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Invis potion was the first recipe I looked for after mastering alchemy and, since LoY, easily the one guildies ask me about most. Even more than illusion potions. I know about the "never, ever" comment attributed to SOE from my first searches, but I just can't figure out WHY they regard this to be so unbalancing...
Maybe 'cause Cloudy Potions are insta-cast? (But certainly no more unbalancing than a pre-nerf CoS, or insta-invis AA ability like ranger innate camo, right?) More importantly, the shammy-crafted version does not need to be insta-cast to be quite useful, IMHO. If there's another exploit with non-instant invis I haven't come across it yet. After all, a majority of classes can invis themselves already.
Meanwhile -- for classes that can't invis themselves (eg your warror or cleric) -- LoY is prohibitive. It takes at least one invis -- often more -- to get to regular xp camps in all LoY zones. Guess wrong on the number of potions to schlep and it's cr time =( IMO stackable invis is in exactly the same league as stackable sow potions -- a buff that peeps can beg for and usually get, or prepay and have in their pack when they need it.
My suggestion (plea! really -- I'm so tired of XP groups in LoY getting derailed because the warr/cleric died or had to gate when they couldn't re-invis in the long tunnel of nasty greenies) is to make an alchemy recipe for inviso potions that is stackable. Doesn't have to be insta-cast (cast time equiv to invis spells is ok), can even be level constrained to 25+ if ya want, but should be reasonably priced. Time to cut the warriors and clerics a break in LoY...
Ikkiku, 56th Shammy, Bertoxx
Maybe 'cause Cloudy Potions are insta-cast? (But certainly no more unbalancing than a pre-nerf CoS, or insta-invis AA ability like ranger innate camo, right?) More importantly, the shammy-crafted version does not need to be insta-cast to be quite useful, IMHO. If there's another exploit with non-instant invis I haven't come across it yet. After all, a majority of classes can invis themselves already.
Meanwhile -- for classes that can't invis themselves (eg your warror or cleric) -- LoY is prohibitive. It takes at least one invis -- often more -- to get to regular xp camps in all LoY zones. Guess wrong on the number of potions to schlep and it's cr time =( IMO stackable invis is in exactly the same league as stackable sow potions -- a buff that peeps can beg for and usually get, or prepay and have in their pack when they need it.
My suggestion (plea! really -- I'm so tired of XP groups in LoY getting derailed because the warr/cleric died or had to gate when they couldn't re-invis in the long tunnel of nasty greenies) is to make an alchemy recipe for inviso potions that is stackable. Doesn't have to be insta-cast (cast time equiv to invis spells is ok), can even be level constrained to 25+ if ya want, but should be reasonably priced. Time to cut the warriors and clerics a break in LoY...
Ikkiku, 56th Shammy, Bertoxx
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