Dojac
07-02-2011, 02:58 PM
<p>I've been looking around the forums for a bit and I've found a few loder threads regarding combat mechanics and I was wondering if a dev had time to update them for DOV.</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=481258" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=481258</a></p><p>A fresh edit of this post would more than suffice with the floor being opened to answer new questions to make the thread more comprehensive.</p><p>For example I'm looking to calculate my ability mod soft cap and I need to know the base damage of most of my spells. However, Volatile magic (the chanter int endline) reads "Damage spells are 15% more damaging". Is that a 15% increase to base? And if so I would assume ability mod, potency and ability mod will be applied to the new base. Also, in the shadows tree we have "Silent Thoughts" which improves the damage and crit damage. I would assume the crit damage modifier is added before crit bonus but still the damage modifier does not say base. Is it applied to the base damage of the spell or after all the other mods are applied? I ask this because there are several AA abilities that specifically mention mods to base damage whereas these do not. Is it a small oversight or something different?</p><p>Another question I have is regarding "professional spells". My shadows endline (I'm an illy if you haven't figured it out by now) has "Mental focus" and "Destructive rampage" both apply mods to damage output of "professional spells". With rampage the text reads a increase in damage but does not specifically mention base damge (digressing from this point) but what defines a "professional spell"? Does this apply to anything from the AA trees or only the spells we pick up as we level up?</p><p>If there is a thread like this updated for DOV please point me in that direct. I'd love to see it, if not it'd be nice to see a dev update the existing thread if they have time.</p><p>This is an older similar thread.</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=471667�" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...67�</a></p>