submitted by lifebane on Aug 2nd, 2007
Tags: dark rebuke, necro trick, soul blight, soul trap, undead
Greetings my macabre brother and sister necromancers of Telon. It has come to my attention that not all necros are conniving enough to think of how best to use their evil little necro abilities and the most unique trick in the Necromancer's arsenal escapes them. What am I babbling about this time you say? Well read on and learn. Necromancers can mez undead... quite useful for those undead infested regions of Telon to be certain. Sadly though, it is utterly useless against the living. A shame that we can not kill everything then if they rise again mez them!! Oh wait, what about turn them into undead while they still live and then mez them! skip that whole middle kill them first step. Well friends, now you too can do just this very trick by sending me 3 monthly payments of $ 29.99 and I will umm... oops. Guess I shouldn't try to sell you something you already have huh. My twisted sense of morality forbids me from charging for this so I suppose I'll dispense with what many necros consider common knowledge, yet others have never how do you say it.. connected the dots?! Starting at level 26 (upgrades at 34 and 44) necromancers obtain an ability called Soul Blight. This ability does the following: "Debuffs enemy spiritual resistance by 200 for a brief time and causes the target to become an undead creature, which in turn makes them susceptible to any abilities that effect the undead."
Now let's re-read that last part one more time: "...causes the target to become an undead creature, which in turn makes them susceptible to any abilities that effect the undead."
Hrmmm... wait a Second, at level 18 and then later at 40 we get a spell called Soul Trap which states the following: "A mez type spell for undead that prevents the target from moving, casting or attacking. Any damage done to the target after it is mez'd will break the effects of the spell. Only one target may be Trapped at once."
Let's focus once more on that first sentence there: "A mez type spell for undead that prevents the target from moving,"
Great Scott! Holy Flux Capacitor! Does this mean what I think it does? Why yes it does! You CAN mez any creature under the effect of Soul Blight via your Soul Trap ability, yes I know, it's the revelation all over again. So there ya have it folks. How to pretend you are a mez master even when not on undead mobs. Keep in mind though that not all mobs can be mez'd. Okay I bet that sounded fun right? But wait! There's more!! Let's see now, if that Soul Blight ability will turn things into undead... is there anything we can abuse then with this? Oh yes.. indeed there is. Let's take a quick look at Dark Rebuke , an ability we get at level 18 (upgrades at 26, 34, 42, and 50). This ability states the following: "Spiritual energy attack which damages your target.
NOTE: This spell causes additional damage to undead." Woah.. what was that line again? "NOTE: This spell causes additional damage to undead." So what you are saying is that I toss up Soul Blight and then I can mez things AND nuke them harder with my insta-cast Dark Rebuke DD? OMG OMG! It's the revelation part two! Remember kids, Soul Blight is your friend. Toss in the added benefit that paladins and clerics have some anti undead abilities and you can make for a nice group DPS boost by simply tossing on one debuff even if you do not intend to mez the target. Do make sure you let those arrogant holy roly types know that they weren't recently blessed with divine power and are kicking butt more because of it... let them know they owe it all to your dark evil conniving mojo! Seriously though, let them know what you are doing and train them to look for the buff, it can help quite a bit. Oh yes, did I bother to mention that this debuff lowering the targets spiritual resistance would enhance your own spiritual based attacks? hrmm... Enough rambling for one post. Think long on what I have said and intoxicate yourself in the glory that is necroness! err.. yeah.. I need some caffeine.
To see a thread about this neat class feature, CLICK HERE PLEASE NOTE: There are certain problems / bugs currently with this ability. You can search for them in the Bug-O-Matic and find some in the recent top 10 Necro Issues that were sent to the devs for follow up. Lifebane
vgnecro.com
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by chak 303 weeks ago
by chak 303 weeks ago
by lifebane 303 weeks ago
Go back a bit and read my own articles here, I am the first to criticize things that warrant it. This article was not in any way meant to be a praise the game or SOE thing and I fail to see where that even came from.
The motivation for this article was this thread on the forums:
http://www.vgnecro.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1492
If you read the list of issues sent to SOE this week it contained two major bugs with Soul Blight listed and it also exists in more than one entry within the Bug-O-Matic here at vgnecro.com
I am glad you posted what you did since I hadn't thought that people might interpret this Class Leader thing as a "job" at SOE or some such. This remains the site it was and I am still the same individual doing all of this because I want to (with the help of Jonaphin the Code Monkey) and posting what I think.
Lifebane
vgnecro.com
by supernaught 303 weeks ago
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Let me just add.. =P
by mordarkeen 303 weeks ago
by chak 303 weeks ago
by lifebane 303 weeks ago
to save you the trouble of going to the post, this was the reason I wrote this up:
"Lifebane, on the front of the necro site, can you put a huge flashy neon sign that says
YES YOU CAN MEZZ MOBS BY CASTING SOUL BLIGHT FIRST SO THEY ARE THEN CLASSED AS UNDEAD. "
Obviously I do not want a nasty neon sign hehe. I figured it would be a good excuse to give those not in the know a clue basically.
Why didn't I list the various pet pathing problems when I created that pet guide? Why didn't I list the many possible ways a quest can get bugged when I tossed up Notleh's Shadowhound guide? To be honest, there are more then enough forums or posts being made about VG every day that do nothing but blast the game for it's many bugs and problems. For me, reading that much negativity on a constant basis bores the heck out of me.
So am I trying to hide something? Spin doctor something? BIG NO to both. I am not in the habit of making what is meant to be a guide on how to do something yet fill it with everything that can go wrong with it. If for no other reason than simply not wanting to update it repeatedly every time they fix a bug or create a new one.
There is a place to point out the problems, a way to channel that and make it visible to those wanting to see it. will you find it in any form of a how to guide? Nope.
If the only way to dispel yours or anyone else's notion that I am somehow owned is to write posts that say "VG sucks!" "these bugs suxxor!" or whatever drivel can be found in abundance on certain sites and forums that are known for that kind of posting. Well then I am sorry to say you will not see me wasting my free time on that kind of chatter. We all know what the flaws are, the bugs are noted in multiple places and channeled to the people that are supposed to fix it. No amount of negativity posted by me relating to this spell will change anything, nagging the devs about it might though hehe.
I do not normally make a habit of defending myself or explaining what I do now or have done on this site and the other necro sites I have been a part of before it. Because you have posted here before and have been a member of this community for some time now I felt the need to reply to you. Hopefully enough people will read this so that I do not have to regurgitate it later :)
But just for you.. I modified the original article slightly.
Lifebane
vgnecro.com
by lilaith 303 weeks ago
chak, give it a rest. lifebane compiled all of our known issues (including yes the soul blight bug) over 2 weeks ago.
this post has nothing to do with bugs. it is simply a heads up to some of our less astute necros who may not have realized that we can in fact mez nonundead mobs.
if you spent any time on this site, you'd know how much work lifebane has put into not only this site, but improving our class as a whole. srly, he's the last person you should heckle.
we necros have the 100% best class community in this entire game as a direct result of the hard work put into building, maintaining, and contributing to this freaking website.
so my advice to you chak is this:
"have a coke and a smile, and stfu." - Richard Pryor
by chak 303 weeks ago
nothing wrong with a little bitching now and then...keeps peeps on there toes.
no hard feelings lb and for the record..vg necro is great.
( eat your heart out lilaith...i got my own modified post)
by jonaphin 303 weeks ago
As a reminder to all,Lifebane is here to convey all your complaints, wishes, and compliments to the devs. And best of all, we are doing this for the greater good of the community. Lifebane does have plans to be the ruler of the world, but right now he's still missing a few items to get there. In the meantime, we serve you guys as best we can!
by stillheart 303 weeks ago
#1 This is the BEST mmorpg out there! period.
#2 Every great game has to go through its birth pangs. Good things take time.
#3 To jump on Lifebane, the one advocate that we know has SOE's ear..man..Maybe some folks would be happier just quitting VG and going back to EQ
and Finaly #4 of course Lifebane isn't
trying to be the ruler of the world, why bother..he already rules the universe!
VG, vgnecro, and Lifebane rock!
by eniss1 303 weeks ago
by lifebane 303 weeks ago
and Lifebane said let there be light! Thanks.. if even one person got something positive from that original topic then it served it's purpose.
*goes back to plotting his world dominance*
by stillheart 303 weeks ago
by stillheart 303 weeks ago
by rekrn 303 weeks ago
by wiking 303 weeks ago
Keep up the good work :)
Parzifal
Necro
by atatsu 302 weeks ago
And chak, not to flame, but talk about jumping to conclusions. I fail to see how not mentioning a bug lead to all that...
by acidon 222 weeks ago
I just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work!
Acidon