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Originally Posted by Haynar
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So damage messages should not exist for spells? Except on player being damaged?
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Correct. On direct damage spells only the player being damaged sees the numbers. Also note in the above Sebilis screenshot where the player getting hit is getting messages that his attacker is being damaged by his damage shield, but no numbers are being reported.
At this point I'm only willing to say that this only happens in PvP. In PvE I think damage numbers were reported to the caster but I'm not 100% certain. I know it was like that on blue servers.
So imagine this scenario:
I'm a level 50 something dwarf cleric just chilling all alone outside the Thurgadin bank. I'm sitting there running a /who every 10 or 15 seconds and I see Mezmoriah enter the zone. Mez is a level 50 something dark elf wizard who has a reputation for running around solo and preying on defenseless newbies. I just sit and wait. I'm a cleric, I have full mana, resist gear on, resist buffs on and remedy memorized. I have nothing to fear from any wizard.
Sure enough I see Mezmoriah come round the corner and start casting. Now on SZ there was no common tongue that everyone shared so it was difficult for members of different teams to communicate. Numbers however would go through ungarbled. I decide to be a pal and tell him how much his nukes are hitting for since I know that I will see the damage numbers and he will not.
Get nuked by a random wizard nuke, see the damage
Jaxon says, '248'
Jaxon says, '312'
Jaxon says, '178'
...and so on
'Mezmoriah nods.'
His mana exhausted, Mezmoriah sits down to meditate. And that's when I start whacking him with my hammer and force him out of the zone, all the while attempting to rally my guild and all the neutrals exping in GD to hunt down and expel the invader.