Fire Rain again on 02/05/2004 08:37 PM CST
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Do you have to worry about protecting yourself from it or does it conveniently avoid hitting you?
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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/05/2004 09:04 PM CST
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>Do you have to worry about protecting yourself from it or does it conveniently avoid hitting you?

You can SHAPE CLOUD and it'll avoid hitting PCs. Takes MD skill (around 400?) to lessen the considerable RT to a manageable level.

My standard Fire Rain routine is:

Prep es 10
cast
remove buckler
<stance set>
prep fr 35
cast
prep ac
harn 15
cast

Doesn't take long at all, really. Liberally sprinkle with streams of "Retreat". ::grins::

-Chris



Victory by any means necessary.
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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/05/2004 10:10 PM CST
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RT for shaping is like 30seconds with 200 MD, goes down about 1 second every 10 ranks till bottoming out at 5 seconds around 500 MD. These are all estimates.

Aether Cloak is alot easier and quicker. However, your hunting partner needs AC too.

Tessaa
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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/05/2004 10:21 PM CST
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Okay so:
1. You can hit yourself with it
2. Aether Cloak protects you 100% from it or AC/ES/shield does the trick?
3. Shape is cool if you're MD god
4. Kill stuff, learn target.

How long does it last? How often does it hit?

Thanks for answering all my questions. I never really hear that much about the spell.

Tzang
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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/06/2004 12:17 AM CST
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AC protects completely if you hold enough mana. Depends on the difference in your TM and evasion. 15 mana and i completely sage.

How long it lasts depends on mana put in. It attacks everything every few seconds, maybe lasts for 30-45 seconds?

Tessaa
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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/06/2004 07:18 PM CST
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lasts a good minute maybe a tadlonger and hits withmost every drop, only problem i see is with critters like swampies in the hummock tend to blocklots of the drops of fire with their shield and have tough skin which absorbs as well , max cast Fr using path damage usually drops 3 fends and 1 troll out of 5 or 6 critters coming at mehwhich makesit much more managable, but this takes time and retreat retreat is happening until i canstand with whats attacking <3 > my main swarm combo is fr at 35 then a 33 Cl clean up anything left standing, in a brilliant mana room i still have plenty of mana left over. still not positive of my max prep yet Cl i think around 37 or 38 same with FR pm 350, harness 345
Chofmo


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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/06/2004 07:21 PM CST
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I've also heard fire rain ~> tremor/thunderclap works wonders...assuming you've either shaped or can withstand the blast. Same with tremor/thunderclap then CL

-Accipam
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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/06/2004 07:25 PM CST
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>my main swarm combo is fr at 35 then a 33 Cl clean up anything left standing, in a brilliant mana room i still have plenty of mana left over. still not positive of my max prep yet Cl i think around 37 or 38 same with FR pm 350, harness 345
>Chofmo

Consider CL before hand, one of the best parts is the nerve damage it does.

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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/06/2004 08:02 PM CST
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thanks tessaa will give it a go tonight when i get off work


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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/06/2004 08:33 PM CST
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<<tremor/thunderclap works wonders>>

Which one is SvA and which is SvS?


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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/07/2004 10:44 AM CST
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With fire rain the RT for shaping cloud drops every 20 ranks. I started getting 6 second RT for shaping at 420 MD. To figure your RT for shaping you can backtrack from there.



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Re: Fire Rain again on 02/07/2004 01:18 PM CST
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<<tremor/thunderclap works wonders>>

>Which one is SvA and which is SvS?

Tremor=SvA (SPell vs. agility)
Thunderclap=WvW (will vs. will)

Neither are SvS (spell vs. stamina)

Tessaa



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