07-08-2004, 03:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2004, 04:01 PM by MongoJerry.)
Ruvanal,Jul 8 2004, 04:15 PM Wrote:Perhaps if they set it up so that the polymorphed target had a different AI that was less susceptable to being frightened off it would not be so bad. My first thought of the change when downloading was that "Oh, the sheep will just mill about in the area and maybe have a chance of waking up a mob alerady very close to it." Not what this change is actually ending up doing to the the polymorphed target.This was my thought exactly when I read the patch notes, and I thought it was a good PvE change. Sleep, no matter what class had it, was always too powerful, and I felt that this was a creative and funny way to make one have to *think* a bit before using it. In particular, it eliminates the boring and overpowered "sleep pull." If one tried a "polymorph pull," then the sheep could wander and wake up more targets. However, if one pulled mobs and then polymorphed them when near you, then you should be OK, although you still might have to watch out a bit. I like the idea very much, actually. They just need to get rid of the "scared" AI that sends the sheep running.
Regarding PvP, the change has no effect and I have no clue why anyone would think this was intended as a "nerf" to sleep in PvP. I was turned into a sheep last night in the Shimmering Flats (man, the racetrack where everybody gets and turns in quests is a war zone), and the effect was the same. I couldn't do anything for 30 seconds -- only this time I wandered a bit, felt the burning humiliation of being a sheep and enjoyed shackling that undead mage all the more once the polymorph was over. In fact, if anything, polymorph is better than sleep in PvP, because as the sheep wanders the person gets all turned around.
No, this was clearly intended as a PvE change, and I agree with the change -- as long as they get rid of the "scared" sheep AI.