03-06-2005, 03:20 AM
MongoJerry,Mar 4 2005, 01:19 AM Wrote:This is an underused category of crowd control, in my humble opinion. People are so used to being afraid of getting adds after fears that they don't even think of the idea of using them when there is no danger of getting adds.
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I very much agree. This fear usually comes from the non-caster crowd too. "Don't fear don't fear". Well, fear has a range limit. It varies from mob to mob with creatures set with larger patrol limits having increased fear run range. Once they hit that brick wall, they start going sideways or backwards. So when you have enough room, fear will paralyze the enemy like it should.
I've trained warriors in my guild to work with me in creationg a situation where fear will not create adds. Warriors need to charge, but warriors don't have to be in the front lines to charge. Standing just behind the group is just as good. Or, charge and fight walking backwards to bring them out of fear-add distance. Doing this proves extremely effective. As a Warlock, I can fear-lock individual enemies without a fear skill use cooldown. For me, this has made otherwise impossible (pure stats vs stats) battles winnable, and hard battles made easy.
My favorite is taking out elite dragonkin in Dustwallow Marsh with fear. . . and particularly that chicken Overlord Mok. . . he had no resistence to fear. Reason? He's a total utter coward. No wonder he couldn't help but run the village around in circles while I taunted him and threw tomatoes at him until he ran far far away.