Guest emp_newb Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 [50 Gspwn (Avian) Bmg] [PANDEMONIUM Pandemonius(T)] (Despair [T]) [Male] Daryghaz the Scourge of the Battlefield A miserable MISERABLE failure. My utter ineptitude as a bmg is shown here. COmpletely trained UTTERLY decked. And I could not do anything. At all. Raped by melee, and caster alike. This is just not my class. I tried Hp/saves gear. I tried AC gear. I tried a mix. Settled on a mix finally. At my prime (Right before I left cabal and sacced all my rares) I had over 100 affl saves, still ate sanced mangles/oblits from spells from invokers. Still took Massive melee hits even with 600+ ac. I do not know what happened, I just could not make a bmg work. Gspwn is Greenspawn. I was basically the horror created from mixing the life force of a green dragon with the egg of a good dragon. I was never a dragon, nor did I ever want to be. I was exiled from from Tiamats kingdom for being weak, and unable to learn draconic ways. I only sought to impress tiamat, but at pinn as the beating NEVER ended, I lost sight of Daryghaz's goals, and lost touch with the character. It was not really as fun as I had hoped, and regardless of the knowledge I have gained while playing Daryghaz, I will not play another battlemage it is the one class I CANNOT play at all. I feel comfortable with anything is that I have ever played, except this. I thank Anume for the qrace, even after the RIGOROUS interview about what exactly I was. Instead of give a list of shout outs, and inevitably forget someone, I have opted to just skip out of this part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English lad Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Only really interacted with you once - keep in mind when talking about Mangles/Oblits from an Invoker that I was using Call Lightning. Call Lightning doesn't roll against afflic saves, and is actually increased by high -ac. Its kinda of an anti battle-mage spell, its one of the few times i would ever recommend leaving a few spells off, not having stone skin and air shield up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBwillie Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks for the helm of spell turning that i got when you deleted. Sorry we didn't interact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mya Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Strangely i would say BMG are decent against all, even Invokers. Where you dancing a decent non magic blade ? Hasted, with an unbreakable whip ? With reflective shield and no spell defences up ? And spamming sharpmetal ? Also you can draw them to Non call lightning areas, like the forest south of Mirhuv. Or start removing parts of armor. Chest, leg, arms. Did you skirmish him, by flee/murder ? Did you carry more curatives than him ? Those scrolls can give you 300 HP a pop but are rare, you can hoard staves for 100 HP per stave. VS Meelees... things sometimes are strange. Sometimes they walk over you, other you walk over them like ants. Another thing about BMG's. They work two times better when you can poison / prevent sleep your opponent. With slow you can atriction them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBwillie Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Depends on the class of melee. Zerkers can romp a bmg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I had sharks maw/blood filled voulge. And I am talking about hellstreams, not call lightnings for that damage. I played a few vokers recently and I know ALL about call lightning. I studied MANY pk logs, and the essay. Developed some tacts, but nothing I could do would help me with a BMG. Just not my class at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Odd, because I had a Necro that took LACERATES/DISEMBERS with hellstreams. At most ice storms would rarely do a *** DEM. I think my aff was 90 when combined with save vs spell. Didn't interact much but I feel the BMG pain. I dislike that class aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I had sharks maw/blood filled voulge. And I am talking about hellstreams' date=' not call lightnings for that damage. I played a few vokers recently and I know ALL about call lightning. I studied MANY pk logs, and the essay. [b']Developed some tacts, but nothing I could do would help me with a BMG. Just not my class at all. That's your problem, right there. No Strategery... but. Don't consider it a failure, man. Some classes are just not compatible with some people. I LOVE warriors, love 'em to death... but, that's about where I go with them all the time. Death. I can fully train a warrior, get geared out the zingzang and then... get romped by a half naked theif in straight melee. I HATE spell casters... but I do much, much better with them. Problem is I've only had Melee's at 50. Emp, you're a great player so the only way you could fail is by not trying. You tried, you learned it wasn't your bag, but ya' know what? Your mom still thinks I'm special. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Yea, only guy to EVER need four viagra at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Man, I was made the way I was... if it takes four gallons of blood to reach ... attention... that's not my fault. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Man, I was made the way I was... if it takes four gallons of blood to reach ... attention... that's not my fault. a-g Four gallons, seems to me that you may be overcompensating for something. Are you driving around in this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Close. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-A Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Not trying to take a shot but its not all about the stats. Also, invokers are the BANE of the bmage class. There have been some bmages that have stood invokers down, however, this is mostly due to cabal abilities or other things that have been changed. Most likely you just didn't 'find' how to play a bmage - and its not always easy. I sort of got to grips with mine a long time ago, but I'm sure there is LOTS of untapped potential should I play another. Try to think of yourself as a casting warrior - be careful with the hp loss and make sure you max your melee attacks. After that, its just like a melee - weapon choice and reduce the other persons defenses while maximising your own. This is where you fall down vs invokers - they are used to getting their teeth kicked in melee style while they cast back. Bascially, invoker = bmage bane. I had less problem with clerics and that's saying something. I did beat up a few invokers - but it all was based on dispel. L-A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emp_newb Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I appreciate all the constructive critique, I really do. I have tried several bmgs of several races. I reach this same point with all of them. I just CANNOT play a battlemage. I know how to fight them, and how they operate. I just cannot do anything of note with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali_gmud Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I recently played a bmg, got to level 43 even got allowed to apply for syndicate but... yeah, not my class either. I got chomped, I can't chase + keep that many spells up, just not my class. As for the character, I saw him once I think but then again, I've only played about 30mins over the last month or so. Just finished god of war 1 and 2... finally, after ripping my hair out many a times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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