Lluianae's Recent Activity
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Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread H-Wis or H-Sta.
In my experience Clerics tend towards Heroic Agility, Heroic Stamina or Heroic Wisdom - as Lluianae pointed out, Cleric melee is very bad,...
Mar 13, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread H-Wis or H-Sta.
Yeah, with 36% to 45% it's every 400 up until 4k. It makes sense with the best 8 trophies, max AP, cloak slots, Vanquisher augs etc that...
Mar 13, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread H-Wis or H-Sta.
Currently it's pretty close comparing value for a singular damage event. An extra 3% mitigated of a 600k base DD or Tick is only 18k. Going...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Notinterested's post in the thread What is the most interesting thing to happen to you in EQ?.
Easily my most stand out memory and probably the coolest thing i ever took part of in an MMO was being on for the invasion event thing...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Schadenfreude's post in the thread What is the most interesting thing to happen to you in EQ?.
A few weeks before server GMs were quietly phased out one ported into the Karanas right in front of me to find out what the hell I was...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Iven's post in the thread What is the most interesting thing to happen to you in EQ?.
Rofl... mobs zoning with da players. Does sound like a fever dream. Stay away from the drugs ! ;) Pretty sure it was the invasion of FV...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread What is the most interesting thing to happen to you in EQ?.
As a raiding healer, perhaps the time Tide tried Tris Wallow in DPoB the first time and experimented with Echoing Madness for the adds. I...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread H-Wis or H-Sta.
You're not technically wrong, and I wish there were more avenues we could go through to improve what we're able to do but it's very...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread H-Wis or H-Sta.
LR are one of the guilds that raids on AB, so I'll come at it more from the raiding Cleric angle. For mains I'm partial to HSta. ToL was...
Mar 12, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Raid Development Time vs Live Play Time.
You might not agree with the idea, but it's the core reason behind why FFXIV's raid scene has thrived since the end of Heavensward. The...
Mar 7, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
It's not equivalent, and that's what Annastasya is getting at. I mentioned such earlier, it's just that it can be "good enough" in various...
Mar 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Annastasya's post in the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
And i can see how you might be biased. If all i did was look at numbers, i might come to the conclusion that Shaman are the superior...
Mar 6, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Raid Development Time vs Live Play Time.
Even on top of that, going into DoDH with no information vs after all events have long since been solved is a different beast entirely....
Mar 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Ozon's post in the thread Riposte is out of control.
I suppose if it's that big a concern we can make Aallayna tank 6-8 mobs at raids on a scheduled basis. I for one could use a snack break.
Mar 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Allayna's post in the thread Riposte is out of control.
I think I figured out the issue. You see me contradicting what you are saying as “crapping” on your posts. Go back and reread them, all...
Mar 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread Riposte is out of control.
As one of RA's clerics... when you have excellent tanks, and excellent clerics that work synergistically, it's possible for our tanks to be...
Mar 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Fintank's post in the thread Findictive's Ranger Guide.
For anyone not in the Ranger Discord, I have updated my raiding guide for Rangers. Here are 2 links for the Guide and 1 link for Discord....
Mar 4, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread The Holy Trinity.
I wouldn't have necessarily called WoW's situation solved from then on, but it gave options to the more purist healer where in EQ we're...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread How much input did players have in charting the 2023 Roadmap?.
I can't comment on the effectiveness of the CRC as is, but I remember when we had CCs/CLs who did exactly that. It worked with varying...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tucoh's post in the thread The Holy Trinity.
I've never played wiz, mnk or rog so I won't comment on them. But mages help each other out quite a bit, which is why I'm rolling with...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread The Holy Trinity.
When your only class specific ADPS contribution is spell haste, which you can get from a Merc. Survivability out of the whazoo, but...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae liked kizant's post in the thread Ecliptic Fire.
We did Shei recently so I got a good example of single target DPS. This was the first 120s this time around compared to my best from last...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Ecliptic Fire.
Unless I'm totally misreading it, that's the total raid damage and DPS. For Kizant specifically it's 4.09m DPS now vs 3.13m DPS then, or...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Dalrek_MM's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...
Amice gives back 144 currency and cost 480 Neck gives 141 back and cost 469 So I'd say its confirmed the resell value is 30% of the...
Mar 1, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
That resolves my query from before, I hadn't seen the message preceding due to my chat box filtering, but it's apparent from the logs...
Feb 28, 2023 -
Lluianae liked KushallaFV's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...
There should never be a chance for 0 drops in a raid event. You have 50+ people committing to a weekly schedule. You’re just asking to...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
I'm aware in Llu's case, but it's the same bracket text I get on my SK when he's riposting mobs without auto attack on. One's from an...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
Llu can't riposte and just took a (riposte strikethrough) from a mushroom in Paludal 2 minutes ago. [IMG] Is it conflating both types...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
That's why I was confused by the messages since it's not inherently obvious. I think in this case, it's you riposting but missing, and in...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tucoh's post in the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
I didn't make the effort to quantify the survivability difference. It'd be hard because: I never really logged data for this in ToL...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae liked niente's post in the thread Raid strike-through question..
Accuracy debuffs are part of the hit/miss calculation, which is first. hit/miss riposte > heroic strikethrough (dex) block > heroic...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
It's generally message spam from mobs striking through you riposting as a tank. Pulled a mob with decent strikethrough, faced it and didn't...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Syylke_EMarr's post in the thread Riposte is out of control.
Still going through my own logs, but wanted to comment on this. I absolutely HATE the log message changes. They simplified way too far...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
This is what I would have thought. The evasion order hasn't changed and still functions as I remember, the main difference being how...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
That logic seems a little sketchy to me. Priorities should be based on who is taking damage and is most at risk of death (regardless of...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Riposte is out of control.
I'd been wondering about that, but given my lack of familiarity with everything that has changed over the years including the combat...
Feb 27, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
I'm accounting for such when I say that, just as I'm accounting for the healing healers are doing. Their self healing matters a lot less...
Feb 26, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
Only speaking from experience as to how miserable silence on an SK is on alt raids when people don't run during Aten while blobs are up...
Feb 26, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
In the same boat as you. Llu might as well be a glorified aura bot when my SK does all the healing he needs in missions and farming...
Feb 26, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
Initially with this, I thought the post was pretty fair. Tank mercs are solid, not perfect, but they can get the job done. It's not...
Feb 26, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Can We Talk About Group Tank Balance Problems?.
Threads like this are pretty nostalgic. It's almost like a certain dorf is back. Knight raid boss tanking not as good as, but it can be...
Feb 26, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Zero Apparitionals...
They're fine as catch-up gear for new apps/returnees and for gearing up alts. They're just not desirable for long-term raiders decked out...
Feb 21, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Do warriors have an Invulnerability ability?.
Interesting, noted. I'm surprised I don't remember that spell line. When was it introduced?
Feb 21, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Wulfhere's post in the thread Do warriors have an Invulnerability ability?.
Also paladin Aurora line of spells.
Feb 21, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread The Holy Trinity.
The Silent AE stun line still retains its 5s "fizzle timer" where everything is greyed out for that duration, along with its 2 minute...
Feb 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread NoS Berserker Weapons - Which is best?.
I'm curious as to what his rationale is for there being a larger benefit. I have hunches but it's better to not assume.
Feb 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread The Holy Trinity.
Tipt is a strange example to bring up for CC. Early Tipt was less on Enchanter for CC as opposed to charming a glorious mountain pooka for...
Feb 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Do warriors have an Invulnerability ability?.
It's a bit narrow to think of it purely in the case of a tank having gotten low, with nothing else available, mid-tanking. Gotta think more...
Feb 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Do warriors have an Invulnerability ability?.
While you don't have access to one innately, you can consider trying to farm the following DA clickies: Totem of the Wurines Feral...
Feb 19, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Sancus's post in the thread Procs on 2h.
With respect to proc damage: Ignore the 12,100 number. The formula that procs use (indicated by Calc = 2100 in raw spell data) is Base1 *...
Feb 11, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Beastlord Must Have Items?.
Nothing like some good swarming and clearing of Anguish! It wasn't too bad to do for my alts, but for the main, we didn't really think...
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Beastlord Must Have Items?.
Our beastlords all needed this disc so we ended up doing a few TBM raids. RNG was not the best with 1 rune on Vim & Vigor, 0 on Lady of...
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Brickhaus's post in the thread Cleric Guide.
Beta forums are still up. A cursory search of the Beta forums didn't find the string.
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Practical Impact of AC - EverQuest in 2023.
What modelling/data is this sim based off of? Afaik the devs have never disclosed how ATK vs AC computes into the histogram, but I could...
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Cleric Guide.
Was there ever any discussion about it in the ToL beta?
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Class Balance - What Does It Mean To You?.
While I agree with the first line, the latter doesn't take into account the scope of how wide gaps are, and that matters a big deal....
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
Being vocal isn't a guarantee of change, and sometimes things can happen counter to recommendations because there isn't an agreement. I...
Feb 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Class Balance - What Does It Mean To You?.
What does it mean for me? Addressing areas of weakness, both internally within the scope of a class, and within the scope of all...
Feb 9, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
From what I was told, they once were separate and that was deemed too good. Thus the shared timer. It happened long into my retirement...
Feb 6, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
The whole matter just reminded me of this thread from way back when on The Druid's Grove. 18 years ago and we find history repeating. Even...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Szilent's post in the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
Marr's Gift, 55k mana 13k endurance, 10 minute reuse heh, yes. The 3* Bites plus Soul Flay procs imbalances those classes more...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
While I don't know what a Paladin has these days, I recognise that if there's a realistic high enough chance of death on my SK, that I...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Cadira's post in the thread Looking for SK Macros & Suggestions.
I mean immediate healing in today's game is substantially more powerful than heal over time. Bond has a pretty hefty quietus period where...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Things Older EQ Did Better.
How certain members of the Archon/Exemplar group strove to maintain that unhealthy status quo. The dated paradigms needed to adapt and...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Juzam_Djinn's post in the thread Things Older EQ Did Better.
No, they can't listen to all vocal players. If they had listened to some vocal people back like 15 years ago and fixed healing for...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
Exactly. If it's a problem observed with raid gear and all the bells and whistles, it's going to be much more of an issue in group gear...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked VerranaFV's post in the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
This is what I have been experiencing as well. I have been leveling a Druid through ToL and now NoS and in comparison to everyone else...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
It's a much different beast for Clerics than it is for Druids. Sure, we don't have the mana recovery of a Shaman, but outside of undead...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Practical Impact of AC - EverQuest in 2023.
I don't believe the underlying mechanics have changed with the weighted distributions since I was last familiar with them, other than a dev...
Feb 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
I agree with everything Lluianae has said here 1,000,000%. In addition, it'd be nice to see some things that have been neglected over...
Feb 4, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Cleric Guide.
Intervention use with mezzes going on needs Clerics to pay some more attention. While dropping them from a lineup is a means of adapting, I...
Jan 26, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread Cleric Guide.
My guild doesn't mez much at all... and when we do, its easy enough for me to just pay attention to my target's target and swap to no...
Jan 26, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread Cleric Guide.
Hello! Thanks for sharing. I like that your guide is fairly short, which makes it likely people will read it. I also like the pictures...
Jan 25, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tallie's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
I have been a raid cleric since there were raids. (Hate? Fear?) I love being a raid cleric. It's in the group game that our roles are...
Jan 24, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
I can relate 100% to this situation. I box cleric/ranger/SK...alt tabbing, no cheat software. Even having to tab over every now and...
Jan 23, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
My spell line would like a word. Bigger multi-pulls alone isn't enough to salvage what's a dreary grouping experience for Clerics,...
Jan 23, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tucoh's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
They use a healer merc so Tallie can focus on the ranger and mostly ignore the cleric. They believe that this provides more overall DPS...
Jan 23, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tallie's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
To be brutally honest, there just isn't much need for clerics in groups beyond the first month or two of an expansion (and maybe not even...
Jan 21, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Ditch Overseer and just make exp better.
It's certainly the most dead during night time for UK and EU time zones, but even during peak times the most you tend to see are...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread High level warriors - sword and board.
I came across his obituary from 2017 some time ago. At first I wasn't confident if it was him until the mention of the Curious George games...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
Career crazy Cleric here! I retired just prior to Seeds of Destruction launch and returned towards the end of CoV, so there's around 13...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
Not everyone wants to play a druid, shaman, or paladin instead Tucoh; I know I don't. I've played my cleric as a main for 16 years, and...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Cadira's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
I "Mained" Cadira for awhile up until recently. In quotes because, outside of raids, that's all he was really used for. In group content...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Cleric Mains? Do you exist? How do you play?.
I 3 box a cleric/ranger/SK, and I consider my "main" to be the cleric (created in May 2000). When I'm farming for collectibles,...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread High level warriors - sword and board.
Oof. Toprem I'm surprised you even have that. The piercing gaze of knight and cleric envy. Requiescat in pace, Battleblade.
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Ditch Overseer and just make exp better.
While this post presents itself as hopeful, and I would love to believe it represents a healthier player population, to me it feels a...
Jan 20, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread High level warriors - sword and board.
It was known, the issue was a certain mindset that pervaded HP biased warriors of the era. The data and info was shared on TSW in...
Jan 13, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Lucent Cloak of the Selenelion.
We've seen 15 of them out of however many clears doing the mission 2-3 times a day since expansion release. It's a shame you can't TA...
Jan 11, 2023 -
Lluianae liked yepmetoo's post in the thread Good job Daybreak!.
RoI took 4 raid nights and 5 days iirc to beat it. Something like that. No one else beat it for almost 2 months. It just required no...
Jan 10, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Good job Daybreak!.
For the uninformed, what was Mearatas like? Did any previous expansions have a close parallel to it? I remember the old days, and many...
Jan 10, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tallie's post in the thread Good job Daybreak!.
I always thought that when 19 guild finish the three events on day 1, the race isn't nearly as meaningful as it once was:)
Jan 8, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Tucoh's post in the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
I was kind of disappointed there wasn't a lot of AE damage in any of the missions or named. There isn't a "The Crusaders" or "The Call"...
Jan 6, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
Most of our healing potential has never been needed for group content since pretty much the start, you could make a case that for sustain,...
Jan 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
Going back to ToV, my cleric feels more like a less stupid merc than an actual playable character...with regards to group stuff. At...
Jan 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Syylke_EMarr's post in the thread Lucent Cloak of the Selenelion.
I wouldn't even be upset :D
Jan 6, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Celephane's post in the thread Lucent Cloak of the Selenelion.
/pat /pat /pat
Jan 6, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread ToL Raiding Ranger guide.
The number of times where people I've seen pass ideas as definitive and the best by feel alone, they can allow for discourse on new ideas,...
Jan 6, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Lucent Cloak of the Selenelion.
Jokes on us all, it's Respect the Death Blades.
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked OldTimeNewbie's post in the thread Lucent Cloak of the Selenelion.
Why do they require a specific order to evolve in the first place? To me it would seem a lot less forced to just base it on number of...
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Would you use a new Wurmslayer (SPA162) weapon?.
I wouldn't pay much heed to when people get into a tizzy when members of other classes participate. Tunare forbid bringing similarities in...
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked Szilent's post in the thread Would you use a new Wurmslayer (SPA162) weapon?.
You are substantially misrepresenting participation in that thread.
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread ToL Raiding Ranger guide.
Feelycraft is never a substitute for proper theorycraft. Don't let performance variance take you to places worse off.
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
Outside of raids thus far, NoS feels like quite a let down for me as a Cleric. With how few AAs we were given and how readily AAs are...
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Druid’s ability to recoup mana.
Some context for my recent experience with Druid mana: since my return to EQ, my buddy and I box 3 chars each in our 6 stack. He has his...
Jan 5, 2023 -
Lluianae liked niente's post in the thread Shadowknight: Terror Initial Aggro Not Working.
For initial aggro on an NPC: - If the initial hit is not a spell, the NPC is an animal, or the NPC has less than 41 intelligence, hate is...
Jan 3, 2023 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Heroics for tanks, Agility, Stamina, Or Dexterity?.
Individually, no, but at a macro level where as many present are maxing out, it does add up. It so happens that tweaking Heroic stats is...
Oct 4, 2022 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Suggested Cleric Changes.
It's worth mentioning that in your breakdown that it's with undead bane damage, so that's going to skew things some further away from...
Oct 4, 2022 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Heroics for tanks, Agility, Stamina, Or Dexterity?.
There's a point where excess survival doesn't really matter because the risk of death, providing healers and tanks are using their...
Oct 3, 2022 -
Lluianae liked Zunnoab's post in the thread Heroics for tanks, Agility, Stamina, Or Dexterity?.
All that would show is what most do without evidence it matters. Like with Mindshear, I always saw people claiming attacking the "wrong"...
Oct 3, 2022 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Suggested Cleric Changes.
Back in the day, and you could argue even now to a degree depending on who (or what, pets are OP) is tanking, it was fine to use a HoT +...
Sep 30, 2022 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Suggested Cleric Changes.
Soloing is quite different to the context of even moloing or battling it out in any other group and raid scenario. Interventions are...
Sep 29, 2022 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Suggested Cleric Changes.
I only really find it worth bandoleering to the summoned 1hb against Undead targets and even then, real 2handers can, depending on the...
Sep 29, 2022 -
Lluianae liked Annastasya's post in the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
i mean...they cost more mana, cast slower, have a fraction of the base damage and although we get some (they threw us some crumbs?) AAs...
Sep 29, 2022 -
Lluianae liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
I fell out of my chair laughing.
Sep 29, 2022 -
Lluianae liked Emilari's post in the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
I don't play other characters often; I don't currently have any alts. I don't believe it's boring personally, but it is frustrating...
Sep 29, 2022 -
Lluianae replied to the thread Motivation To Play Clerics.
I'm not in the camp of finding Clerics boring - you know me! But I figured I'd mention what I'm up to these days. Since returning I've...
Sep 29, 2022
