04-20-2004, 05:15 PM
Well, you're most welcome :P
No, you can't use normal spells and bear 'abilities' at the same time. They don't even
use the same fuel! The first is mana, the second is 'rage'. When you switch to bear form
your rage is reset to zero, afaik.
You actually have six "bars" for your hotkeys. So you'll want one (or more) for normal use,
another for bear, another for cat, etc. It's likely that at high level the choices will be large enough
that you would split the normal bar into a pre-battle buff bar, a "every battle I use these, plus emergency
spells" on your 'main' hotkey bar, and perhaps a boss bar or a party bar.
> Could you decide going bear form against X mob and then shape change and go
> with your human form spells against another mob and both options would be valid?
You can, but there are mana/rage issues. Sorry I can't check directly now, but I'm pretty sure rage
goes to zero on becoming a bear, but I don't know if your mana is zero, or low, when you revert to
human form. You might very well do something like buff, entangle, cast rejuv on party, then go to
bear form and start attacking, then mauling/rending as you get in a few hits and build rage. After
battle you could humanize, drink water and heal up, ready to repeat this cycle.
(I don't know how effective this would be compared to keying on one form, but it seems possible)
Charis
No, you can't use normal spells and bear 'abilities' at the same time. They don't even
use the same fuel! The first is mana, the second is 'rage'. When you switch to bear form
your rage is reset to zero, afaik.
You actually have six "bars" for your hotkeys. So you'll want one (or more) for normal use,
another for bear, another for cat, etc. It's likely that at high level the choices will be large enough
that you would split the normal bar into a pre-battle buff bar, a "every battle I use these, plus emergency
spells" on your 'main' hotkey bar, and perhaps a boss bar or a party bar.
> Could you decide going bear form against X mob and then shape change and go
> with your human form spells against another mob and both options would be valid?
You can, but there are mana/rage issues. Sorry I can't check directly now, but I'm pretty sure rage
goes to zero on becoming a bear, but I don't know if your mana is zero, or low, when you revert to
human form. You might very well do something like buff, entangle, cast rejuv on party, then go to
bear form and start attacking, then mauling/rending as you get in a few hits and build rage. After
battle you could humanize, drink water and heal up, ready to repeat this cycle.
(I don't know how effective this would be compared to keying on one form, but it seems possible)
Charis