Why is there a Resurrect spell?Follow

Let me preface this by pointing out that in the <2 weeks I played in the Open Beta I never got my priest past lvl 14...

When I hit lvl 10 and got my first Resurrection spell I thought it was cool and that I was going to be the most popular character in my group. The group I always play with even told me I was their new best friend.

Now I'm asking myself, what's the big deal? Without a Priest or other character to ressurect you, you have to make a 60 second run back to your corpse. Heck, if they die mid-battle, by the time combat ends and I get the spell cast, they're already most of the way, if not all the way, back to their corpse.

Is there a time later in the game where there is a strong need for Resurrection, like in an instanced dungeon, or is it a fairly useless spell in this game?

You can't simply run back to your body while in instance dungeons. These times more then any other are when you want that resurrect spell.

Can your sorpse be mugged? Lose EXP? Lose money?

I dunno, just suggestions... :\

Like everyone else said, instances is where the resurrection spell becomes your best friend. The instance in Blackfathom Depths is a pain to run to from the graveyard, and if you waste too much time, stuff you killed will start respawning.

Trust me, be glad you can resurrect, because when you do your first instance (probably Deadmines), you'll see its worth in no time at all.

It's not always a 60 second run. After 10, I've noticed that the runs can get very, very long indeed. Plus, your equipment gets damaged. Maybe resurrect spells reduce equipment damage?

Yeah sadly this isn't like FFXI where rezzing someone is a good thing to do when you finally learn the skill.

I use to hang out in the Dunes and rez people all day when their party would wipe. That was a lot of fun.

There is none of that in WoW. Don't worry about it really, it's all about playing the game instead of serving others.

Trust me, it's all for the better =)

I enjoyed helping others. It's hard to play a support class if you don't. (Although i didn't enjoy the /tells)




That is one thing, another is the in the open beta, if you logged out dead, your corpse would lay there until you loged back in. That is why you saw so many dead people laying on the torches. You even get a resting bonus, lol.

Hopefully it will be fixed in Retail.






Edited, Fri Nov 19 16:05:57 2004 by slgray

You can still be resurrected after you've released to spirit form. Had a "xxx wishes to resurrect you - Accept/Decline" window pop up several times halfway through my ghost run.

I used ressurections during horde alliance raids and defences. Theres a 2 minute timer to revive yourself during PvP. Also when in enemy territory and you have allies dead and secure the battlefield it comes in real handy.

I believe there is no rez sickness anymore. Only when you use the spirit healer. I rezzed my friend and many group members during the last patch as well as being rezzed and I never had it.

I totally hear you. I actually played Priest as my first class in WoW. I loved it at first; until I realized it was nothing like the White Mage. I took my Priestess all the way but in the end I don't enjoy being a Priest in WoW. IMO it's vastly different than the White Mage and frankly I really loved WHM.

So you want to help others? The "cool" thing to do is random buff people. Most casters can do this; Priest has a +stamnia buff, Mages have a +int buff, Druids have the +all stat buff (best buff in the game) and a thorns buff (causes dmg to mob when attacked).

Each instance party needs a healer/rezzer. One of the interesting group dynamics that has come out of the recent beta patches is the role of a Warlock in an instance party. Even though they can't buff others; the can pass out nice health stones AND supply the party rezzer with an anti-wipe soulstone. This will allow the healer to rez themselves after the party wipes in an instance. To me, this is the ultimate partier support class. Sure, we can't heal you, but without me a wipe is basically instance start over :)