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before you all groan you should know I'm kidding..sort of. my question is this. With poison not stacking does that mean you can't poison two pools at once or does it just mean you cant stack two poisons of different strengths? reason I'm curious is that I looted a health poison 250 strength 97% potency 170 duration on an otherwise standard nightsister lance. Is it worth hanging on to if I also have a mind poison lance? If I cant poison different pools at the same time, I think I'd rather go with the mind poison. can you guys think of a use for a lance with health poison like this?

Second question: how often does mind fire tick?

Borrek Mycke [CDeli]
Master Pikeman

Poisons are always nice against mobs with high health totals... yes, a mind poison is nice, but health is nicer in drawn out fights. Let's face it... where does 60% of your damage go? Health pool. Having the poison do extra health damage is a good thing.

Also, I would say that if you're fighting an unbuffed player, yes, the health poison would be extremely useful, for the same reason as above.

Finally, they -will- be making Mind damage something that is not as killer as it is now. We're not sure how, yet, but that health poison may become much more useful soon.

I have a simialar LVA that I use alot. Usually when fighting NSs (3-4) I will do an area attack with it, poisoning them all. Its not a huge difference but it does help a little. Your lance would do about an extra 2500 damage per minute, so yeah, in drawn out battles they are worth using.

Also I think you can poison two pools, but you cant use two poisons of similar strength. Either way I would definately hang onto that lance.

2) not sure about mind fire. Id assume it tick as much as regular commando or BH fire, which seems to be a little slower than poison. Maybe every 10-15 seconds.