Great...My pet has more HP...and can't use 1 of them..because he is rooted. It is not root so much ...but the chain area root problem. They come in, cast area root,...over and over..., kill freely...get their happy title, and go on their merry way.Originally posted by Deaddreamer
If you think that root is too powerful, what do you think should even the odds between melee and NF-based classes. Play the devil's advocate for just a moment. What would be the advantage to playing an NT who is PvP'ing versus an Engineer, Metaphysicist, or a Beaurocrat. Or for that matter, an Enforcer or a Martial Artist, who is melee.
Pets have more HP and are a better tank than an NT, and melee'ing classes do significantly more damage over time than nukes do, in addition to BH, Fumbles, and Counters. [/B]
One of 2 things would be good:
1) Remove the ability to CHAIN ROOT
or
2) Lower the effectiveness of AREA ROOT on players.
Chain area root is just plain evil. The monsters never get pissed about being rooted...and never attack. It is a completely safe power to use...for almost all occasins. I understand that there are certain classes that need this power. Fine...what I am saying is that there must be some ability to resist this dang thing...outside of a bug. Which is what I wrote in the original posting. I did not say that this power would always be 100% successful. But, something like "Sympathetic root resistance" or other would give a % chance (based on QL of the nano) to resist this root. Which would mean that for all you happy gankers....the low level people you like to splat so much, with your roots, would not be able to restist. BUT, a high level person has a chance in H*** to do something about it. I am not asking for a COMPLETE resistance. I just want a chance. The combination of 100% success in rooting, and CHAIN rooting is just too stupid. Even if the nano only gave 25% chance to break a root every 5 seconds...FINE...it is something. More than we have now. I just find it funny that 1 small power can completely destroy the pet classes and we can do nothing about it. The pet classes, on the other hand, have no such wonder power against you. All we can do is kill you the old fashioned way....which does not work...because everybody and their dog has root.