Ward question

[thedu]

<div></div><div></div><div>Argghhh..it keeps eating my posts!!!!!</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> So [Removed for Content] right now with these forums... So this was my original post: <hr size="2" width="100%"> What does this mean? <blockquote>(1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] YOUR ward absorbed 465 points of damage! (1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] a corpse candle's Soul Blister hits YOU but fails to inflict any damage. (1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] Your soul is torn apart! (1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] YOUR ward absorbed 90 points of damage! (1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] YOUR ward absorbed 88 points of damage! (1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] <font color="#ff0033">a corpse candle hits YOU for 69 points of crushing damage.</font> (1146540333)[Mon May 01 22:25:33 2006] Y<font color="#ff3399">our spiritual protection starts to fade.</font> </blockquote> </div> <div>  Does it mean wards are still broken or that the log message was put in wrong? </div><p><span class="time_text"> </span></p><p>Message Edited by thedump on <span class=date_text>05-01-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:12 PM</span>

[Clymene]

this is just speculation, but since the ward appeared to be functioning properly based upon the rest of the log, I would assume that this was just an error of order...it would seem that the fading of the ward and the damage occurred simultaneously, in choosing which message to log first, the game chose the damage over the spell message

[Mettleine]

Yes, from that log it sounds like overflow damage (from the last hit while the ward was still up) is logged before logging that the ward has worn off. I have not tested this myself, but should be easy to do.If so, I wouldn't necessarily view the order of logging as wrong. This order would make it easy to differentiate overflow damage from a hit received with no ward up.

[Banditman]

<div><blockquote><hr>Mettleine wrote:Yes, from that log it sounds like overflow damage (from the last hit while the ward was still up) is logged before logging that the ward has worn off.<hr></blockquote>That's exactly what it is.  The entire "hit" must be dealt with before processing the end of the spell.  So, some of it was absorbed, some of it actually caused damage, then the Ward kicked off it's "I'm done" text.</div>

[thedu]

Alright. Thought  I was going crazy there for a second. <div></div>