Anti-bot Gravity map design

[Little Sara]

Eh. People claim there are 3-4 worthwhile maps, then complain on main that someone has mobbed all the HWs, and so everyone else has trouble. Not exactly effective.

Anolians, dragontails, spring rabbits, both Nifl fields, Medusa, Thors, etc. There's not a shortage.

I've yet to see Mages or Wizards going to Turtle Island 1, Eddga's map, or Nifelheim fields.

Only instant cast casters can afford to go to very aggro places. Even if you have Phen/Bloody Butterfly or Orlean's armor to prevent interruption, you get hit hard before they die.

Sure, there are the skilled ones who can vertical fire wall anything and probably would find a way to vertical fire wall undeads if it was possible, but the majority aren't so skilled and shouldn't be limited to "Siroma or bust".

Clock room in CT2 was actually a good way to learn to be a better caster.

You had to note when the clock would move, take into account position and server lag, check the time your fire wall would last...because a mage, even with energy coat, lasted at most 2 hits. The occasional Archer Skeleton showing up there got insta-killed with a fire wall right on top of them though.

Alarm was then the next step up, since they aggro. Their movement is more predictable, but you still don't want to be hit by them, even as wizard, so you have to learn to move and mob efficiently, learn about enemy movement (they go diagonal last, which is what lets people use vertical firewall).

Going FB or JT 1-shot kills doesn't help learn this at all though, and Soils are poor teachers in monster behavior.

Rideword has discouraged all but the most foolhardy to go in CT2 or CT3 for anything but quest items.