OMG! Sorceror changes in 1.59b !!

[Loth]

Sorcerer Changes

- Sorcerers can now charm any monster type. This should strengthen their Mind spec considerably, and facilitate better charming in dungeons (where many monsters are undead).

- Added Minion Control to the Sorcerer RA list.

- Increased radius of Fog, Blanket and Cloud of Senility to 350.

- Added a power regen buff to Mind spec list so that all three realms have a version of this spell:

5 Comprehension of Power
15 Perception of Power
26 Perspicuity of Power
36 Cognition of Power
46 Lucidity of Power

- Instead of adding more crowd control to any realm, Sorcerers are getting two new ways of dealing with crowd control.

1) Added a self mez-duration reduction buff to Mind Spec.

16 Shield Mind
27 Harden Mind
35 Steel Mind
45 Invulnerable Mind

2) Added group mez-duration reduction chant to Mind Spec.

29 Solidarity of Mind
39 Unity of Mind
49 Brotherhood of the Mind

General Magic Changes

- Increased duration of all self-only buffs that had 10 minute timers to 15 minutes.

- Fixed a delve bug that affected the "cast time" print. Spells with fractional cast times were truncating the fractional component, so spells with 2.5 second cast times (for example) were listed as 2 seconds. Unless noted elsewhere in the patch notes, no cast times actually changed, they just print correctly now. Please note that spells on the Camelot Herald have always included the fractions of a second; it is only the delve print function that is being updated.

WOW! I really hope this goes live - some nice stuff there

 

[Piper]

Yay!

 

[Psy|:m00:]

<whine>

So now tanks potentially have cheap purge, determination, resists *and* a spell that reduces the time on mez, gg

*waits for the 5 second mez on a level 4x spell*

</whine>

 

[old.mattshanes]

Yes and hibs have stun on pure casters and debuffs that make them do 1k dmg about fucking time alb casters got something!

 

[Psy|:m00:]

wub you too ^^

 

[Zogoroth]

Bah... who cares about Sorcerer

This we like...

Theurgist Changes
- Theurgist elementals can no longer be rooted or mezzed. (FINALLY !!!!!)
- Theurgist Confusing Gust line has had its radius raised to 350.
- Increased range of Theurgist summons to 2000.

 

[old.Immortal]

nerf! *Rolls a sorc*

 

[lacroix]

Originally posted by Zogoroth
Bah... who cares about Sorcerer

This we like...

Theurgist Changes
- Theurgist elementals can no longer be rooted or mezzed. (FINALLY !!!!!)
- Theurgist Confusing Gust line has had its radius raised to 350.
- Increased range of Theurgist summons to 2000.

Aye , faith prevails at last (I hope) ...

 

[old.SadonTheGrey]

I sense a disturbance in the force, I forsee more sorcerers in Emain than ever before!

 

[Goryk]

Hmm I can see the whines now from all the hibbies and middies getting owned by almost invisible casting pets in hadrians I can think of lots of nice pets for them to charm which havn't been possible up until now I'm sure there are chain stunning mobs in midgard too at around level 50ish.

 

[old.linnet]

OK, this rocks. I never thought sorcerers were all that gimped anyway, but ... this rocks

 

[Sharma]

Sorcs will be unmezzable ^^

 

[Esoteric]

Yiii HAA

I love my sorcie now he's gonna be even better.

 

[Nalikin]

Gotta say , i can't wait for this to roll into town .
Atm my only main downtime is waiting for power ( although with serenity 2 and MCL theres not much downtme ), with the mana regen buff that should hopefully get rid of that .
Decided to spec to 39 mind now for a decent group mez-reduction chant , if its good and worth it i'll find someone with a respec stone to sell and go 49 mind

 

[Krillin.]

i'm hoping there will be the option for a respec somewhere whether it be a skill or respec all.

they have made a lot of changed to the mind line and for some like me specced 41 body and 35 mind i won't get the full benefit.

Can anyone clarify or at least say if there will be some sort of respec for sorcerers?

Also i get the bonus of cleric loving with extended stun length and smite length and also casting time on smite. Damn good patch for my cleric and sorcerer just hoping that i get that respec thats all :/

 

[Yussef]

Dragon respec stones are definite way.

 

[old.Bubble]

i hope they give us a respec so i can respec body....these spells aren't really that useful

 

[kr0n]

Gifv my mind sorc back ;<

 

[old.Atrox]

Originally posted by kr0n
Gifv my mind sorc back ;<

You had the right spec a few month to early

no more -> :sleeping:

:hat: :merlin: :hat:

 

[Ezeine]

GIFV THAT POWER REGEN!
:bazbeer:

 

[Danya]

On the one hand I like it because it means I'm not power bitch in RvR anymore... On the other it really screws minstrels over for levelling. Why take a minstrel, when you can have a sorc that does everything they do better?

 

[zedmeet]

I do feel sorry for Ministrels though, yes we will still prefer a Mini's mach5 speed in RVR but the need to take one in a PVE group has been seriously comprimised.

Lets face it, we rarely use a Mini for CC, preferring a Sorceror or rooter. What you did group them for was powersong.

Now they will become only slightly more popular than Inf's.

 

[old.linnet]

That's amusing because in most Albion camps, a minstrel is a more effective mezzer (in the sense of being able to do the job with less risk to self or group) than a sorcerer. Insta-stun is huge if people know how to use it, and so is being able to stealth during a pull to avoid initial aggro while mezzing.

But ... I don't know anyone who really liked playing powersong, it was just one of those things you had to do.

Hopefully they have some ideas for minstrel fixes later in the patch, because it isn't looking good right now.

 

[old.Bubble]

loads of minstrels are whining

sorcs get 1 extra spell(and its not that good)
and they whine....next sorcs will get nurfed and its because of bloody albion whiners

 

[- Pathfinder -]

So minstrels can't AFK XP anymore? gee, that sucks