Smite Evil not working when Exiled?

[Falc410]

I just Exiled and found out that Smite Evil won't work anymore. Ok I heard that it might not work on good classes (which is also pretty stupid since in PvP I can't choose to fight only evil aligned classes) but it doesn't work against mobs anymore - I'm pretty sure it worked against mobs before, even when they were not undead. Call me stupid if it doesn't work against mobs at all, but I'm 99% sure that it did damage against any mob I fought so far!

[Troubor]

<cite>Falc410 wrote (in part):</cite><blockquote>I just Exiled and found out that Smite Evil won't work anymore. Ok I heard that it might not work on good classes (which is also pretty stupid since in PvP I can't choose to fight only evil aligned classes)....</blockquote><p>I'm sorry, but this is just funny to me.  PvP server or not, why WOULD you think that an ability called Smite EVIL would work on good classes?  Think about it, it's not called "Smite everyone".  <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I'm not on a PvP server, so maybe this question makes more sense to others playing PvP..but again it just seems really amusing to me.</p><p>As for the part I didn't quote, I think it does work on mobs that don't have a good character class, very generally speaking.  I remember some animal mobs (not sure if they had a "class" or not) it didn't work on, but in general it does to some degree yes.  I did see that it will come up with the "No Targets In Range" line in the big information window (same window that pops up with quest updates, says the dreaded "You fail to find any quest items", etc) if you set it off and every mob in the AOE area is immune.</p>

[Mantell]

<p>I believe it says in the tooltips who it doesn't work on. It doesn't work on citizens of Qeynos or Kelethin, it doesn't work on paladins, monks, templars, rangers and any other class that's good only that I am forgetting. It works on undead even if they are one of the particular classes. </p><p>It should really be called "Smite nongood" because it works on anything else. In practice this hardly ever comes up in PVE. There are a few paladin mobs here and there, the gold and silver dragons in the DoF expansion come to mind. There are some monk mobs in a few places in KoS. </p><p>In PVP you wouldn't think it would come up because you'd have to be good to be a paladin. I guess you found a way around that restriction by becoming an Exile. In your case it still works, just not against the good folks and this is something you'd have to suffer through. </p>

[Falc410]

Well I agree, you laugh at me cause I want to use 'Smite Evil' but in fact it really works on 99% of the mobs in PVE, even non-aggro mobs...Well this just shows that SOE wants us Pallies to either raid or pvp, but not both.

[Troubor]

<cite>Falc410 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well I agree, you laugh at me cause I want to use 'Smite Evil' but in fact it really works on 99% of the mobs in PVE, even non-aggro mobs...Well this just shows that SOE wants us Pallies to either raid or pvp, but not both.</blockquote><p>LOL.  No, I was laughing at the idea that you would expect "Smite Evil" to work on something good alligned.  I wasn't trying to flame you.  I'm not laughing at you because you want to use Smite Evil.  I'm laughing at the idea of popping it on a good alligned person or mob and expecting it to do more then be a pretty light to them.</p><p>As for your other comment, you're this upset that one AA based ability (albeit a popular one) doesn't work against other good alligned classes?  This doesn't show that SOE wants you to raid OR PvP, it just shows that the spell at least to some degree fits it's description.</p><p>Anyway, it's one AA spell.  A lower level paladin, especially if he focused on filling out the crusader tree first before looking at the paladin tree won't have it.  Even if he went for the Paladin first, he'll need over 20 AA to even have this spell.  Not that it's super hard to get AA via questing but even so, it's one optional spell that IMO is working logically.  You can't smite other good things.  Makes sense to me.</p><p>I'm not on a PvP server, but if I do /duel vrs someone from Qeynos or Kelethin, I'd not expect it to work even without reading the spell description.  Again, the spell isn't smite everyone.  I will agree that "smite non-good" does maybe come closer to how it works, but then again I have seen some animal mobs that it also didn't work on..don't remember which specific one but was some animal mob in Loping Plains for instance, something you'd not expect to be good alligned due to location.  </p><p>Oh well, maybe I'm missing something here.  But well..it's called "Smite Evil".  Seriously..not flaming, just asking..seriously, why would you expect it to work on another paladin or templar or any other good alligned class just because you're in Haven as an exile, and they might still live in Qeynos or Kelethin?</p>