Secondary Damage/Accidental Adds

Azzab · 02-13-2009, 04:58 AM

This is a noob question but I am hoping that someone will help. I have noticed that sometimes when my Fury casts spells in combat, there is a secondary bolt of white lightning that comes out, and it strikes nearby non-aggro mobs, causing them to attack me.

It happens randomly, when using Druid AA abilities, or normal damage spells, even when using heal spells on myself.

It is annoying because even "friendly" mobs are affected and can attack me in the middle of combat. Maybe the answer is to make sure I am totally isolated from all other mobs during combat, but that is not always possible.

Peysel · 02-13-2009, 05:59 AM

Might be Infusion (Druid AA tree, end of Int line), hover over it and you'll see why. You can turn it off in unsafe areas.

AricaJade · 02-13-2009, 06:34 AM

DEFINITELY infusion. it only actually procs when ur in combat already, so if ur just standin by the mob casting beneficials (& nobody in ur group is in combat either), then ur fine, but the second u start to fight...watch out.

generally if ur around other mobs that r non-aggro, turn infusion off & ull be fine

Azzab · 02-13-2009, 06:51 AM

Thanks so much for your help.

Krista · 02-13-2009, 07:23 AM

It's Infusion for sure. Basically it says it will strike "a target in area of effect", essentially saying that it will strike that target once per beneficial spell. However, the target it strikes is based on which mob (assuming there are more that are either out of combat, or in combat with you) is closest to where you stand. Therefore, if you stand near a non-aggro mob, but cast a beneficial spell while in combat, it will proc on that mob. That's why, if you're using it to dps, you need to stand pretty much on top of the mob you're fighting, unless there aren't any other mobs around, or it's the only mob in the encounter (I stand on the mob mainly so I make sure it's hitting the debuffed mob in raid :P).

Shianne · 02-13-2009, 12:51 PM

Any idea what causes this when you aren't running infusion? When I used to solo Poets, I would often end up with the non-aggro Djin on the top floor. Seemed to happen on certain HOs. I never ran infusion when I was in there due to power consumption.

serum321 · 02-13-2009, 01:22 PM

Dumbfire?

Shianne · 02-13-2009, 04:00 PM

No Ring of Fire etc. Just straight up root/nuke on a named. Would end up with a non aggro on me occassionally. Seems to no longer happen anywhere so it isn't really important, just always kinda wondered what caused it and wasn't running ACT to look.

serum321 · 02-13-2009, 04:39 PM

It was probably some proc on a piece of gear. One of those detaunt procs was or maybe still is AOE and not just target or AE.

AricaJade · 02-13-2009, 04:44 PM

befuddle maybe? i think that's the name of the proc. it's more of a pita effect, than something useful. aoe detaunt on hostile spell. another that's a bitch is eye of hoshkar, aoe detaunt on healing spell.