Posted by Heh. on May 25, 2000 at 21:17:03:
In Reply to: Why don't you guys try to play a necro and liching before assuming so much? posted by Old Arcane on May 25, 2000 at 20:35:50:
> You'll see that the necro is far away to be
> easy to play and that alone balances the class
> pretty well. I've seen lots of necros giving up
> their life for this reason alone, so much
> that I could even compare to those who give up
> frustrated with empowerment.
> After that said, sleep is really the only tool
> a necro has in low ranks. And consider that
> necromancers *are* supposed to be scary, and
> you'll have:
> Very hard to play -> very scary -> very few -> as should be.
>
> > Kill sleep.
> >
> > Kill it. Or reduce it's chance to land like hold person. Necros don't need it to be strong. AP's don't need it to be strong. It's a cheap tactic that you can't resist using because it is a 99% effective killing tool, and the spell lands a good 80% of the time.
> >
> > If you kill sleep, I think you've equalized good/evil on CF.