NM - If you could would you

[katz]

If we had the ability to select an NM to become ourselves for other players to battle would you. By this I mean have full control of their job abilities and tactics. I dont see this as having access to what drops just the fun of controlling an NM for fun. IF SE could design it so that the normal drop rations applied and we couldnt control the treasure side, I could see other players wanting to take on the NM.

[Zeroe]

Lol I love the idea, but your about to get troll'd so bad for it. Im just sayin

[Tagrineth]

To be perfectly honest, there are several NMs that would become ridiculously more difficult to beat if all they did was spam their most powerful move back to back (e.g. control Apademak and use nothing but Fulmination back to back, or control Shinryu and use the Doom move every 10 seconds, or even that lame Coeurl NM in Aby Attohwa - spam the death move).

[Octaviane]

Let me be a Skeleton NM with the ability to spam Ice Spikes that can't be dispelled and Poisonga II that cannot be removed by any means.

[Coldbrand]

Isn't this what they do in Lord of the Rings Online?

[Leonlionheart]

To be perfectly honest, there are several NMs that would become ridiculously more difficult to beat if all they did was spam their most powerful move back to back (e.g. control Apademak and use nothing but Fulmination back to back, or control Shinryu and use the Doom move every 10 seconds, or even that lame Coeurl NM in Aby Attohwa - spam the death move).

You don't think that there would be limitations?

If this was ever seriously considered I'd say it wouldn't be the exact form of the NM, but made to look more like a Job (BLM, RNG, DNC, etc.). So Fulmination would probably have MP cost or something and a recast...

Without limitations? I'd probably want to be Kadraeth the Hatespawn or some type of soulflayer.

Or Tunga. Yeah. Tunga. Constant casting mode, you can have this.

[hiko]

AV, use crapy 2hr till I get in brac mode then cycle bene/inv=>manafont

[Birdkiller]

I'd be one of the NMs with Mute Aura or a mute attack, and just go straight after the main healer every time.

[Korpg]

I'd be one of the NMs with Mute Aura or a mute attack, and just go straight after the main healer every time.

See, that is the problem about people, if they control NMs, being able to abuse it.

AI on mobs here don't single one player out. They go after the one who is on the top of the hate list. By singling out one player (the healer or the person that player doesn't like) you can continue to wipe alliances. It would really suck for SMN soloers too. That NM wouldn't bother with the avatar, they would go after the SMN period.

[Khiinroye]

See, that is the problem about people, if they control NMs, being able to abuse it.

AI on mobs here don't single one player out. They go after the one who is on the top of the hate list. By singling out one player (the healer or the person that player doesn't like) you can continue to wipe alliances. It would really suck for SMN soloers too. That NM wouldn't bother with the avatar, they would go after the SMN period.

That is the point.

2hr zerg fights or opponent pops a brew: Kite upon the use of the 2hrs or brew, making sure to link as many of my buddies as possible, and run through other groups of aggressive (true sight/sound if possible) mobs.

Go for the healers first, and run circles around the PCs to try to avoid attacking from the front.

Eve / Moira: use tainting breath as your ws of choice, preferably on as many stunners as possible. Proceed to use EBB with stunners charmed.

Pixies: Run to the mages and use Norn Arrows every time.