Hush Hush Changes in 38?

[Syssa]

I don't normally post about anything but this kinda caught my eye since Live Update 38.1 Our  Grisly Bulwark (stats based on Master 1) has changed from 49% hate gain to 46% hate gain, and aparently they added "On Any Successful Attack this spell will cast Shout on target of attack  *Increase Threat to Target Encounter by 94"Personally I find the Encounter proc  working,  though yes the lower of percent seems to be there.   I remember asking at fan faire about Necro Tank pet Encounter based taunt since we lost our Hate Transfer to pet in the STA  to the Mini Rescue, and I think this was a step in the right direction about the encounter hate.  Single target hate  ... ehh yea  kinda hurts but not bad if you are careful...NOW FOR THE BIG THING THAT BUGS ME!I thought it was just me...so I asked a few other necros on my server and they agree..."Since Live Update 38, has anyone else noticed power regen in combat has dropped drastically???"   Seriously,  I never have had power problems soloing, or even in groups till now...  I'm <u>not sure</u> what it is but I feel like Lich isn't even working while in combat.  Countess Syssa Fairylight of the Seventh HammerPermafrost Server70 Necro

[Davngr1]

yea some one braught it up shortly after LU.  yes lich took a hit SoE dint say anything about it and probly wont..   it probly has to do with the pacts line up grade and also making the fabled necro gear apealing since it offers a mana reduction bonus to our main nuke abate life(it was ninja nerfed as well).

[Oriax]

I solo about 95% of the time and I noticed a big difference in power comsumption also with my Necro alternate. It's a shame that Sony can make such a good product but really suck when it comes to customer service. For example: <b>stealth nerfs hidden in all the Live Updates!</b>

[Mew]

Yep, I have been having issues with keeping power up as well.  I actually found myself asking a conjurer in my group for shards.  I NEVER ask for shards!  But it seems I need them now.

[chedder]

I can confirm the Arch Lich stealth nerf/break. I use profit UI and I noticed that out of combat my power regen is roughly 515 and in combat it drops to 66...clearly not working in combat....way to go SOE!!!<img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2e207fad049d4d292f60607f80f05768.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Sabutai]

<cite>chedder wrote:</cite><blockquote>I can confirm the Arch Lich stealth nerf/break. I use profit UI and I noticed that out of combat my power regen is roughly 515 and in combat it drops to 66...clearly not working in combat....way to go SOE!!!<img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2e207fad049d4d292f60607f80f05768.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>That's funny, cause I actually just tested it, 132 mana regen from Lich, from 8237 power.  Works for me you must just have a broken account

[Metallurion]

<p>Guys, does Lich even appear on the in-combat mana-regen? i have always had very low mana regen 'number' in-combat, but i never suffered from mana, and it's been like that since so long ago, so i always guessed that Lich is working, i didn't notice any change in mana consumption after the LU, only thing i noticed was my DPS going up ranging from a 200 to 400 DPS boost due to the +spell dmg, nothing else has changed for me.</p><p>Just a note ... Lich isn't on a 'tick' time (6 secs) based regen, it's on a 6 secs regen (or am i wrong?), so i don't think it will appear on the mana-regen number in any UI, that number is taken specifically from any buff or item that has 'increases in-combat mana-regen by xx per tick' (or something similar) only, if someone noticed anything different plz comment on that, ty.</p><p>You can simply test ur mana regen by looking at the number Chedder noted above, then take 1.4% (A3) from ur total mana pool into account (Lich), enter combat, use some mana, check how much u're regening, u'll notice it will regen 1 time every 6 secs, and 1 time every 6 secs, but won't be on the same 'exact' tick, the first is the 1.4% from Lich, the second is the regen number, tell us if u noticed one is off plz.</p><p>EDIT: I just logged in on my Necro to test all i said above, just to not appear as an idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about ... i entered combat, with Lich up, had 45 mana-regen, cast some spells to lower my mana, checked my regen, got 2 regens ... 45, then 2 seconds later 100, stayed like that the whole fight, so i think something is wrong with ur accounts indeed if it's not working!</p>

[BLIGHTBRINGER]

<p>biggest change for me as a mostly soloing necro is i suddenly seem to  be taking more damage than before. just doing the simple city writs on blackwind isle which as necro was really easy, suddenly i'm having to be more careful about engaging with pet first to get aggro (didnt really matter before) and even with archlich and lifetap and infernal cloud etc i'm still going under 50% health sometimes - never seemed to before.  same on bonemire crash site for ravasect city writ, if get too many adds from those roaming beetle things i keep having to FD.  anyone else noticed anything?</p><p> Hellstone</p>

[LazyPurp]

I don't usually post...but I have to toss in my two copper...Lich is not working as it did before the LU. I raid seven days a week KoS and EoF so I could see the change right away. At first I thought it was just me, maybe a bug with appearance vs REAL gear...I wasn't sure.I did notice after I died and rebuffed...it was working near what it was before. It still seems bugged a bit. I never have had to ask for shards to go with hearts and now my awesome Conjy is my new BF! I did a bug report. Anyone who is concerned should also. Can't hurt to request someone to take a look at it. /hugsJusti

[Estean1]

<p>I have to agree. Something is wrong with lich..  I went OOP for the first time in a LONG time.  I wasn't even doing anything that mana intensive.  I recast lich and it seemed to be doing better after that. Maybe its a bug that disables lich after you do something.  But I don't care what you say about testing Subutai, something is different/wrong/changed and not for the better.  I have M1 archlich and over 8k mana self buffed. I should not be running out of mana like that if lich is working as its supposed to. And yes this started happening after the LU</p>

[Metallurion]

<p>Your posts got me worried, so i logged in again and retested, to my surprise i found that it wasn't working this time, i usually turn ArchLich off when i'm travelling through the game, so that if i take fall damage i regen again fast, this time i forgot to turn it off before i logged off, so i entered combat and i noticed i was only regenning 45 mana, i recast it and it went back to normal, 100 and 45, i zoned, tested it without recasting, it stopped working AGAIN, i recast it and it worked.</p><p>So seems one of 2 things, either it stops working everytime i exit combat, or everytime i zone, have to do some more testing, but main reason i never noticed it wasn't working was because i always recast my whole line of buffs on any alt i'm playing at the beginning of an instance or dungeon or raid in general, just a routine of mine, but i'm reporting this indeed, though it doesn't affect me if it was just everytime i zone.</p>

[Oldlore]

It works normally as long as you recast it after you log in and (I believe) after you zone.

[Khrunk]

yeah i have to reapply archlich to get the in-combat regen to work when i zone. the extra damage still works, but the power regen wont till i reapply it. did some testing and its not because of going on to another fight but definetly after i zone. i play on a pvp server and others in my guild and have noticed the same thing.

[Virulence]

<cite>Oldlore wrote:</cite><blockquote>It works normally as long as you recast it after you log in and (I believe) after you zone.</blockquote>Hopefully this bug will get fixed in the next patch. I have noticed it as well.

[Articulas]

Yes. Lich has taken a hit. I've never had issues raiding before with Power, and now i'm running out of power all the time.

[DeathRider69]

Cool post everyone.  Now I am not losing my mind.  I have been recasting it to get it working but thought maybe it was just my toon.   I do hope they fix it as it is annoying to have to keep recasting it when I am going all over the fing games to do various quests.

[Vodr]

I thought it was me with my power draining out,  kept checking I had drink and such.  Please Please fix us poor necros.