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BadenOfBa

08-05-2005, 05:28 AM

<div></div>Healing<ul><li>Wards now apply their effects after mitigation</li><li>As wards absorb damage, they now apply hate to the caster appropriate to the amount of damage absorbed. </li><li>Reactive heals now assign their hate to the caster of the spell rather than the target.</li><li>Overall healing potency should be better balanced among the Priest professions.<-------that's good to! Prolly will raise our heals!</li></ul>Wooooohooooo!yay!! Have we been waiting for this or what? I can't believe someone hasnt already posted this! WoOT<div></div>

paisan

08-05-2005, 06:08 AM

Pertinent Mystic Changes <UL> <LI>Priest: Priests now have increased damage capability.</LI> <LI>Priest: Group healing has been improved.</LI> <LI>Shamans now receive the Great Spear skill.</LI> <LI>Attack speed decrease spells now have more effect.</LI> <LI>Wards now apply their effects after mitigation</LI> <LI>As wards absorb damage, they now apply hate to the caster appropriate to the amount of damage absorbed. </LI> <LI>Overall healing potency should be better balanced among the Priest professions.</LI> <LI> Attribute increase and decrease effects are more powerful.</LI></UL> <UL> <LI> Mages and Priests no longer receive the Parry skill.</LI></UL> Big ones that stuck out in my mind <UL></UL>

tebion

08-05-2005, 11:38 AM

<div></div>one thing that will be interesting how it will effect the game for us is this:<blockquote>Melee Damage<ul><li>Melee damage bonuses are now calculated based on the attacker's strength versus the defender's agility.</li><li>The damage output of both players and NPCs should now increase more smoothly rather than receiving a sharp boost every ten levels.</li><li>Weapon quality (Handcrafted, Treasured, Legendary, Fabled, or Mythical) is now a greater factor in the damage potential of weapons.</li><li>Damage buffs only enhance auto-attack damage, not spells or arts.</li><li>The con of the target is now the primary determiner of your chance to hit or defend against attacks instead of skill. Skill buffs still have an effect, but they are treated more like a buff rather than the primary determiner. </li><li>Mages and Priests now gain 5 points per level in their offensive melee skills.</li></ul></blockquote>unless i read it wrong it will effect our haze line alot (and aqueous spirit is not as good as before), but dunno if these spells weren't changed, too to compensate this.<div></div>

Banditman

08-05-2005, 03:35 PM

Wards most certainly do take mitigation now. With the NDA no longer covering combat changes, I'll give you guys a quick rundown once I get to work.