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    Mishakai Katyn
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    Auto-attack and mobs with Shock Spikes

    So I noticed this over the weekend fighting gnats. Occasionally they cast shock spikes on each other, and once they do, I am reduced to nothing but auto-attack.

    My auto-attack speed is 2.6 with my sword, the shock effect lasts 3 seconds, so it is effectively on permanently once the mobs buff up. This means I can't use any weapon skills, cast heals, taunt/provoke.. anything.

    Solo it is annoying as heck, in a party, well, I can't even taunt a mob. I am wondering if this is something that will be adjusted or if this is how it is supposed to be?
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    Andrien Bellcross
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    I hate Gnats. teleporting and whatnot.. I want to stranglehold the person who made them.
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    Aleczan Knighthill
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    I so hate these Gnats and their Shock Spikes yeah!!!

    I have learnt to either laugh at it when I get stunned by the Spikes, or turn my back on the Gnat who has Spikes, or change target to auto-attack on the one without Spikes, while waiting for the "avoided" one for its Spikes to wear off, or use heavy WS on it to try to kill it without auto-attacking and get stunned.
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    Rau Berlioz
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    build tp. turn around. wait for shock to wear off. use weaponskill.

    solved.


    I hate how this community is like "OMG THIS GAME IS TOO EASY" but then once they make somewhat difficult they're like "OMG ITS TOO HARD"
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    Holland Stark
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mishakai View Post
    So I noticed this over the weekend fighting gnats. Occasionally they cast shock spikes on each other, and once they do, I am reduced to nothing but auto-attack.

    My auto-attack speed is 2.6 with my sword, the shock effect lasts 3 seconds, so it is effectively on permanently once the mobs buff up. This means I can't use any weapon skills, cast heals, taunt/provoke.. anything.

    Solo it is annoying as heck, in a party, well, I can't even taunt a mob. I am wondering if this is something that will be adjusted or if this is how it is supposed to be?
    I think the Gnats think the same thing about you when you cast your Shock Spikes on yourself. Too bad they don't have official forums to complain about us. Or maybe they do =x
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    Eisen Gramul
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    Shock Spikes is annoying but nothing that can't be dealt with.
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    Why don't you make a useful thread and ask for dispel. That might fix your auto attack issue. Or just wait until it wears.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rau View Post
    build tp. turn around. wait for shock to wear off. use weaponskill.

    solved.


    I hate how this community is like "OMG THIS GAME IS TOO EASY" but then once they make somewhat difficult they're like "OMG ITS TOO HARD"
    Hello there mister grumpy gills =)!

    Just a reminder: shock spikes can last upwards of around 2 minutes and usually EVERY gnat gets the shock spikes so turning around while getting the crap kicked out of you is NOT productive advice .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ventus View Post
    Hello there mister grumpy gills =)!

    Just a reminder: shock spikes can last upwards of around 2 minutes and usually EVERY gnat gets the shock spikes so turning around while getting the crap kicked out of you is NOT productive advice .
    You can still build TP, and then just wait untilSS is gone and use a qeapomskill to take most of its health away. Gnats aren't hard to kill.
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    The OP is just asking, not whining.

    I hate when people whine about trivial stuff, but I hate it more when some people decide to show up in the thread where they don't like the content, disagree with OP, or disagree with the content, and then point the finger screaming at the OP "YOU WHINER." Nope, in my eyes who whined is you.

    Besides, the OP wasn't even ranting, s/he was just describing the scenario and asked "I am wondering if this is something that will be adjusted or if this is how it is supposed to be?"

    You can simply answer "Yeah this is what it meant to be, and this is my tips in avoiding the problem...blah blah blah."
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