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Kitsun
12-26-2003, 11:42 AM
I had too much mana floating around nearing the end of a hunt so I decided to try 914 again. First time I tested it a few weeks ago, god was I disappointed. But I actually wanted to see if I could get five or six active sandstorms on something to find out that you can actually power up the sandstorm with repeated casts.

Clips from Single Cast:
Your raging sandstorm swirls around a muscular supplicant, assaulting it with sand and bits of debris...
... 5 points of damage!
Blow connects with abdomen.

Your raging sandstorm swirls around a muscular supplicant, assaulting it with sand and bits of debris...
... 10 points of damage!
Blow to back connects lightly.

The pump up!
Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Sandstorm...
Your spell is ready.
>cas supp
You gesture at a muscular supplicant.
The raging sandstorm around a muscular supplicant grows more violent.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Your raging sandstorm swirls around a muscular supplicant, assaulting it with sand and bits of debris...
... 25 points of damage!
Nice blow to left hand!

Your raging sandstorm swirls around a muscular supplicant, assaulting it with sand and bits of debris...
... 40 points of damage!
Hard blow to chest breaking ribs!
Hard to breathe!
The muscular supplicant is stunned!
Your raging sandstorm swirls around a muscular supplicant, assaulting it with violent winds...
... 25 points of damage!
Just like a brick to the head, without the imprint.
>
Your raging sandstorm swirls around a muscular supplicant, assaulting it with violent winds...
... 15 points of damage!
The muscular supplicant's shield arm twists oddly but snaps right back.


It certainly isn't cost efficient but it does make it at least a little more useful.

Izalude
12-26-2003, 01:09 PM
How much earth lore and wizard ranks do you have?

Kitsun
12-26-2003, 01:52 PM
At 67...

69 earth lore ranks
67 wizard spell ranks

The damage is really based off earth lore?

That explains why it sucked so much when I tried full spec'd in air lore.

Snapp
12-27-2003, 12:47 PM
I thought it was air lore based too. Maybe that's why my sandstorm sucks.

Neildo
12-28-2003, 12:26 PM
I didn't know earth lore affected the damage. Air lore does speed up the sandstorm to hit it quicker. But yeah, sandstorm kinda sucks. It takes at least 2 or 3 casts to make it kill well vs like-aged things or even a few levels below ya.

- N

Edaarin
12-28-2003, 12:29 PM
I don't want to dig through logs, but I cast it from a scroll on a dogmatist, critted it on the second hit. Lvl 67 rogue, no lore (obviously).

Kitsun
12-28-2003, 12:35 PM
Thats kinda insane. I've only toyed with it at end of hunts but I've never seen it death crit, even after multiple strengthenings.

It'd be funny as hell if they tied it to something like ambush skill.

My money would be on fluke...I think.