Necro nerf or not necro nerf? That is the question.

Siftwind

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I'm considering respeccing from Deathsight to Servant but have heard that the forthcoming NF patch will nerf the necro facilitate painworking spell. Apparently FP will only allow the cast of one spell following it, rather than the usual 2 (or 3 if you're 'all dexxed up'). Presumably, if being attacked, your pet would be interrupted if you attempt to cast more than once after FP. I've found the following in the 1.70 patch notes:
"- Facilitate Painworking (the Necromancer quickcast spell) now works identically to other list casters' Quickcast ability. Previously it had a very small chance of failure when fighting higher level opponents."

Please can anyone confirm or shed any light.

Thanks in advance,
Sift.
 

Novac

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From what ive heard the qcast FP wont fail anymore. so works like a normal caster qcast but what ive heard also it still has the same time thingie so u can get 3 spells off with it if lucky. its harder in NF ive heard. but dunno.. didnt try a necro in gorre cause those being so boring:)
 

Influenza

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I heard something along them lines but ive also heard it just means it wont fail anymore.
Can always try it for a bit and if its the same use the free respec we get in NF , aslong as you dont level before you use it ofc.
Hopefully wont be too long a wait to find out (fingers crossed) :)
 

Siftwind

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Thanks for the responses so far. I was planning to use NF respec to respec my necro. What I'll prolly do is wait for NF, roll a new necro, level and test out quickcast in combat. Saves wasting a respec eh? ;)

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Crowley

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Tried a necro on gorre, was able to get 2 cast off after FP
when trying for 3 ,it made the animation but did not cast the last one
 

cHodAX

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Crowley said:
Tried a necro on gorre, was able to get 2 cast off after FP
when trying for 3 ,it made the animation but did not cast the last one

50enh buffed with full dex bonuses from armour?
 

Siftwind

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All you need to get 3 casts off after FP is red base dex or even just yellow base dex if your buffs are cast with the full amount of toa stat buff enhancement items equipped. FP works reliably for me *almost* everytime if I cast it just after the pet swings and follow up immediately with the appropriate spells, making sure that there are no more than 2 in the spell queue at any one time.

Cheers,
Sift.
 

Shrye

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From what I understood from reading vnboards, is that they can only get off 2 spells with FP in 1.70+ (read up on it as I levelled necro on camlann), to get that third cast, they need capped buffs and 26 dex cap equipment.

Use at own discretion, it's from vnboards after all :p
 

Eroa

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I havnt heard anything, I play 1.72 and I play a necro there aswell. The FP is as it was before you just have to time it a little better now then before, make sure you have nothing in you spell queue then it works just fine, with red buffs there should be no problem getting off 3 spells
 

Maleg

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Shrye said:
From what I understood from reading vnboards, is that they can only get off 2 spells with FP in 1.70+ (read up on it as I levelled necro on camlann), to get that third cast, they need capped buffs and 26 dex cap equipment.

Use at own discretion, it's from vnboards after all :p
Play 1.72 in the US and can still get 2 casts off with FP (only have uncapped RoG armour and 35 Enhance buffs). Can't comment on the 3 casts as I don't have the equipment to test, but I suspect it may be true.

Sevant necros are better for farming from what I can see, but you need a bot spec cleric and SC on the necro to make it work well.
 

Siftwind

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Yay! Respec on its way when NF gets here then. Thanks for all the responses.

Cheers,
Sift.
 

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