Acid Storm

Saltaf · 11-28-2007, 01:47 AM

I had a couple people ask me what our new level 80 spell looked like and then saw people askn about it on the eq2forums so I took a video and thought I'd post it here too for anyone who is excited to see our new spell line.

Acid Storm

It is a 30sec duration invincible swarm pet which follows the selected target around until either the target dies or spell expires.
Acid Storm does poison based damage every 2secs

(30 seconds/acidstorm)/(2 seconds/tick) = 15ticks/acidstorm

The damage I have seen from Acid Storm ranges in the 450-950 range at adept 3. Lets call the average damage around 700/tick (considering that Acid Storm is on a single target and the target is close to the center of the storm).

700dmg/tick * 15tick/acidstorm = 10500dmg/acidstorm

Without considering casting speed reductions it takes 4seconds to cast this spell and .5sec for the recovery after. Since the swarm is invincible and long cast it makes a great "on pull" spell to cast, so that you are casting it during some of the mob's travel time to your location.

(10500dmg/acidstorm) / (4.5seconds/acidstorm) = 2333dmg/sec

This spell is designed as a pbaoe spell much as our Dark Infestations are so that dmg/sec number will multiply as more mobs are added to situations.

The benefits of this spell include:
It is a high efficiency spell that does dmg over time to keep our aggro gain lower.
It will not die from mob aoes like our other two swarms will.
If the mob dies before the spell runs out the swarm pet will return to the warlock and stay follow it's master until it's time expires.
The 7piece bonus on our Judgement set boosts this spells duration by 15seconds making it 33% stronger.

Downsides to the spell include:
Since it is not a traditional swarm pet it cannot have it's own aggro and therefore all aggro earned by the swarm is attributed straight to the warlock.
If the storm paths to the mob in an odd manner it will continue to cast it's aoes every 2 seconds picking up every friend it can find.
If you cast the swarm on a mob and the tank decides to run and get something else mid fight or go by a building you will soon find that Acid Storm is a great party starter.

Gromann · 11-30-2007, 09:29 AM

Its not invincible, AEs from the mobs in Thuuga are dropping mine on their first or second AE after i cast it every time i remember.

Saltaf · 11-30-2007, 01:10 PM

I'll be checkn right now to see if they changed it... but Acid Storm has not been a target... it is simply a moving graphic which casts pbaoes around it. Cannot kill a graphic. Try casting Acid Storm on a mob and then root the mob and see what happens.
If the mob does not attack the storm then there's a very good chance that it is invincible

Pheronecius · 11-30-2007, 01:31 PM

mine at ad3 on average hits from 990-1190 /shrug
lets just say, it got sweeter than it was originally.

Saltaf · 11-30-2007, 02:13 PM

I got those numbers from non-debuffed stats
A spell that says 2000-3000dmg on a debuffed mob will be doing around 3000-5000 (rough numbers obviously)

Gromann · 11-30-2007, 04:00 PM

Adomidable, my Acid Storm has never been killed by direct melee contact, always by AoE. That might have something to do with it. It can't be targeted, but it can be damaged, i've got a dozen messages of "so and so has killed Gromann's Acid Storm" in my logs.

Saltaf · 11-30-2007, 07:18 PM

that's so weird... was lookn at my logs for raids where stuff was casting aoes and my acid storm showed up taking 0 dmg all night

Saltaf · 11-30-2007, 07:19 PM

i'll look at it again tonight... ur prolly right, but gotta see for myself

Prof · 12-01-2007, 10:05 AM

It can only be killed through direct damage, aoe or not. Indirect won't touch it. Try dueling an aoe class and have them aoe you with your acid storm out. It survives the assault. If they aoe with it targeted it doesn't live long.

Belthezan · 12-02-2007, 05:32 PM

Its too slow a cast timer for my liking, hopefully the new gear this tier will counteract that dramatically.