dumb idea?

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[jdthomas]

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[jdthomas]

Personally I never find myself in situations where I'm dead weight. Maybe its just the level of content, but there is always something for me to do. Making work out of nothing isn't an option.

[Hhrolf]

If you really want this sort of ability - you could go quest the spiritkin tunic ( tier 1 bp ) or for the lucky few the ritualchanters tunic ( tier 2 bp ) - it would give you a similar effect and not require the devs to create a new spell. If you havent got either of these two items you are missing out on a great tool anyway. They make a huge difference in landing spells whether its slows or dots or debuffs.
The mobs for the spiritkin tunic ( Velitorkin or Tiorpat Tornwing ) require about two good groups. Tier 1 bp reduces the mobs resists to spells you cast for two spells - tier 2 bp is for four spells. Ive been using the tier 1 bp for a year now and cannot praise it enough.
We now have 3 tier 1 bps and 1 tier 2 bp amongst the guilds shamans which makes a huge difference in how quickly we can land slows on resistant mobs. Personally I would rate this item higher than my epic 2.0 but behind my TA - I have other tools for group heals but nothing that approaches this items usefulness on resistant mobs.
Links for the two items are here :
Tier 1 : http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=32179
Tier 2 : http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=36028

[Spyco]

i dont see anything wrong with shm spells atm personally, i think were fairly good equiped, only healing really lacks for us atleast imo. but /shrug we cant be God-like for every aspect in the game =P

So i think it would be kinda a bad idea to make us get ANOTHER short duration buff to keep uo among the other thousands we have.

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[jdthomas]

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[Jaraman]

You may have envisioned this spell as a situational spell, but intent and actuality often diverge. My first thoughts are that this type of buff would simply affect detrimental spells you cast, which include slow and cripple. That in effect would render Malos or the Idol obsolete, except in cases where the debuff is needed to help others out as well, as in raids.
But even if this self-buff were to only target the shaman's DPS spells, in many situations, you would yet use it in lieu of Malos... BoD needs no malos, and most of the time we don't use Cripplin Spasm either...that leaves just DPS spells that Malos would have been for.
For the DPS shaman, keeping this self-buff up gives his damage spells the best chance to not be resisted, and also removes the time associated with using Malos at all... Those are huge benefits. DoTs could be used just as soon as necros use theirs, and we could even probably squeeze an additional DOT or 2 in the lineup. Our contribution would climb up 100 to 250 DPS or more.
Which would re-introduce an old problem -- too much mob aggro. Well, since we're imagineering, we could toss the shaman a bone and include the autocast Rekindled Vengeance Recourse. This bard box buff would proc a fade or jolt type effect, reducing aggro to randomly counter the increased aggro from over-DPSing mobs. If you want to sell something for $100, it helps to start off by offering it for $200 first....

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