>>>- You can never cover all the ways someone can lag you. If
>>>an invoker can't reliably cast, they're the worst class in
>>>the game, possibly excepting transmuters.

>Invokers are the most vulnerable class when lagged, so they
>have a lot of customization to allow them to plan for it
>if you let them have that preparation and make the
>choices. Everyone in this thread keeps assuming the
>invoker is fighting total morons who stand in a field and
>wait for the invoker to come.

I think transmuters are much more vulnerable, as you pointed out earlier. There are also some more classes that are vulnerable when lagged: healer, shaman, and bard, in addition to transmuters and invokers. In fact, I'd probably rather be playing an invoker with some shields and their touch getting lagged than any of the others. Possible exception with the healer with every resistance up. We can also add necros, conjurers, and druids to this list when they don't have their groupies, and shapeshifters not in form. The key here (and as you point out) is in the preparation. Invokers, unlike the rest mentioned, can protect themselves from most fighting-class lagging. Sorry ragers. Time for the rest to start adding resist element potions to their list of preps.

This might surprise you, but I've had characters get as hurt from the invokers' touch during a fight as he did from the spells. Some of us still haven't played a cookie-cutter arial sword spec or a felar staff spec, so it actually does hurt.

In my sometimes humble opinion, I'd toss some more spells at the transmuters before adding a half dozen more detect hidden shapeshifter forms or a half dozen more invoker spells. Then again, I'd probably remove barrier altogether too. Must-resist-urge-to-play-nasty-mage.

Hutto, with some sleepy thoughts

Hutto