08-03-2004, 09:15 PM
To add to this, my priestess took up engineering specifically to arm herself with bombs so that she could have some kind of area-of-effect attack. The couple seconds of stun on an entire group of mobs -- or players -- is also very helpful. Plus, engineering allows you to make all kinds of neat gadgets like the Gnomish Cloaking Device (turns you invisible for 10 seconds), Gnomish Remote Control (allows you to control mechanical mobs -- sometimes), Goblin Jumper Cables (50% chance to rez someone -- great for classes who don't have a rez spell), Deepdive Helmet (let's you breathe underwater indefinitely), Parachute Cloak (+7 spirit and slows your fall rate for 30 secs -- I *love* my parachute cloak), and many more gadgets.