Huh?

[hoosierdaddy]

<DIV><FONT color=#66ffff>I just noticed these in the update notes and was wondering what you thought they meant:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <P>- Evacs and other beneficial AoE spells will now land on friendly targets using spells that prevent harmful AoE spells (such as the Warlock's Summon Shadows).</P> <P></P> <HR> <P><FONT color=#66ffff> Summon Shadows prevents AoE's? Guess I need to reread the description. Is this just a glaring error? To what spell could they possibly even be referring? Do we have any spells that sound remotely like the one they're discussing? Were people that were invizzed before the update not getting evacced? I never encountered this.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#66ffff>Then:</FONT></P> <P></P> <HR> <P>- All area-of-effect spells that affect only a single encounter no longer have a target limit.<BR></P> <P></P> <HR> <P><FONT color=#66ffff> Does this mean what I think it does? Will Devastation, Absolution and Nebula lines now hit every mob in the encounter? Isn't that what it sounds like? Seems too good to be true...</FONT></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT color=#66ffff>-Kairos</FONT></P>

[maddawg138]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> hoosierdaddy wrote:<BR> <DIV><FONT color=#66ffff>I just noticed these in the update notes and was wondering what you thought they meant:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV> <P>- Evacs and other beneficial AoE spells will now land on friendly targets using spells that prevent harmful AoE spells (such as the Warlock's Summon Shadows).</P> <P></P> <P></P> <HR> <P><FONT color=#66ffff> Summon Shadows prevents AoE's? Guess I need to reread the description. Is this just a glaring error? To what spell could they possibly even be referring? Do we have any spells that sound remotely like the one they're discussing? Were people that were invizzed before the update not getting evacced? I never encountered this.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#ffff00>honestly i have no clue about that spell.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#66ffff></FONT> </P> <P><FONT color=#66ffff>Then:</FONT></P> <P></P> <HR> <P>- All area-of-effect spells that affect only a single encounter no longer have a target limit.<BR></P> <P></P> <HR> <P><FONT color=#66ffff> Does this mean what I think it does? Will Devastation, Absolution and Nebula lines now hit every mob in the encounter? Isn't that what it sounds like? Seems too good to be true...</FONT></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT color=#66ffff>-Kairos</FONT></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV><FONT color=#ffff00>yes all encounter based AE's will hit ALL mobs in the encounter....so if there are 8 mobs...ALL 8 will get hit or resist the AE.</FONT></DIV>

[Ronzul]

Yes, that's what it means.  Targeted AE's hit the entire encounter and PBAE's (targetless) hit only 8 mobs now.  Makes TONS more sense, and will do TONS more damage.

[Mesphito]

<DIV> <P>- Evacs and other beneficial AoE spells will now land on friendly targets using spells that prevent harmful AoE spells (such as the Warlock's Summon Shadows).</P> <P></P> <HR> <P><FONT color=#66ffff> Summon Shadows prevents AoE's? Guess I need to reread the description. Is this just a glaring error? To what spell could they possibly even be referring? Do we have any spells that sound remotely like the one they're discussing? Were people that were invizzed before the update not getting evacced? I never encountered this.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#66ffff></FONT></P> <HR> </DIV> <P>We won't get left behind anymore when evac., if we have summon shadows ups.  I have encontered this.   The discription is not the greatest.</P>

[Walker76]

<P>Also, about summon shadows....</P> <P>If you look further down in the patch notes, it says that it no longer prevents indirect AoE's.  So is that whole part of the spell no longer in effect.  They definitly confused me with those 2 statements.</P> <DIV>Edited to add quotes from LU9 notes</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From the general spell and combat art section</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"- Evacs and other beneficial AoE spells will now land on friendly targets using spells that prevent harmful AoE spells (such as the Warlock's Summon Shadows)."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From the Sorc section</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"- Summon Shadows no longer prevents indirect area of effects."</DIV><p>Message Edited by Walker76 on <span class=date_text>11-09-2005</span> <span class=time_text>11:47 AM</span>

[Ronzul]

<P>A little example...</P> <P>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 1069 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 966 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a young antelope for 1189 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a fledgling antelope for 990 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 1266 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a young antelope for 787 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a fledgling antelope for 1032 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 899 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 976 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a fledgling antelope for 763 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 899 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a young antelope for 1060 points of disease damage.<BR></P> <P>That's one cast, 11,896 damage.</P>

[Synd]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ronzul wrote:<BR> <P>A little example...</P> <P>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 1069 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 966 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a young antelope for 1189 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a fledgling antelope for 990 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 1266 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a young antelope for 787 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a fledgling antelope for 1032 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:49 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 899 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 976 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a fledgling antelope for 763 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a mature antelope for 899 points of disease damage.<BR>[Wed Nov 09 14:46:50 2005] YOUR Null Absolution hits a young antelope for 1060 points of disease damage.<BR></P> <P>That's one cast, 11,896 damage.</P> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Awesome <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Better be true <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Darkcreat]

<P>Not to be a downer or anything but almost every encounter in the game is 5 mobs or less. Its a nice change for the extremely rare situation though.</P> <P>I do not like the limitting of the PBAoE however. That's like saying an explosion in the subway only hits 8 of the 20 people that were standing next to the bomb. Can you say DUH?!</P>

[Max122]

<DIV>There are quite a few on raids and other areas where I have seen even 10+ mobs granted vast majority is 5 or less it will still be nice.  There have been alot of 6 mob encounters though that I have seen and this is a most welcomed change I really hated seeing one mob in the green as devastation was doing it thing.</DIV>

[Shipwreck_GPA]

I would have LOVED this change, when I was still hunting in Zek or EL. But I still think it's cool.

[rascheiw]

Hi everyone lv 46 warlock here I have devastation adept 3 in bank and i read in the description that it still hit only 5 mobs and not the whole encounter. Did any lv 50+ test devastation? Does it only hit 5 mobs or is the description wrong (ie they forgot to update it)? <div></div>

[VentoCurat]

Devistation hits all. Feel free to own.

[maddawg138]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> rascheiw wrote:<BR>Hi everyone lv 46 warlock here<BR><BR>I have devastation adept 3 in bank and i read in the description that it still hit only 5 mobs and not the whole encounter.<BR>Did any lv 50+ test devastation? Does it only hit 5 mobs or is the description wrong (ie they forgot to update it)?<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>it hits all mobs....tonight in return to poets palace when i casted it on the numerous mobs at the zone in...my entire maintained bar was filled with the stun effect icon....was great to see that...and then the person that parsed it said it was off the scales for him = and the closest was like 12kdps that registered