Good thing this site lists your own threads or I wouldnt have found this again ...
[quote]pathenry wrote...
Mana Drain:
Yeah right, only sucks in like 1/500th of your mana bar.[/quote]
Only if you use it on mobs that dont have mana - then it does absolutely nothing. Mobs with mana will give you enough for another spell (not much more, though).
[quote]pathenry wrote...
Mana Cleanse:
Doesn't seem to do anything for me. [/quote]
As I already wrote : it drains about as much mana from the opponent as you need to cast it, so yes its very pointless.
[quote]Rainen89 wrote...
Improved drain [...]
[...] fireball is probably one of the most
ridiculous spells. High damage and aoe knockdown. You don't need to
worry about it dispelling CC, it is CC.[/quote]
I know I can double Drain Health with Vul Hex, but whats the point ? A Heal will heal as much as such an enhanced Drain Health and I dont need a spell to prepare it.
And about Fireball, after that knockdown I cant freeze opponents any more as long as that DoT is running, which is kinda not so cool really.
[quote]Viglin wrote...
And as you can see from about 12 responses...you may want to rethink your magic tactics. [/quote]
Nope, would be glad about it, but nothing so far. I knew Arcane Warrior can use some def, but for all other mages its a wasted slot.
[quote]Cybercat999 wrote...
OP didnt notice that lot of mobs are actually fire resistant. Or maybe he didnt get to that part of the game yet.
[/quote]
Yeah that too. And you meed the first guy of that kind in the Origin already.
[quote]oriondeltagamma wrote...
To say a spell is useless is
only to say that you yourself lack the imagination to utilize it, or
simply that it doesn't work with your strategy. It doesn't make you
cool

[/quote]
And in what context exactly would an uber crap spell like Mana Cleanse be any useful ?
And I asked specifically for spells
that you wouldnt buy if you could buy spells freely and wouldnt be forced to buy crap to get to the good spells.
Not for spells that are useless in all situations anyway.
Nobody used the word "cool" before you did.
[quote]Marvin TPA wrote...
Useless is such a strong word.[/quote]
Well, thats why it wasnt my question.
[quote]Marvin TPA wrote...
Earthquake can quiet down archers pretty well. [/quote]
Not for me but I give you the benefit of the doubt. I only tried it 2 or 3 times before I gave up and used a respec to get rid of that spell again. Maybe the archers I was using it on where especially resistant.
[quote]Marvin TPA wrote...
Ice/fire/elec./nature are all subject to resistance, and its nice to have a spare to bypass. [/quote]
So far I had good experience with Ice on Morrigan and Lightning on my own mage.
[quote]Rainen89 wrote...
Also waking nightmare doesn't work on undead/demons/constructs/spirits and I think a few others? [/quote]
Thats why I assumed and didnt went for it, yet.
[quote]JaegerBane wrote...
To be honest, anyone who truly thinks
Fireball is a useless spell just doesn't understand what they're
talking about. Yeah, big damage, crowd control, DoT.... but all that is
crap because it can't be used with Grease. Sure thing [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/andy.png[/smilie]
[/quote]
The incompability with Ice is much more important, because I havent skilled Grease yet, but I throw Ice around all the time. Yes I know Fireball does good damage, no question.
Anyway, the Grease effect is the point of Grease and a stationary DoT isnt really a good replacement.
[quote]2Drunk2Frag wrote...
I'm playing on nghtmare and I am
breezing through alot of encounters with tonsof enemies by doing the
following--- 1) Cast blizzard and have wayne cast earthquake to keep
everyone in one spot tell they are frozen, 2) cast the affliction aoe
hex and have wayne put down a glyph of repulsion in case people resist
the CC ( and later use glyph of paralysis if need be), 3) Cast inferno
(doesn't cancel blizzard), 4) lob a fireball in the crowd, 5) cast
blood wound. Doing this I can kill as many enemies as I can fit in the
AOE radius. If I really want to save time, I have my Tank (Alister)
run around and gather up enemies from different rooms, have him taunt,
I shield him, and do the above.
I guess the point is that fire spells do not cancel out Ice. (Unless there is a version of hte game that this is true).[/quote]
Sorry, but John Wayne is dead. The NPC spirit healer is named Wynne. Funny misspell, anyway.
[quote]Lacan2 wrote...
Disagree completely. Fireball is better than CoC, and always has been.
You
have to get into range of archers and mages to use CoC on them. [...] [/quote]
Best against mages is IMHO Glyph of Neutralization.
[quote]Statisfaction wrote...
Not all women are beautiful, and there is nothing keeping you from using as many as possible... [/quote]
What the hell ?
[quote]Marionetten wrote...
I wonder how many of you have tried the new version of crushing prison. It's pretty much useless on Nightmare. [...] [/quote]
Nah. I only play Hard, but not much has changed about it really.
[quote]Marionetten wrote...
The hex line is definitely the most overpowered spell line in the whole game.
[/quote] Nah. Main reason those are great is because they actually work on bosses. Unlike crushing prison which I dont even try on bosses anymore anyway.
[quote]Sylixe wrote...
NONE of the spells are useless [/quote]
Yeah yeah. The question was which ones where not worth the talent point for it.
[quote]Starlight wrote...
Improved Drain
not only work on Vulnerability Hex + Drain Life combo. It also works on
Vulnerability Hex + Drain Mana combo as well.
With this combo the mage can drain double amount of life of mana than the original spells.[/quote]
Yes, but still only if the mob in question had any mana to begin with. Otherwise you get twice the amount of zero mana, which, surprisingly, is still zero mana.
[quote]Rolenka wrote...
Staff Focus is actually quite nice for healers. I mean, if you're not casting, you may as well be attacking. [/quote]
Jupp but I dont need Staff Focus for attacking with a staff.
[quote]jdeneweth wrote...
I think the OP was trolling. [/quote]
Whow. Somebody wants to start a discussion about spells is TROLLING in your pocket ?