DoTs

[Messianic]

I havent seen this Addressed anywhere after browsing the forums for a few weeks - but in Live, I remember that dots only did a percentage of their base damage unless the mob was rooted or feared. 1) Does anyone know what i am talking about, and 2) does that apply here?

Thanks =D Still working my way around this new world.


~Melchizidek

 

[Birlic]

From a necromancer's point of view:

1. Fear is disabled in many zones
2. Pet is too weak to tank mobs in the 60s
Therefore fear-kiting and root-DoT'ing aren't really viable options.

This is (probably) why DoTs in SoD work for their full effect even when the NPC is chasing you.

 

[Messianic]

Thanks, so i noticed (concerning fear). I do remember necros who would hunt pet-less because they could just root/darkness/splurt/health draining dot(forget name) and rinse and repeat. Perhaps thats because pets took xp in Live, supposedly?

 

[Birlic]

Pets used to take equal share of the exp in EQ but that was changed at some point (quite a few years ago). After the change, they'd take exp only if they did all of the damage on the NPC.