11-14-2006, 05:48 PM
Quote:That was old Thenryb's setup, although I never found a second dragon/zod ring for him and he had to make do with a plain zod on one hand and a drakes/zod or something on the other. He used an HoS rather than an RC but still had adequate mana. I played with Tristan a lot too. Tristan used an RC and carried mostly blues and cast healing. That was always problematic with balrogs on 13 or those pesky dogs:) Thenryb tended to be lazy and just gulp reds in the same situation.
Personally, I never liked HoS. I did not think that giving up the RCs stats for HoS was worth it. I saw it as a novelty item, but that's me. I believe Sorc also thought that, but .Gore did not. Once when I played with him we were flying through and he died on 15 from Azure Drakes. I had a chance to inspect his gear ;-) I did not die because I was in my main MAW setup, so around 245 AC gave me enough protection.
I usually carried a mix of all 3 pots. Probably 40% reds, the rest in Blues/Yellows. Problem with going mostly reds is that you might need to go to town before you clear H/H at least once. With a good mix of all types, you can with relative ease clear H/H without any trips... unless of course you find that tempting blue FPM.
So he cast healing while on combat, or away from it?
-A