a mage can cast curse or necros can debuff without delay...why the delay on the apples anyway? you eat an apple they recurse, you now can not eat said apple again. 15 seconds is a long time to wait under gank fire. remove curse is fine the way it is and if it needed to be fixed it should have the apple timer removed not lengthened
Yeah they had that at one time, it was fun! Basicly once you got full you couldn't eat apples and you were screwed!
Seriously though, the 15 second timer is aweful for pvp, more item based pvp.
And yes you prove his point by saying that. An item shouldn't eliminate an entire skill (necro)
Considering you can have talismans, apples, bandages and a skill (chiv) that can remove curse, a 1 minute timer seems much more fair.
Your argument that the timer sucks when being ganked doest not support your reasoning at all. Being ganked itself sucks, but just because an item makes it more survivable doest mean its balanced.
"nerve strike sucks when your being ganked, nerf it!"
"dismount sucks when your being ganked, nerf it!"
"Melee attacks suck when your being ganked, nerf it!"
The current apple status is a bit broken, maybe even 30 seconds would be appropriate.
I don't even play a necro anymore, i'm just on the side of balance. Not every mage necro has like 150 mana. Necro curses are mana intensive. If I strangle you, you eat, I strangle again, then I have 15 seconds to caste while you run until the timer expires.
Not too fair if you ask me.
More importantly though, is these damn greater dragons! Its about the only use necro has anymore heh.
Ever see what evil omen + firebreath does? Last I got hit it was 85 damage.
85 damage?!! Really? 35 melee + bleed, evil omen as they run, then 85 fireball.... Ouch.