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A Comprehensive Treatise On Wards

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• Vazgen

  

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  July 22, 2013

  Thanks Teccam! They are just life-savers on Legendary. You can block that character-killing Fireballs from Hagravens with just a Lesser Ward. Not to mention their usefulness against dragons!

  Thanks Teccam! They are just life-savers on Legendary. You can block that character-killing Fireballs from Hagravens with just a Lesser Ward. Not to mention their usefulness against dragons!

• Paws

  

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  July 22, 2013

  Great work Vaz, very informative!

  Great work Vaz, very informative!

• Vazgen

  

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  July 22, 2013

  Thanks Phil! Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 

  Thanks Phil! Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 

• Paws

  

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  July 22, 2013

   I never doubted it and it wasn't me who kept hiding your research material!

  It's interesting that there is something to be said for dual casting wards too. Do you think the extra casting cost is compensated by the near instant charge?

   I never doubted it and it wasn't me who kept hiding your research material!

  It's interesting that there is something to be said for dual casting wards too. Do you think the extra casting cost is compensated by the near instant charge?

• Vazgen

  

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  July 22, 2013

  Well, it's all about cost. If you can manage higher cost dual casted wards give you more armor rating and you can basically catch a Fireball thanks to a instant charge. The drawback is that you are locked out of offensive options.

  Well, it's all about cost. If you can manage higher cost dual casted wards give you more armor rating and you can basically catch a Fireball thanks to a instant charge. The drawback is that you are locked out of offensive options.

• Vazgen

  

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  July 22, 2013

  Found one more fact to add! 

  Found one more fact to add! 

• Teccam

  

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  July 22, 2013

  I dunno if this is worth adding, or if it's just obvious, but one advantage wards have over physical shields is that you can still attack with a weapon while casting a ward, whereas raising a shield prevents you from using your weapon.

  I dunno if this is worth adding, or if it's just obvious, but one advantage wards have over physical shields is that you can still attack with a weapon while casting a ward, whereas raising a shield prevents you from using your weapon.

• Vazgen

  

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  July 22, 2013

  Good point! I'll add that to key points section 

  Good point! I'll add that to key points section 

• Kynareth

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Thanks so much for putting all of this together, Vazgen!  I learned quite a bit, and have developed a greater faith in their usefulness.  Poor Collete, even I doubted her!  

  Thanks so much for putting all of this together, Vazgen!  I learned quite a bit, and have developed a greater faith in their usefulness.  Poor Collete, even I doubted her!  

• Gornith

  

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  July 30, 2013

  I never used wards other than during the demonstration at the college.  I did use spellbreaker for a bit though.  I might have to start using them after reading this.

  Knowing that it would stop a dragons breath would have saved me about 10 healing potions last night when I got attacked at my house.  Went outside to check my fish hatchery and next thing I'm engulfed in flames from the dragon chilling on top of my house.

  I never used wards other than during the demonstration at the college.  I did use spellbreaker for a bit though.  I might have to start using them after reading this.

  Knowing that it would stop a dragons breath would have saved me about 10 healing potions last night when I got attacked at my house.  Went outside to check my fish hatchery and next thing I'm engulfed in flames from the dragon chilling on top of my house.