I am not sure if this has been discussed before but I am sure that almost all of you agree that tainted ankh is very unbalanced source of sanctuary.Lightwalkers are gimped enough already.I am for removing tainted ankhs from the game, from my observations it is quite unbalanced.The ankh is too easy to get and it provides you with high level sanctuary when lightwalkers need to fight wrights to get one glimmering stick.Where is the balance of the game?If you think that it should not be removed, give the lightwalkers the same easy way to be always in sanctuary.For God's sake they aren't even rare WTF.
tainted ankh
now other than battlemages, what other **wand using ** good align classes does this effect?
now other than battlemages' date=' what other [b']wand using good align classes does this effect?
I didn't understand what you asked me but this is very imbalanced wand.I have seen evil bmage holding 23 of those in the backpack WTF?Do not remove them just make them wands rare.
I agree with Nomak. I've seen battlemages, dark knights and vampires walking around like they have the spell sanctuary. It is a little hard for the lightwalkers that run around with vials to go against an opponent having tons of sanctuary in his BACKPACK and trying to get him offguard with no aura.
I agree with Nomak. I've seen battlemages' date=' dark knights and vampires walking around like they have the spell sanctuary. It is a little hard for the lightwalkers that run around with vials to go against an opponent having tons of sanctuary in his BACKPACK and trying to get him offguard with no aura.[/quote']
everyone has access to herbs and the glimmering staff as well, this item exhists because of classes like necromancers who CANNOT fight wights without their pets. Use some sense people.
everyone has access to herbs and the glimmering staff as well' date=' this item exhists because of classes like necromancers who CANNOT fight wights without their pets. Use some sense people.[/quote']
This wand isn't even rare.You can run out of herbs and out of glimmering staff charges, but you cannot run out of ankhs.
so just make it rare, don't remove it... I agree with you there, i don't see why it wasn't rare to begin with.
Make it rare, that is a good idea.This would put some balance between good and evil. 
Make it rare' date=' that is a good idea.This would put some balance between good and evil.
its a start, lol. There are some inherent flaws with requesting gear in an environment that every room is pk just about. At least as an evil i can flee from fighting the mob and heal up if someone is about to get the jump on me, but that's a whole different thread.
Eh? Anyone with the wand skill can use the tainted ankh, good, neutral and evil alike. I always used tainted ankhs with Virarc. But you need to be at level 50 to use it, or it will always fail. And the sanctuary level is 40, so the glimmering staff is better.
its a start' date=' lol. There are some inherent flaws with requesting gear in an environment that every room is pk just about. At least as an evil i can flee from fighting the mob and heal up if someone is about to get the jump on me, but that's a whole different thread.[/quote']
Please, requesting is such a huge bonus that the downsides of it can quite easily be ignored.
As the ankh, I agree. What is the point of some classes not having the sanctuary spell when they can pile up so easily items that cast a relatively high level of the spell?
Pwnt.
But I still think that it should be rare.
yeah thats right its not even align restricted..just takes wand skill..
The sanc is easily dispelled when compared to glimmering, and is a shorter duration. Also it is useless for sanc'ing pets.
As a wand you also have to hold it to zap.
The wand is good for all alignments. If any race is gimped in it's use it's the Drows. Since the Ankh is made of Silver, their Battlemages and NECROMANCERS get totally screwed.
Good luck getting a the Stave if you are a Drow Necromancer. But then again no one plays Drow necromancers. I wonder why....
I think this wand i quite balanced (except silver part). Easy access for 50's, decent charges, not to high level, single target and you need to be a MAGE 
But it should be rare.
Mya says it's OK.
End of discussion.
MAges are suposed to fight with sanctuary.
The balance is geared that way. Just Haymaker it out, or dirt him, he cannot see it while blind.
This item is harder to collect than the leaves. But has the bonus of multiple charges.
MAges are suposed to fight with sanctuary.
The balance is geared that way. Just Haymaker it out, or dirt him, he cannot see it while blind.
This item is harder to collect than the leaves. But has the bonus of multiple charges.
What does "suposed to fight with sanctuary" mean?
"Just Haymaker it out, or dirt him, he cannot see it while blind." -> She's got the answer for everything man, it's so damn sexy!
"This item is harder to collect than the leaves." -> Riiiight, there goes another "fact"
It is harder to collect, because people do the lame thing and quit out to stop the mob following them, which, IMHO is a borderline illegal act.
Now, if you to either kill cranky pants, or put up with him hunting you around, it'd be much worse. Maybe give people some slays for quiting off after gathering it(just to log back on 5 seconds later)? OR, make the mob hold it Grins evilly