Cloaks, Dots, and Procs

[Ellestil]

<DIV>Re: The new spell damage adornments are just completley unfair to non-DOT classes!<BR><BR>The damage on those is normalized.  If it says it adds say 60 then it uses the 3 second casting time for normalization down.  So a 3 second casting spell will get the full 60 while a 1s cast spell will only get 20.   When it comes to dots it looks at the number of updates and uses that to normalize the dot which caps at 5.  So a dot user is most likely only getting +12 per tick and not the 60 you are thinking.  The same applies for direct heals and heal over time spells.<BR><BR>Chris Kozak<BR>Programmer, Everquest II</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Soooo.....I was wondering if this means if we choose AA's that reduce our casting times, does that mean our procs from items like cloaks, wands, etc are less likely to go off, and when they do go off for less damage. Anyone know?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ellestil<BR></DIV>

[Banditman]

Procs of all kinds are based upon the BASE casting speed of the spell, not hasted numbers.I asked that specific question in beta because my Illusionist alt had very heavy AA's sunk into cast haste.<div></div>

[Dextera]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ellestil wrote:<BR> <DIV>Re: The new spell damage adornments are just completley unfair to non-DOT classes!<BR><BR>The damage on those is normalized.  If it says it adds say 60 then it uses the 3 second casting time for normalization down.  So a 3 second casting spell will get the full 60 while a 1s cast spell will only get 20.   When it comes to dots it looks at the number of updates and uses that to normalize the dot which caps at 5.  So a dot user is most likely only getting +12 per tick and not the 60 you are thinking.  The same applies for direct heals and heal over time spells.<BR><BR>Chris Kozak<BR>Programmer, Everquest II</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Soooo.....I was wondering if this means if we choose AA's that reduce our casting times, does that mean our procs from items like cloaks, wands, etc are less likely to go off, and when they do go off for less damage. Anyone know?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ellestil<BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>This post was concerning the spell damage increase adornments, rather than the Sol Ro Cloak. Reading the description on the cloak, one would notice the wording of "BY 65." While reading the description on adornments displays "BY UP TO 20." The differing wording may correlate to the cloak adding 65 <STRONG>on each tick</STRONG>, rather than being normalized.

[Xalmat]

Hmm, very good eye there Dextera.

[Daeloq]

<P>From <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=spells&message.id=19600&view=by_date_ascending&page=1" target=_blank>this thread</A>:<BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Aeralik wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Everglow wrote:<BR> <DIV>Looking the numbers for DoTs, at least as far as the Sol Ro Cloak is concerned, the cloak is adding +65 dmg per tick. Currently it is not normalizing the damage, therefore giving the advatage to the DoT-based DPS. On the other hand, adornments are currently normalizing as designed. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>The cloak is currently using the wrong effect which is why its doing that.  It's already switched internally to start normalizing and should be fixed with an upcoming hotfix.<BR><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>Message Edited by Daeloq on <span class=date_text>11-21-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:10 PM</span>