Using drain enchant

johnactor

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

So it looks like a great skill but i've never used it. I've always opted for inspired hex (I'm a MoMe).

I take it you tab an enemy and can see enchants just under their health bar top middle of screen?

Given I've never played another class, I'm not totally sure how I tell whether an enemy is enchanted IN PVE (i'm not doing pvp yet).

Are there some common enchants i should look for outside the enchants i'm familiar with as a mo/me? Or do I just need to spend an evening trawling through every other class's enchants and try and remember them so I know when I can use drain enchant successfully?

Thanks

Kuri

Kuri

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

Daunting Tempest [DT]

Mo/

You can tell that someone is enchanted by a little yellow triagle on the right of their health bar, just target one of these people and drain enchant.

You cannot see what enchants are on them though

johnactor

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

er, perhaps i described it wrong, I'm talking about an enchant on the foe not a player.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

R/

In PvE you can tell what enchants they use in the area.

And All foes (players or monsters) have a swirling cloud around them when enchanted so you dont have to be targeting them to see the enchantment. Ever notice the white cloud like thing circling you when your enchanted? happens to everything thats enchanted.

Renegade ++RIP++

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

same thing.

representation is the same as for a player, you only got to have a mob targetted to see the little arrows (up = enchant, purple down : hex)

FalconDance

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

Yep, if you have a foe targetted and there is a little upwards yellow traingle on theri health bar, they're eligible for your Drain Enchantment.

And it is every bit as sweet to use as inspired Hex. I used both yesterday in THK quite successfully.

johnactor

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

sweet, thanks for your replies guys.

Zaxan Razor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

Uhm, the little triangle is green, right??

The_Janitor

The_Janitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

New Jersey

The Adventurer's Society [TAS]

Me/N

Yellow.

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

2 things to see an enchantment:

- On the HP bar, there a yellow triangle to mean the target is under an or more enchantments.

- You can see a white cloudy circle around the target while he/she/it under an enchantment with a color symbols which it turns around that monster.

Red/Orange symbol: Elemantalist
Blue symbol: Monk
Green symbol: Necromancer
Purple Symbol: Mesmer

Zaxan Razor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

Just looked in game, the arrows are definately GREEEEEEEEEN, as is the border around all enchants.



See, clearly green.

Sorry, but it would drive me nuts if people keep saying yellow.

Note how the line in the middle of the spell icon is YELLOW and the arrow is all be it a pale green, but it is GREEN!

LouAl

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaxan Razor
Just looked in game, the arrows are definately GREEEEEEEEEN, as is the border around all enchants.
hmm check the color settings on your monitor

Zaxan Razor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by LouAl
hmm check the color settings on your monitor
See above. My monitor is perfect.

Caelus The Fallen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Glasgow

Voice of the Darkness

E/Mo

The bit you're talking about: green
The bit everyone else is talking about: yellow

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

Yellow on the HP bar and lime green on the skill

End of story

Zaxan Razor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

sorry, that arrow on the hp bar is still green.

Ole Man Bourbon

Ole Man Bourbon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Atlanta

GONG

W/E

Lol, it's the same color on both the bar and around the icon: yellow-green.

Silent Kitty

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ole Man Bourbon
Lol, it's the same color on both the bar and around the icon: yellow-green.
I concur. They are both yellow or green, depending on you graphics card

FalconDance

FalconDance

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

...deep within the sylvan splendor...

Order of the Migrating Coconuts [ALBA]

Wait 'til you get the skill Inspired Enchantment....it's even more fun than Drain Enchant!

Yukito Kunisaki

Yukito Kunisaki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago, IL

W/N

Wow, someone's hp bar is messed up.

I've seen GW on 4 different computers running and ALL of them are yellow arrows by enemy hp bars and friendly hp bars...

It's yellow

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by FalconDance
Wait 'til you get the skill Inspired Enchantment....it's even more fun than Drain Enchant!
lol True, using their skills is fun. Always take it when I go to sorrow furnace (those doylak with Mark of protection) .

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

it's your contrast/gamma and the fact it's on a red background