Test update notes

Xede · 01-07-2009, 05:41 PM

EverQuest 2

looks like the changes went on test today

Xede · 01-07-2009, 05:43 PM

Taunts and detaunts can now critical similar to how melee and spell criticals work.

Threat output and hate position changes will now be displayed to the chat windows. You can find it under Combat in the Hate Adjustment category.

Hate gain mods will no longer affect taunt adjustments.

Area of effect spells and combat arts will no longer spread hate to encounter members when damage is applied.

Sorceror
Concussive is now faster casting and quicker reuse time.

really only thing relevent to us warlocks

Azib · 01-07-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Xede

Area of effect spells and combat arts will no longer spread hate to encounter members when damage is applied.

Out of the whole set of notes this line caught my attention the most for both my SK and lock. Interested to see exactly what this will mean. We use an AE on an encounter and the only hate generated is the targeted mob? If that's what it means then it is GREAT news for warlocks.

Trishnya · 01-07-2009, 06:46 PM

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Sorceror
Concussive is now faster casting and quicker reuse time.

This part jumped out at me.

I really, really, really hope they don't expect us to start spamming out Concussive all the time now.

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Area of effect spells and combat arts will no longer spread hate to encounter members when damage is applied.

I also have to wonder exactly what this means.

Trishnya / Sayra

pyrotesss · 01-08-2009, 12:23 AM

im HOPING it means on an encounter of 5 when u hit armageddon, only the dircectly targeted mob will gain hate against you but that is probably wishful thinking. it kind of reads that way though. and it'd be in line with the amends nerf kinda.

Xede · 01-08-2009, 12:54 AM

another change on test that wasnt posted. Boon line is a buff you put on a raid or group friend and procs a deaggro at 6.7 times a minute.

Ootimiok · 01-08-2009, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by pyrotesss

im HOPING it means on an encounter of 5 when u hit armageddon, only the dircectly targeted mob will gain hate against you but that is probably wishful thinking. it kind of reads that way though. and it'd be in line with the amends nerf kinda.

thats the way I read it too.

edit ok theres some info on aoe changes via a soe shit kicker

Reahov (one of the QA guys) answered this over in the "Lucan's Art of War" post. Short version:

* On Live: For every mob you hit in an encounter a bit of hate is gained on the other mobs in the encounter. So if you hit 1 mob out of 4 with a taunt, the mob the spell was directed at gets the full hate and the other 3 got a portion of the hate. If you hit all 4 mobs then each mob gets the full hate from the taunt (or CA/Spell Damage) and then each mob gets that small portion the hate that goes to the rest of the encounter 4 times over.
o This was good for if you were tank using encounter taunts or AE spells to grab a full group.
o It was bad in you were a Warlock (for example) in that your hate was actually greater than your damage (assuming 1 dmg = 1 hate).
* On Test: That small portion that spreads to the encounter is gone. So if you only hit one mob, you only get hate on one mob. To offset the loss of hate when hitting multiple mobs (due to that portion not being added multiple times) the devs are adding a hate component to several AE spells.
o If done correctly tanks should come out on par or slightly better than they were prior to the change.
o Regardless it will be very good for AE based classes in that they should no longer be generating more hate than damage on encounter spells.

Xede · 01-08-2009, 04:24 AM

thanks oot for the clarification...i dont check SOE boards enough to read that stuff

Laretha · 01-08-2009, 05:05 AM

The lost of amends for pallies also effects us!

Xede · 01-08-2009, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Laretha

The lost of amends for pallies also effects us!

didnt effect me as i never was in a group with a pally for the most part....