01-20-2005, 10:48 PM
Xanthix,Jan 20 2005, 10:27 AM Wrote:Also, some priests like to activate Fade before going into chain-healing mode, to lower the threat on the heals they are about to let loose. This means Fade can be in cooldown if they do get aggro.
That's crazy. Completely and absolutely crazy. If you see a priest doing that, slap them around. Fade is for using *when* the priest has aggro -- not as some preventative measure. Fade only reduces one's aggro during the time it is up. When Fade's 10 seconds are up, the priest goes right back to having the same aggro he or she would have had. Putting it another way, there's no "memory" of Fade. Once the Fade expires, those priests who used Fade before casting heals will have the same aggro as a priest who hadn't used Fade.
Quote:Yeah, apparently Fade must suck horribly, because I've yet to see a pubbie ever use it.
:blink: Or you must play with a lot of really sucky priests. Fade is one of my favorite skills and it saves my life all the time. In the case with the Princess that you're talking about, I would let the Princess come to me, get one or two hits on me, Fade, and then Renew/bandage myself. By the time all that happens, the rest of the group should be back from their fart pushback and the warrior should be able to regain aggro.