04-01-2005, 03:37 PM
LochnarITB,Apr 1 2005, 07:03 AM Wrote:This discussion has me completely baffled. I seem to be playing a different WoW than the rest of you. For Lochnar's entire life, at least the 99% beyond the newbie zone, I have never been comfortable with fighting any baddies +1 or beyond. At +1, I would start to see very noticeable number of casts resisted. At +2 it would start to be a real PITA and at +3 the majority of casts would be resisted. I have a very clear memory of partying with some Lurkers in Loch Modan. We were going after the little carved statues from the troggs at the dig site. We headed in through the entrance that has the platform with a couple troggs. Lochnar started throwing his snowballs. Every one he threw was resisted. Arcane missiles were resisted. After the fight, I made a comment about being useless. The reaction felt like one of those laugh-at-the-n00b moments and the reply was "of course, they were 3 levels higher than you". When I see "I could consistently win against +3's, assuming no incredibly bad streak of resists" my reaction is "Huh, I always get a bad streak of resists against +3's". Oh well, I guess that explains why I always seemed behind in leveling, even though I probably logged more hours than anyone else in the guild. Or, at least partially explains it along with running off picking every flower I could find and sticking my nose into every nook and cranny I came to. :blush: Whatever game it was I was playing, I loved it all along the way and still do, at least when I am actually able to play. :wub:
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Yeah, me too. Admittedly, my mage is is only level 30 right now, but the moment I hit anything more than two levels higher than me, it's likely to be death.
I remember, at level 29, I was kinda grinding some harpies in the Charred Vale, in some vain attempt at finding wool (had just switched from mining/engineering to tailoring/skinning), when I found the entrance to Desolace. I wandered through, went all, "Hey, cool." Saw a level 32 mob and decided to try it out. It got down to about half life before it managed to rip me apart.
And this is with zero stuttering, since it is quite obvious to be using the Improved Arcane Missiles while an enemy is actively whacking you.