Tanglewood Shield  

 

clickable from inv for other classes?

i am a ranger but i looking for this so long i see 14k in bazaar today, but i don't have that money :(

Was sitting in Bazaar and saw it for 2k =). Being a beastlord, can't use it (screenshot is correct, only ranger and druid) but have a nice gift for druid friend, that's for sure. Suprised me seeing as bazaar prices seem only to be going higher and higher... makes me dizzy at times. Only other one on market at the times was 10k, FYI.

(Mith Marr server by the way)

Edited, Thu Feb 19 03:33:32 2004

I have read quite a few of the comments here, and one missing use that I can think of is aggro kiting. I for one often kite, as its hard for me to find a group most times, so I am used to kiting. Aggro kiting basically is one person kiting a mob while keeping aggro from the people chasing the mob attacking. With this shield I was able to keep aggro from a chain casting 56 wizard, a hasted rogue backstabbing total between 400 and 900 per shot without crit, and a 58 beastlord plus pet. Best part about this? It was mana free, and let me switch ensare with another dot.

I bought this shield on Vazaelle for a mere 3k, was a very lucky buy as they rarely are seen in the bazaar and usually are listed at about 14-16k. I for one am very happy with it, and will never sell.

No it is not BST usable

i use this shield with elder vambs on sullen zek, really freaks people out, when i cast root, then click on this, then cast my dot, then click on elder vambs, looks like i dont have a cast delay. get 4 spells off in about 20 seconds, kicks major butt=)

This shield is nice - but nowhere near worth 10k

Get an earing of woven bark (1k max on Brell server) and a CC shield (maybe 2k) and you get the same affect for a lot less price - and no big difference in mana. I know, i know - earing only has snare - not ensare - but if you group (as i do a lot) the duration of snare always outlasts the life of the mob we wackin anyway.

Shield is not bad - but don't pay an arm and a leg for it

Penasi
Slackin Drood
Brell Serelis Servier

For quad kiting druids, 35 mana x 4 adds up to 117 mana, jk, actually 140 mana. I can see how this sheild would be nice. However looks are almost everything, and i like my CC shield. But, if i find one at a bargain i will snatch it up

This is quite a useful shield. As others have pointed out, it can free up a spell slot and has some useful stat's, despite it's "newbie" kite shield look.

I "2-box" (multi-playing), usually a Monk and Druid, and initially had some questions about its' usefuleness and reliability. Well...

Ensnare lasts 8 minutes, compared to Snare's 2 minutes (ala Earring of Woven Bark, etc.), is a 1.75 second cast time, 2.25 recast time, and uses about 35 mana... the savings of mana from a Mana Preservation item is negligable, and the short cast-time renders Spell Haste focus items useless... THIS shield, however, has a 4.0 second cast time, and is ofcourse INSTANT recast!

The resist rates are identical to the Druid-cast variety... around one in 30 or so, despite it's "parsed" resistance of Magic +25 (supposedly, rather high- but *we* know better!).

The Tanglewood Shield's cast-time EQUALS that of the cast/recast of the SPELL, AND it has the identical resist rate of the spell! Not many right-clickable items exist in EQ which have a cast-time which is equal to the cast/recast of a given spell!

Players rely on right-click effects to conserve mana, normally, but all-too-often- a *bad pull* or *add/repop* drives us oom, or close to it... and when you're oom, yer OOM! This shield, like the Clerics' Velious quest Leg Plates, has saved many a LOM and/or OOM group, by ensnaring that last fleeing MOB.

For a grouping Druid, this is (imho) about the best tradable shield in the game. Maybe Solo Druids or purists would scoff at the 4-second cast time and lack of HP and mana, and that the effect is only secondary to the Druid's epic Effect "Nature's Wrath"- and one could even poke fun of its' "plain jane" looks, but I have to say, it was always on my list of "dream gear"- and having paid only 10k for it, it is thankfully now in the "dream come true" category.

Enjoy and Beware.

Edited, Tue Aug 20 08:50:28 2002

WTT hero cloak for this on the nameless surver give me a tell in game


Terial Timberlands
52 druid
Tunare
STG

I just got one of these bad boys in a trade. 2k, black ice sleeves, black ice legs, and a CC shield. i think i came out a winner. i tried this for the first time and it rocks. So what if ensnare is only 35mana? that's 35mana you save for other more important things. The stats are incredible. i mean 14wis? that freed up some slots so i can get resist gear and stay well above 200wis. The only drawback, and it's a small one, is that it looks just like an average shield. it's a wolf in sheeps clothing.