Reactives bugged???

Dillin · 07-11-2009, 03:54 AM

I'm in Befallen: Necrotic Asylum doing a grey shard run. Since I'm boxing I'm being lazy and running to a mob through the green water (Hits you with a poison DOT). I figure I'll throw up a group reactive and cure the DOT.

Then I notice that my reactive didn't tick AT ALL. So I throw up a new group and single on myself and run through the water again. Again, I get the DOT but not single tick off of my reactives.

I'm not going to claim I know exactly when reactives will or won't tick so I wanted to ask y'all first before doing a /bug.

Is this how reactives are suppose to work? When I read the description on the single reactive it says "heals as ally when they are attacked"... rather ambigious...

Also, I've noticed occasionally that my single target reactive will tick but group won't. Is there an instance where that would happen?

EQAditu · 07-11-2009, 05:03 AM

Well, I can't say that they haven't changed lately.

For instance, the same thing that caused items to stop proc'ing from power->damage debuffs caused reactives to stop being triggered as well. Not nesessarily negative as it was previously impossible to keep a group reactive up more than a few seconds in several fights. But it means they've gone around messing with things and who knows what broke as a result.

There's always a list of things that reactives won't heal that we wish it would(somehow) every expansion. Simply because it's hard for clerics to heal without their specialties.

Kriptini · 07-11-2009, 07:30 AM

Reactives only heal damage that comes from mobs. Falling damage or environmental effects will pierce right through them, and interestingly enough, Repent will absorb environmental damage. Clearly, SoE favors Wards more than Reactives, so it's not a huge concept to them if Reactives aren't working properly. =(

SirAmoel · 07-14-2009, 02:59 PM

If it at least triggered for choker damage.... /sigh

mafoe · 07-14-2009, 03:15 PM

That would be awful. I am happy to heal our OT on Gynok with a fury and the dps guys using their chokers. I could never heal that if the choker ate my heals

nyquist · 07-14-2009, 03:33 PM

yeah, chokers are a pita for shamans' wards. Be glad clerics get exemption :D
I have noticed a few things with heal mechanics tho:

1) chokers tick wards down, but not reactives
2) jewel of animosity ticks health down (not wards or reactives)
3) falling damage does not trigger reactives or shaman profession wards (but it apparently does get healed by repent?? hmmmm, consistency? I think not)

I didn't ever really notice the poisoned water in NA though...that does seem quite flawed as well...

SirAmoel · 07-14-2009, 06:33 PM

I agree on that point, mafoe. But I bet you'd shudder yourself if you had to solo heal a couple choker beasts. Druids are ez-mode on choker wearers.

mafoe · 07-14-2009, 07:16 PM

I never had to, but doesn't Shield of Faith + Glory heal most of it?

Anyway, a guild mate said they changed Glory so that it procs from more than melee, can anybody confirm?

Dillin · 07-14-2009, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mafoe

I never had to, but doesn't Shield of Faith + Glory heal most of it?

Anyway, a guild mate said they changed Glory so that it procs from more than melee, can anybody confirm?

DOn't know about shield, but if you have a bunch of mages, no one is meleeing to proc glory?

Pinski · 07-14-2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dillin

DOn't know about shield, but if you have a bunch of mages, no one is meleeing to proc glory?

Because chokers sure do a lot of damage that a group heal + shield of faith will heal through. Group Reactive for procs and it's over with.