What's with durations of 1 rd per level

[Spura]

Ok what's with durations. I thought out of 1 RD per level only darkness got nerfed for obvious reasons. But yesterday when I tried to level my low level mage I found out that virtually all 1 rd per level spells are now 1 rd per 2 lvls except haste and expeditous retreat. That is ridiculous. A lvl 9 mage on a normal server can get off 18 spells vs held opponent here you can get off 4 spells. You nerfed from normally 18 to 4. Half of that nerf comes from duration and half comes from nerfed haste. While I would be okay with any of those, BOTH of them are NOT OK. Seriously I was all happy I have hold person when I got to 5 and lo and behold it lasts 2 rounds which after I have holds on 3rd level slot I can bang the target with 2 magic missiles or melfs. And at low level I can't extend most spells(not enough slots+usually I don't have to proper level available. It also pisses me off because now pure mage will have measly 2 minute durations on most spells at lvl 40.

Old story: I wasn't thrilled to have all my defensive buffs nerfed by the factor of 10 like shield, shadow shield, probably prot from spells as well(not sure).

Anyway I figured I could level my wiz with prohibited conjuration(without summons) by using disablers, but durations are just too miserable. What is gonna be done about this?

[Sara Tonin]

would you like some cheese to go with your whine?

i mostly lurk here, but whenever i see a post by spura I know theres going to be a post bitching about the minutae of rules.

it obviously is distressing and pisses you off to play ns4, why not cut your losses and not play it?

[deathdearler1]

well i hate to agree with spura's post sometimes but there is a point. the durations overall really suck. the nerfs are bringing the caster classes back to the lvl the melee classes are stuck. lvl 20. the only class that continues to get better not really held back by equipment is the caster, but now we are all stuck. time to get out the bigby and max'd igms.