Any way to tell if +spell dmg is working?

[Galn]

Title says it.. I just updated my equipment for RoK and have a +180 spell damage bonus. I headed to KP an attacked a mob using my lvl 1 spells that do 11-19 dmg and I did a crit for 21... seems like I should have done close to 200 dmg shouldnt I? How can we tell if this system is working?

[Incur]

<p>You can only have +spell damage up to a maximum of 50% of the spells max damage..</p><p>I think, its something like that anyhow so if you had a 100 damage spell, you could add 50+ damage also dots and aoe's etc dont get full benefit..</p>

[Eluzay]

mouse over the spells with and without  the gear on, the numbers change.

[Grimfort]

<p>That is not very accurate however, as adding on int gear will also change the dmg of a spell, but I guess it gives a rough idea.</p><p>I asked this in an old guild forum, apparently the full +dmg is added for solo dmg spells, /4 for encounter/aoe dmg spells and /8 for dots spells. (or /2 and /4, one of the two, but think its the first!). </p><p>edit for clarity.</p>

[Galn]

<p>I have some items that are +wis or no stat bonuses.. Took them off and checked the spells. High level spells had the change applied when I re-equiped them but my little low level test spells did not. Perhaps its also limited by the level of the spell. Having over +200 spell damage should be nice once I get a chance to actually use it. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p> Thanks for the help</p>

[Eluzay]

<cite>Grimfort wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>That is not very accurate however, as adding on int gear will also change the dmg of a spell, but I guess it gives a rough idea.</p><p>I asked this in an old guild forum, apparently the full +dmg is added for solo dmg spells, /4 for encounter/aoe dmg spells and /8 for dots spells. (or /2 and /4, one of the two, but think its the first!). </p><p>edit for clarity.</p></blockquote>fact is it is "up to" damage meaning if it is a dot or aoe the bonus is devided amongst all the damages, and yes the changes in your spell descriptions are very accurate, though resists of a mob/person are hard to gague .... in To say the numbers are not accurate is absolutely silly, I experimented for a half hour on the same mob type, it is very accurate.