ROFL =)) lol i've been in game for 3 yrs and 2 yrs of that was spent as a ice wiz on perc. not even back in the early days of OF before all the nerf updates have i EVER heard of a 3000 blast or even if you're talking about range. all bolts to all realms are 1875 range at base level and the highest you can bring that up is by 10%, and all DD spells to all realms are 1500 range at base level. thuerg pets are meant to die with one or shots, otherwise all the thuerg would have to do is spam elementals until he's out of power and solo an entire group, hell, i've thuergs solo entire groups just by using QC+aoe root/mezz (pending spell line) then spam elementals, running away, and repeating this process (funny most thuergs do that anyway though =p ). i've mentioned it before, ALL realms have overpowered classes, just because you may die to enemies to another realm does NOT mean that realm is overpowered, or even just because you may have died to an overpopulated realm also does not mean that realm is overpowered.
Facts: you are going to die to enemy realm at some point in RvR, you are never going to be invincible, you may at times have your big bad badass moments in RvR but they never last forever, otherwise no one would necessarily die in RvR, would they.
Advice: take a look at your situation and compare to others of your enemy realms. take a look at you char and see what they are lacking or what they may have too much of. for example: my lw heroine can kick some major *** amongst tanks and light tanks, i can make short work of assassin types, but within reason, such as, if i'm paying attention to my style set up so obviously i'm not hitting the wrong keys for the chain styles i want or need to land, switching from shield to lw timed well enough to utilize shield and/or engage to keep the advantage mine so i can set up for side chains or use annihilation back style, but problem is for me, i run into a fire wiz, earth wiz, ice wiz, sm, or rm, i'm toast because i have low heat/cold resists, so they make short work of me. also if you're out running around alone there's a good chance you'll be zerged, especially if the server you're on has an overpopulated realm, which merlin is known for. best option is, group up, learn your spells/skills, set yourself up with resists, learn your class best you can and for it.
whether it be an elf or avalonian caster having been both, might as well be wearing a sign that says "Perf me, please" or "I have low hp, kill me first", that's why you group, get a meat shield in front of you with a mezzer to get the drop on enemies and you'll see things in a much different light. and sense you're in alb, you should know that minstrels are considered as the best mezzing class and highly overpowered good melee, stealth, insta stun, aoe mezz, pet charm, dot spells, speed, end song, pow song, regen song. back as an ice wiz i never felt like i was at any disavantage, even when i was getting 2 shotted by rangers and hunters.
Edited, Tue Dec 7 11:25:26 2004 by Sushas