Spells: Torment of Argli

[planarity]

Both the wiki: http://wiki.project1999.com/Torment_of_Argli
and lucy: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...00&source=Live
list this spell as doing 28 damage per tick. Currently on P99 it only does 18 damage per tick.

[Vega]

I'll add a classic link to this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20010711...of+Argli&type=

Everlore (in 2001) shows it as 560 damage. If the 2 minute length is correct, then this would work out to the 28 per/tick.

An interesting note, Everlore shows it as Alteration and a 2 second cast time. I'm not sure what to make of the cast time, but the Alteration is probably just a typo (one of the comments mentions it's Evocation).

Edit: It was tough to find classic info on this on Alla since they seem to have changed the page around 2003. Perhaps when they changed it's overwriting with Torment of Scio they also did some other things to the spell (like change the cast time)?

[Technique]

P99's current spell file is based on a kunark-era spdat, which lists the following details for the spell:

Stuns target for 2.0 (L56) seconds
Decrease Mana by 30 (L56)
DoT for 360 Hit Points (HP) in 20 ticks

Classes: Enc (L56)
Range to Target: 200 feet
Pushes Target Back: 1 feet
Skill: Evocation
Allowable Targets: All
Resistance Check: Magic
Mana Required: 150
Spell Duration: 20 ticks (2.0 minutes)
Duration Formula: 7
Casting Time: 2.50 seconds
Spell Recovery: 2.50 seconds
Recast Delay: 30.0 seconds

It's already been changed for the release of velious:

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Torment of Argli updated recast_time 30.0 => 10.0, effect1 -WIS, effect3 -INT, effect4 -HP

[Vega]

Are the changes based on a Velious-era spdat? What does it say for the cast time? It actually doesn't seem unreasonable that if they increased the damage and decreased the recast, that they would decrease the cast time aswell.

[Technique]

Originally Posted by Vega [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are the changes based on a Velious-era spdat?

I would think so.

Cast time has always been 2.5s.

Increase Wisdom from 19 (L56) to 21 (L60)
Decrease Mana by 35 (L56)
Increase Intelligence from 19 (L56) to 21 (L60)
DoT for 560 Hit Points (HP) in 20 ticks

Classes: Enc (L56)
Skill: Evocation
Allowable Targets: All
Range to Target: 200 feet
Pushes Target Back: 1 feet
Resistance Check: Magic
Mana Required: 150
Spell Duration: 20 ticks (2.0 minutes)
Duration Formula: 7
Casting Time: 2.50 seconds
Spell Recovery: 2.50 seconds
Recast Delay: 10.0 seconds