Proc damage nerf on Test

Xalmat · 02-19-2009, 03:59 PM

Test Update Notes: Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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General damage and heal bonuses will no longer apply to triggered spells except with the profession spells which increase from +damage effects.

This is confusing, but as clarified by Aeralik on the SOE boards, it basically means that +Base damage no longer affects procs. It will still continue to affect reactive spells.

Get ready to see your DPS go down pretty substantially if you rely on proc gear. Probably will see a decrease in the effectiveness of Ice Lash from wizards, Perfection of the Maestro from troubs, Peace of Mind from enchanters, etc...

Sigmaz01 · 02-19-2009, 04:49 PM

so our own spell damage will no longer increase proc damage? or do they mean items like the bloodthirsty choker will no longer affect proc items?

Xalmat · 02-19-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sigmaz01

or do they mean items like the bloodthirsty choker will no longer affect proc items?

That.

Sigmaz01 · 02-19-2009, 05:46 PM

Ah ok

bigron · 02-19-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sigmaz01

so our own spell damage will no longer increase proc damage? or do they mean items like the bloodthirsty choker will no longer affect proc items?

Umm +spell damage never applied to procs

Sigmaz01 · 02-19-2009, 06:31 PM

Well that makes me a nub :D i actually thought a very small percent of our own spell damage modded the proc items.

Harduc · 02-20-2009, 05:21 AM

oh my gawd! this could be a huge smack in the face to conjurers, just what we need to be even less desired in group and raid

I dread to hear the result from test...

Diknak · 02-26-2009, 01:43 PM

Well, it was reverted on test. Let's hope that this doesn't go live.

Jofe · 03-07-2009, 09:43 PM

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Get ready to see your DPS go down pretty substantially if you rely on proc gear. Probably will see a decrease in the effectiveness of Ice Lash from wizards, Perfection of the Maestro from troubs, Peace of Mind from enchanters, etc...

Sounds like this would be the first step towards removing our huge need upon other classes for DPS granted they need to do something direct to replace the loss from group buffs? Or you might say it opens the door for direct improvements without overpowering, ultimatly giving summoners a better leg to stand on without a troub,wiz,illy group combo. Maybe fix Magma Seed to a more appropriate level, or seriously boost our pets dps beyond the TSO scraps that we are getting now. Conjy's with pets that do as much or more damage than the summoner would place alot more focus on the pets survival, boost overall dps, and add more benefit to the druusk/nex clickers lol, really dont see any downside to making summoner pets stronger.
Anyways, if people want to be less dependent on other classes than we will loose the benefits of those classes in the process.

Jofe · 03-07-2009, 11:36 PM

Ahhh, after reading 13 pages of your link xalmat I dont think that it will have any benefits for summoners at all. I dont think summoners will get fixed at all before I have totally gave up on this game.