Heat Stroke does it stifle?

[HairyDustBall]

Heat stroke in the flavor claims that it has a chance to stifle but in the rules its not mentioned which is it?  and if doesn't stifle is it worth casting? <p>Message Edited by HairyDustBall on <span class=date_text>11-03-2005</span> <span class=time_text>11:33 AM</span>

[Zyphius]

It's a DoT with a <EM>chance</EM> to stifle... that's it... a <EM>chance</EM>... It's not a stifle, it's a DoT...

[brow27]

Hard to say about now, but here is how it was BEFORE the revamp:  There was a 5% chance to stifle the mob everytime it was hit by a melee weapon.  Only way to really test would be to find a grey ^^^ with a lot of HP, cast the spell on it, then have your tank equip some low damage dual wields and just auto-attack, and see if the stifle ever goes off. <div></div>

[IllusiveThoughts]

<P>I think the spell would be more usefull If it had a chance to interrupt each tick of the dot, instead of a chance to stifle.</P> <P> </P> <P>It makes the spell less powerfull but more useful</P>

[Stavenh]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> brow27 wrote:<BR>Hard to say about now, but here is how it was BEFORE the revamp:  There was a 5% chance to stifle the mob everytime it was hit by a melee weapon.  Only way to really test would be to find a grey ^^^ with a lot of HP, cast the spell on it, then have your tank equip some low damage dual wields and just auto-attack, and see if the stifle ever goes off.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Before the revamp, it would actually go off quite a bit. It lasted 25 seconds, and I could get up to 7 times it going off in raids on mobs effected by it. In single groups, monks and rangers would make it go off like crazy. It could really keep a mob stifled for about 25 seconds.</P> <P>After the revamp, I never saw it go off as much as it used to. And it only lasts 12 seconds now.</P>

[FightClubber]

If you have adept 1 or less then it doesn't even mention a stifle effect on the spell description any more. <div></div>

[QQ-Fatman]

This spell doesnt stifle anymore in after Lu13. They just removed the stifle effect from the description in Lu16 beta patch.

[Stavenh]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> QQFatman wrote:<BR>This spell doesnt stifle anymore in after Lu13. They just removed the stifle effect from the description in Lu16 beta patch. <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>So now it's just a crappy dot.</P> <P> </P> <P>Great.</P>

[QQ-Fatman]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Stavenham wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> QQFatman wrote:<BR>This spell doesnt stifle anymore in after Lu13. They just removed the stifle effect from the description in Lu16 beta patch. <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>So now it's just a crappy dot.</P> <P>Great.<BR></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, wizard and warlock's static pulse line spells are the worst of all mage's. Conjuror's is a DD + DoT (400 dd + 100 a tick.) Necro's has longer duration (50% longer, 36sec.) Enchanter's adds a DD (about 400 dmg) after the DoT expires. Sorcerer's just ticks faster, but no extra damage. If we want a fast damage, why dont we just cast a sunstrike to do more damage instantly? Our DoTs really need to do at least double the damage or have an extra effect (like the stifle effect before DoF.)<BR>

[Jadr]

Aye, this spell might as well have been removed tbh, it seems to serve no purpose currently. <div></div>

[QQ-Fatman]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Jadrax wrote:<BR>Aye, this spell might as well have been removed tbh, it seems to serve no purpose currently.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=spellart&message.id=67221#M67221" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=spellart&message.id=67221#M67221</A><BR> <DIV>Now they're going to make necro's DoT stronger... I think we our poor DoT should be looked at too.</DIV>

[Lady Uaelr]

:smileyvery-happy: <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Devs please remove this spell or change it to do something worth using......blah- /confused</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How about make it a mana transfer that replenishes pwr via dot effect.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That would be nice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Or what about allow it actually cause the mob to go into convulsions by actuallt stifling.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It would make sense for it to have a stifle (consistently) after all, when someone experiences convulsions they are interrupted significantly.</DIV>