Warlock's Blast of Devastation - Nerfed or bugged?

Pixiewrath · 09-13-2011, 11:14 AM

Is it just me or has something changed with this spell? I could swear it had around 30 meters range or so previously, but now it only has 15 meters, and that's with the range increase enabled from the velious AA tree?Feels like I have to stand almost next to the mobs now to use it efficiently. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just feeling generally confused now?

AziBam · 09-13-2011, 11:57 AM

The base range on this sorceror ability has always been 10m. I'm not in game to see if it's changed but it for sure was never 30. It is/was also the same range that you needed to be to get the max damage out of thunderclap as well at 10m. So, your 15m would be right if you have the BoD heroic AA maxed. (You might consider looking into M.O. instead in that tree btw as it rocks.)

Now if we just had a reliable way of verifying range. (Outside of the good ol' Brock's thermal shocker.) /nudges devs for a range indicator of some sort

Lempo · 09-13-2011, 12:12 PM

Yeah it has never been 30 for sure, resonance will increase the range a little too.

Maybe you are missing a troub at the times you feel it isn't working properly?

Edit: Catalog creature is a good guage for 15 meters

Pixiewrath · 09-13-2011, 01:15 PM

Okay... maybe I am just confused then. It felt like it had really low range now compared to how it's been normally. Maybe not 30 meters, but it felt like it had wider/longer reach anyway. Odd.

Lempo · 09-13-2011, 02:36 PM

I'm not saying 100% it isn't bugged if you use the AA in it it is possible that is somehow borked now, I do not spec any AA in that on heroic but I'll throw some dummies up and try it, because it should extend the range/and cone width.

What isnt clear in the AA is is the width of the cone increased because of the extension of range or does it cover a wider arc from the cast point.

AziBam · 09-13-2011, 02:48 PM

Lempo@Everfrost wrote:

I'm not saying 100% it isn't bugged if you use the AA in it it is possible that is somehow borked now, I do not spec any AA in that on heroic...

This would be true for me as well.

Lempo · 09-13-2011, 03:39 PM

Ok I just placed 2 training dummies 10m apart (using brocks thermal shocker as a tape measure)

I then got in the middle the best I could targeted one and moved away until brocks thermal shocker showed out of range I could not hit either from there. I nudged forward until he shocker was in range again and could hit both. Next I nudged to the left a little maintaining the same distance and could only hit one. next I placed 2 more dummies on each side outside of the initial 2 about 1 meter out. again from the middle at the extent of the range I could only hit the initial 2. I respecced and put 10 points into BOD went to the middle point backed up about 3 meters and hit all 6 dummies. So it appears that the AA is working to some extent, not scientific enough to conclude it is working as intended but it certainly appears to be.

Now I gotta go run Nu'roga to recover my 11 plat lol. SMILEY

09-13-2011, 11:14 AM	#1
Pixiewrath Server: The Bazaar Guild: Aristocrats Rank: Marquis / Markesa 200kgsp 1yr Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 964	Is it just me or has something changed with this spell? I could swear it had around 30 meters range or so previously, but now it only has 15 meters, and that's with the range increase enabled from the velious AA tree?Feels like I have to stand almost next to the mobs now to use it efficiently. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just feeling generally confused now? __________________

09-13-2011, 12:12 PM	#3
Lempo Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,179	Yeah it has never been 30 for sure, resonance will increase the range a little too. Maybe you are missing a troub at the times you feel it isn't working properly? Edit: Catalog creature is a good guage for 15 meters __________________ All actions have consequences and repercussions. Somewhere in Norrath a guild is about to dissolve.

09-13-2011, 01:15 PM	#4
Pixiewrath Server: The Bazaar Guild: Aristocrats Rank: Marquis / Markesa 200kgsp 1yr Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 964	Okay... maybe I am just confused then. It felt like it had really low range now compared to how it's been normally. Maybe not 30 meters, but it felt like it had wider/longer reach anyway. Odd. __________________

09-13-2011, 02:36 PM	#5
Lempo Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,179	I'm not saying 100% it isn't bugged if you use the AA in it it is possible that is somehow borked now, I do not spec any AA in that on heroic but I'll throw some dummies up and try it, because it should extend the range/and cone width. What isnt clear in the AA is is the width of the cone increased because of the extension of range or does it cover a wider arc from the cast point. __________________ All actions have consequences and repercussions. Somewhere in Norrath a guild is about to dissolve.

09-13-2011, 02:48 PM	#6
AziBam Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 682	Lempo@Everfrost wrote: I'm not saying 100% it isn't bugged if you use the AA in it it is possible that is somehow borked now, I do not spec any AA in that on heroic... This would be true for me as well.

09-13-2011, 11:57 AM	#2
AziBam Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 682	The base range on this sorceror ability has always been 10m. I'm not in game to see if it's changed but it for sure was never 30. It is/was also the same range that you needed to be to get the max damage out of thunderclap as well at 10m. So, your 15m would be right if you have the BoD heroic AA maxed. (You might consider looking into M.O. instead in that tree btw as it rocks.) Now if we just had a reliable way of verifying range. (Outside of the good ol' Brock's thermal shocker.) /nudges devs for a range indicator of some sort

09-13-2011, 03:39 PM	#7
Lempo Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,179	Ok I just placed 2 training dummies 10m apart (using brocks thermal shocker as a tape measure) I then got in the middle the best I could targeted one and moved away until brocks thermal shocker showed out of range I could not hit either from there. I nudged forward until he shocker was in range again and could hit both. Next I nudged to the left a little maintaining the same distance and could only hit one. next I placed 2 more dummies on each side outside of the initial 2 about 1 meter out. again from the middle at the extent of the range I could only hit the initial 2. I respecced and put 10 points into BOD went to the middle point backed up about 3 meters and hit all 6 dummies. So it appears that the AA is working to some extent, not scientific enough to conclude it is working as intended but it certainly appears to be. Now I gotta go run Nu'roga to recover my 11 plat lol. __________________ All actions have consequences and repercussions. Somewhere in Norrath a guild is about to dissolve.