new aa's

[Jebasiz]

Everytime I look at the new aa's and spell lists for us, I get further disappointed. We used to be a class designed by/for (and known for) versatile power..now we're a class defined by sustained dps. The lack of ingenuity by SOE is disturbing.

What about a mass summon corpse aa, like a summon raid that would require consent, or a pet shared health aa (like mages get). Maybe a one time massive mana xfer to a single person or group (that'd atleast allow us to go afk and play an on-line game that's still entertaining, and not have people whine). A mind wrack aa that works on mobs with or w/o mana, that maybe gives everyone in your group 1k mana over 4-8 ticks, hell make it mgb'able...

Any type of utility, or unique ability would of been nice..we're an intelligence archetype community, our abilities and skills should E X P A N D as we level, not diminish as they are now. I'm still waiting for the day where I can auto-cast/attack, set a hotkey that repeats itself and go afk (kinda like warriors tanking Xegony and VT mobs used to do)because we only do like 1 friggen thing even remotely well. I mean goddamn, what ever happened to a necromancer helping with crowd control, or actually being able to support a tight heal cycle by himself. We use a mana xfer spell designed for 4k mana pools, with tribute and raid aa, I have 3 clerics in my guild that break 9k mana (2 by a substantial margin)...Dubbya Tee Eff (wtf)is SoE thinking?

No class needs more to exp well, SoE needs to design class defining spells and AA
in a raid-centric frame of mind. That's where 90% of the necromancers I know spend the large majority of their time. Any friggen monkey can get 1-4 aa's an hour kiting, and we damn sure don't need eternal breath to do it /finger SoE.

Thanks for the insult...err AA's.

Jeb

[Glauron]

SoE needs to design class defining spells and AA
in a raid-centric frame of mind. That's where 90% of the necromancers I know spend the large majority of their time
I disagree with that. I'd say rather group-centric frame of mind, which would then more than likely encompass the raid attitude frame of mind. Theres alot of Necro's out there who don't participate in raids on a frequent basis, but do enjoy a good group.
Our group heal is grossly outdated with PoP/GoD mobs spanking asses for incredible amounts. Our Grp mana tap is a pathetic joke, one for the amount vs cost and two for the number of available mobs we can actually tap.
Some of our current aa's need to be updated/replaced, but thats for another day I guess.
On the whole I agree with Jebasiz. SOE need to get their fingers out of their asse........hmm, ears and start listening.

[Jebasiz]

Grouping is easy though...so is soloing, we're equipped for that imo. If you don't raid hard content, the short-comings in our class (that weren't there when velious was high end content) may not be readily apparent. I've never joined a group and been asked to stand there and dot or nuke. It's always, pulling, CC/root-rotting(or soloing adds) mana tapping, group healing etc etc... I don't think necromancers have a short-fall in that environment. We're fine in ldon and Kod'taz, raid equipped characters (and it can be high-end luclin, not even pop or gates) don't need more mana while grouping, they are(and should be) self-sufficient.

It's raids, where everything is casting, and ae'ing..but has no mana to rack..where the clerics get 1 rounded, rezzed and want mana..and it takes 2 casts to give them 1% mana. It's just not efficient anymore in the high end to do what we had been doing for years, and what we used to do quite well. I don't mind not having even a decent nuke for trash clearing, that's mindless and not my thing..I do mind being equipped like I'm level 57, 3 years ago..to do the same job today. I do mind not being able to mez undead like a chanter and bard can, I do mind having a charm undead cap 2 levels below my own...etc etc etc. I also hate the lack of a screaming terror upgrade.

[Ahura Mazda]

I was 1/2 expecting to see a group Summon Corpse AA. It's not just a helpful suggestion its simply long overdue.