Question about root and stun etc

[swayzo]

Ok so been playing about 2 weeks now a little less actually. Well I designed my first couple of characters within the first week to just lvl up and see whats out there and what ways I want to go.

Well I use root and a dmg spell but I started to notice I cast my root and as soon as I cast my other spell root dissapears now I have root3. Same thing happens so I wanted to test it out see how long it holds cause so far I have just been seeing it hold maybe a sec or 2.

So I cast it don't do anything but as soon as I move the spell dissapears. So I stand there for 1min with mob rooted not moving thinking ok if I move root breaks if I cast spell root breaks. On top of that it drains my sap.

Whats the use of that? So I can root and stand still and do nothing to attack it. Kinda a pointless skill I guess if you were in a group might help keep adds off group but then you would just sit there and root the mob and do nothing alse.

I know they also got dots but do they continually drain your sap and that with root I won't have much sap at the end or any. and if you cast dots you have to stand still to use them I think so I don't get it whats the purpose of root or did I just waste my points? Or is it just for teaming?

So I learned it works like that for fear and root.

Does it work like that for stun as well?

I am use too the fire and forget type spells they run there duration or whatever it is there supposed to do. They take so much energy from you and thats it.

its kind of depressing thinking how many points I could have put in other skills that would be more useful for me now. but oh well. Does anybody know of a website I can get all info for the spells. So I can read up on how they work.

BTW I already made my main deleted my 2 test chars which I didn't get them very far only to 20 and tested out different things but not root or fear etc.

[than21]

Stun, root, blind, maddness, dots, etc. are all link spells, you have to stand still to keep the effect going, which inturn drains sap. Now that root spell your calling pointless is in fact a very good spell, in a group of casts you just have one person use root, to root the mob and everyone else just nukes it, becuse nukes and melee attacks doesn't break root. The same goes for stun and blind, just cast it in a group with melees and it will stop the mob from attacking, so you wouldn't even need a healer. There all great spells, you just have to find the right time and place to use them.

[swayzo]

Well for solo which I do about 70% of the time for me. its a useless skill. Cause finding a team takes a little while and if your a team of 2. You will drain your sap 50% before mob is dead. Its just better to attack.

A big team then yeah the use is there.

But if I knew that spell was only useful 1/3 of the time if you get in that big team. I would not use it I could use more dmg in different areas.

So yes for the most part its useless I consider a useful spell something you can use for alot of applications. Not just once in awhile.

The spell is good not saying its a ****ty spell just not useful for all things.

Thanks for the info on stun btw. So I just have to watch out for linked spells.

[larsa]

Well for solo which I do about 70% of the time for me. its a useless skill. ...

Oh, don't say it's useless.

However, fear is the spell the soloing mage wants, and you'll want fear as early as possible. While fear is a link-type spell too it causes the mob to run away from the caster. I guess you know how important that is - with a bit of training and learning you can play jojo with the mob and keep it on distance while you nuke the beast: try nuke, nuke, fear, nuke, nuke, fear, etc (depending on how fast your spells are and what sort of staff you're using).

Note that there are fear-resistant mobs out there (Gingos and Bodocs for example), thus you don't want to play jojo with them.

[shrike]

And for those root is actually useful, you can root-nuke-root-nuke... with them. Against Gingos I would prefer a nice shiny pike though.