Focus: Malicious Assault and Volatility

ChimpyEvans · 07-21-2007, 04:29 PM

I've searched high and low, and have yet to find any evidence of these two radius reduction abilities being fixed to not increase the radius of effect instead.

With EoF and the subsequent love and joys of epic mobs that include 100+ radius spells that are barely resistable, these two abilities seemed to have been created to ease the time sensitivity in jousting certain aes such as Furious Storm or to save unlucky people who get treed right before Nature's Fury.

Now, with GU37's changes to Volatility, will they be trying to increase the usefulness of a 120% useless ability or did they actually find and fix the (Radius)/(1-%reduction) bug that seems to be happening?

Lord Pantz · 07-24-2007, 11:38 AM

Malicious assault works.

Personally tested on one of avatar of hate's aes and instanced mayong's soul paralysis.

Doesnt effect any of the scriped aes in FTH that i could tell.

Rizam · 07-24-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord Pantz

Malicious assault works.

Personally tested on one of avatar of hate's aes and instanced mayong's soul paralysis.

Doesnt effect any of the scriped aes in FTH that i could tell.

Any way that you could elaborate on what the affects were on mayong's AEs? I have not used this ability but am thinking about taking it over the Enhance: Underground...

MeridianR · 07-24-2007, 11:52 AM

Umm well it does what it says' it is going to do, reduces the AE radius by 30%

Rizam · 07-24-2007, 11:54 AM

yes, i realize that but what i have been confused about, even after reading the other threads on this board, is whether or not the reduction was taken in distance of the radius or the radius itself.

kyros · 07-24-2007, 12:20 PM

after a few minutes of thinking i think i understand what you're asking rizam.
it should reduce the length of the radius by 30%.
the AEs will still be full-circle.

Choadley · 07-24-2007, 12:24 PM

Mayong's 2 AEs, EH nameds, some Avatars, etc...plenty useful, especially with cure changes.

Lord Pantz · 07-24-2007, 01:56 PM

Yeah what madcap/kyros said.

basically instead of an ae being a 20m radius circle it becomes a 14m radius circle (the center of the circle being the mob), its not much but if your AR goes down because a fucking mob tags you before OT gets them out, a little distance can go a long way.

I suppose for most avatar big aes and blanket of night which are 100m it would reduce that shit too 70m but no reason to joust that far.

also on wuoshi that shit comes in handy for swipers, and healers who have to run up and cure those swipers, who had to stay in until the very last minute because of the fucked up timers.