and other aa's a dragon would die pretty easy.
12 posts
I soloed Lodizal twice yesterday Without this spell. Can guarantee a Kunark dragon will die to me once I get this spell :)
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7 posts
You solo Lodzial twice yesturday ....what is the spawn time on that mob ???
7 posts
lol!
Perhaps a patch, or server crash? Just because something has a long respawn time, doesn't mean this claim is impossible. Unlikely perhaps, but not impossible.
He Solo'd Lodi twice, and I Kited all 3 zeks...at the same time. really I did! I swear!!
It really depends on your definition of "yesterday"...
Scholar
47 posts
Seeing as how Lodizal is on a 12 hour respawn time and has been solo'd by druids since Velious, there's no reason to doubt the claim...
Yesterday I solo'd Lodizal at 2:30am, I later killed him at 4pm. Same day, two kills. It works.
I wish this was an AA with a hot-button so I could keep a spell slot free and have it on my hot-button list...now that would be nice 
6 posts
You can cast while this spell is up.
33 posts
could one continue to melee/cast spells while this spell is in effect?
Like DA, can you not cast spells for 18 seconds?
WHAT DOES DAMAGE MITIGATION DO AS A effect.. sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but no one will give me a clear answer, they just dodge around it... any one ableto help?
36 posts
Its fairly easy. this spell says damage mitigation 75%. If a mob would normally hit you for say 1000, it would mitigate 75% of that damage (750 hps) and only hit for 250
23 posts
bout time we get something like this, tired of getting pummeled and barely have enuf time to even exodus, at least now we have a chance
Edited, Fri Oct 1 05:31:37 2004
Edited, Fri Oct 1 05:31:37 2004
Anyone have details on how the defense proc works?
11 posts
This appears to be the defensive proc: https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=6156
An interesting Druidic twist on DA. We take damage while protected, but the agro loss from the proc doesn't wear off with the buff. That said, the proc is only of use if there's someone else to duck under on the mobs hate list.
Edited, Fri Oct 1 18:03:50 2004
An interesting Druidic twist on DA. We take damage while protected, but the agro loss from the proc doesn't wear off with the buff. That said, the proc is only of use if there's someone else to duck under on the mobs hate list.
Edited, Fri Oct 1 18:03:50 2004
30 posts
Its Druid Da well almost, 75% less dmg is a huge difference than 100% dmg.. I look forward to using this spell! =p
Or if a druid wants to only take 75% of a death touch maybe?
6 posts
Very funny reasoning, except DT is not melee damage -
looking at it again, noticing self only, the spell already becomes less interesting.
Back to the cleric Vie line for us casters then.
If it was single target, it would have been a lifesaver for casters on high end encounters where the script has multiple adds or spawned waves.
As currently an 8K HP (buffed) caster gets shredded in Txevu/Tacvi encounters in one or two combat rounds, I dread to think of the DPS on Omens mobs. We had the luclin-style "high AC, incredible HP, hits weak" then we had the PoP-style "low hp hits like a truck" that was continued throughout Gates, so it looks this is the course Sony is sailing.
In the end this spell is indeed a mini-DA, hence also the short (18 sec) duration
My guess the proc effect would be somewgere along the line of a stun (maybe pbae) or Mez effect like the enchanter's Word of Morell. But at this point this is just speculation.
Edited, Tue Sep 7 00:42:05 2004
looking at it again, noticing self only, the spell already becomes less interesting.
Back to the cleric Vie line for us casters then.
If it was single target, it would have been a lifesaver for casters on high end encounters where the script has multiple adds or spawned waves.
As currently an 8K HP (buffed) caster gets shredded in Txevu/Tacvi encounters in one or two combat rounds, I dread to think of the DPS on Omens mobs. We had the luclin-style "high AC, incredible HP, hits weak" then we had the PoP-style "low hp hits like a truck" that was continued throughout Gates, so it looks this is the course Sony is sailing.
In the end this spell is indeed a mini-DA, hence also the short (18 sec) duration
My guess the proc effect would be somewgere along the line of a stun (maybe pbae) or Mez effect like the enchanter's Word of Morell. But at this point this is just speculation.
Edited, Tue Sep 7 00:42:05 2004
1 second casting time and 30 second recast time. When I get this will never leave my spell bar. Really nice life saver.
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Posted: Sep 22 2004 at 6:21 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) 900 seconds = 30 minutes recast timer
terrible math.
900 seconds = 15 minutes.
900 seconds = 15 minutes.
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Posted: Sep 30 2004 at 12:00 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) lol what is the point of saying that? to prove you passed the 4th grade eh? lol, the person you posted about is probly around the 2nd grade level, but you dont need to join in with him. trust me, telling us that 900 seconds is 15 minutes is not a big......lmfao......ahaha
42 posts
sounds nice, use is yet to be found.
This is a cheapo Divine Aura for druids.
You arn't invincible, but it gives you enough time to haul *** through a zone where invis or going around isn't very possible. Or if the tank fell asleep and you dont want to throw away too much valuable mana on healing yourself. Or if your getting beaten to death by a plains mob while your trying to get off an evac.
Its for emergencies where taking some damage is inevitable.
When you see the **** aprouching the fan throw this on and get as far away from the fan as possible...
You arn't invincible, but it gives you enough time to haul *** through a zone where invis or going around isn't very possible. Or if the tank fell asleep and you dont want to throw away too much valuable mana on healing yourself. Or if your getting beaten to death by a plains mob while your trying to get off an evac.
Its for emergencies where taking some damage is inevitable.
When you see the **** aprouching the fan throw this on and get as far away from the fan as possible...
Scholar
27 posts
Anyone want to try Solo Tank a Kunark dragon with this ? :)
Wonder if DS still works with this since you are actually getting hit with this. It's not total immunity like the cleric DA.
I'm sure you won't be allowed to cast while this is up.
Edited, Wed Sep 15 07:28:53 2004
Wonder if DS still works with this since you are actually getting hit with this. It's not total immunity like the cleric DA.
I'm sure you won't be allowed to cast while this is up.
Edited, Wed Sep 15 07:28:53 2004
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