Mage Dismount spell please.
In current PvP, Dismount damage trains are basically an IWIN button.
Ranged have dismount abilities with their weapons, Warriors have dismount abilities with their weapons, there is a generic for all Bola ability which takes off a mages shield.
Please can Mages have a Dismount spell. Of course we would have to be on foot to cast it.
Please make Mages equal.
I would quite happily fight on foot, and would like to force everyone else on foot, like they currently do to mages.
Would make it a lot of fun, and equal the playing field.
Ranged have dismount abilities with their weapons, Warriors have dismount abilities with their weapons, there is a generic for all Bola ability which takes off a mages shield.
Please can Mages have a Dismount spell. Of course we would have to be on foot to cast it.
Please make Mages equal.
I would quite happily fight on foot, and would like to force everyone else on foot, like they currently do to mages.
Would make it a lot of fun, and equal the playing field.
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In the same way Warriors can use all the different weapons, and many overpowered specials, please create a method for Mages to access all spells, from all Mage schools
Make a quest, or set a reward, for obtaining all Avatar Virtues, then let them customise their own spellbook - choosing say 50-60 spells.
Make it the top level Inscription reward maybe.
To be able to Inscribe a spellbook with customised spell choice, from all the mage schools.
Tired of playing with 2 hands tied behind my back.
Don't just penalise the mages.
I'd be happy if it also Dismounted myself and my own team equally.
It is also the longest casting mage spell, too dangerous for a mage to use in any pvp scenario and does basically no damage for the effort. Make it useful by adding Mass Dismount.
Awesome.
I'm full of great ideas today.
You want to dismount? Maybe start carrying bolas.
I had already mentioned the generic Bola approach where we lose our shield. Not great for a mage tbh. Could script it of course, have chosen not to so far. Would rather a mage played like a mage.
But I am not out of touch with having fun.
and pray tell me, which of my spells allows me to cast dismount then, as a pure mage, without losing my shield, and without scripting ?
We could also discuss, how the current Meta is completely broken, but I did not chose to whine about that, I proposed a fix, to make it more fun for mages.
It is even more fair, in that it takes longer to cast, but it should be a 100% dismount rate - and completely levels the playing field for all.
The thing is with Dismounts, it only takes 1. You may have 5 fails, and 1 success, that success is critical. It swings/destroys an entire team fight.
The Meta should not be relying on Dismounts. And if people want to fight on foot so much, give mages the power to put everyone on foot. I am happy to go on foot. Do you think the dismounters are scared to? I do.
I may be out of touch with the latest Drug culture, but I have a clear understanding of how badly it will affect me.
I PvP non stop, I am very aware of the current metas, and all possibilities, I am very aware of what it will do, I believe the Meta is broken, and am trying to fix it. I chose not to follow the meta like all the sheep.
If players like Dismounting so much, which they clearly do - let me Dismount us all, and lets duke it out on foot - it would actually be way more fun. Unless you just want to dismount players without any consequence.
Maybe you should not jump in and make assumptions when you know nothing about me.
Clearly you are out of touch with current meta PVP templates.
Starting a sentence like that, quite frankly, you are toxic.
I said MAYBE in my reply, just to stay polite. and appease you.
Not anymore. I am not angry, I am just replying in kind, in a way you will understand more - you know, the way you like to treat people. Liking it ?
The word maybe, means maybe. It means, I may, or I may not be, I am not committing on that response.
Whereas you were quite black and white in your assumption about me. - Clearly.
Which was wrong, but I was not going to get into an argument about it at the time.
You want to be toxic, you want to make assumptions, you want to insult people, yeah sure, I'll respond in the same way back to you, I love doing this, I am not proud, I am not going to try and maintain any moral high ground, I will get in the gutter and scrap with you toddler face.
You have to admit, this is the funniest thread of the day.
I don't think they are the same time to cast?
I think EQ is at least 0.5 seconds longer to cast, which is an eternity in pvp.
It is one of the longest casting spells. (I'd appreciate a fact check here, for my own knowledge).
In your scenario - any team of pvpers, would have disturbed the EQ cast before it was cast, and secondly, as the other team run in, they could equally foot them all.
Yes, it would add a new dimension to pvp, but when players are happy to dismount gank say 10v1, why not everyone be on foot and fight it out, or is that too much for them to actually be on foot? Or to have any sort of equal response?
Reduces cast speed, physical resist, and magic resist, the guy would be dead before he finished casting the spell.
I also checked this page, but was not sure if this was cast time, or recovery time after. I'd assume it to be cast time.
Magery Spells – Ultima Online (uo.com)
Re your scenario, it is not really realistic in a Felucca setting.
We always have fields up as protection around us, we have JOAT tracking, we have trackers, we have elves who reveal, we are very attuned to stealthers, and knowing they are around. It would also be very funny, and add to the whole pvp and tactical experience.
Yes you are right, it would change the dynamics, and I am saying, it would be a lot more fun, more exciting, and a lot more fair than the current scenario.
Once upon a time, there was no dismounting.
Then Bola's came along, and there was Dismounting.
They were prepared to make game-changing adjustments back then.
I'm now saying, in the current meta, of scripted dismount trains, Mages do not have enough to combat this, and I would like a better mage based response.
a. we would be purging him, and he would be dead fast. (remembering the latest patch has reduced effectiveness of multiple Evasions when area spells or effects are used so we would use these against him also).
b. if there was this team running in mounted behind him, we would have someone equally casting EQ to dismount them all, then everyone dukes it out on foot - and that would be absolutely awesome.
This team coming in, would also have to come in through fields.
Look, If I am wrong on that, and I'm quite happy for you to poll it, I will accept I am wrong - and my concept is not needed. Yes, I am talking about mages, it has to be admitted, but if all the mages quit, the pvp pool gets smaller and smaller.
I said - the EQ dismount spell, would take everyone out, in that area. Your entire team would go down, so would my entire team - again, absolutely awesome.
One of my very first responses in this thread, was get rid of dismount, or do it properly.
Get rid of dismount - see - I am not unopposed to that.
Or, do it properly. You have just described yourself, exactly how I see the current scenario, so why are you even disagreeing?
Mages currently, have the least responses, or ability to dismount.
Give them, with their most powerful spell, the one that is never even used in pvp, the ability to take everyone down, it takes away so much of this lameness.
I believe, players being forced on foot, would actually raise the excitement level, rather than the current being ganked to hell lameness. An EQ spell, has a much slower cast time than Bolas, and gives a lot of warning unlike most of the warrior methods out there right now, that give zero warning - you would certainly have time to get out of range if required.