Alliance combat often has more holds than anything I have been aparty to, with the only challenge a game I am involved in where it is required. it is a nice idea, has lost of effects, but the biggest one is confusion, especially when you get into a massed melee where you don't even know everything going on around you. I also disagree casters need that crutch. Binding is a decent solution, though it is often so ineffective I will never waste time with a pin spell. Maybe that is my style though. As for Dragons breath, I really don't care much for the waste of a good spell name on a spell that almost never drops anything. I think I have more drops with Ice storms than Dragons Breaths. Go figure.
Joe S.