Spells: Mage Earth pet 'Root' ability not returning Druid DOT Damage

Esote · #1 05-30-2011, 04:04 PM

Just a little bug I noticed duoing with my druid friend on my Mage today. The way I was duo'ing I would pull a mob, send in my earth pet to root/grab aggro and tank the mob then my druid friend would DOT and we just sit here medding until the mob dies. The problem we were encountering was that when the druid would allow the pet to root the mob, his dots would only do 2/3 of the damage they are supposed to do(as per the patch). Just to re-iterate, the mob is not moving when this is happening, he is rooted in place by my pets root ability and standing there perfectly still fighting my pet.

When I asked him to try using his own root ability and try dotting the mobs that way his full damaged returned(as intended). It just seems like the mage pet root ability isn't actually registering as rooting the mob so the game still thinks the mob is moving and therefore cuts off 1/3 of the DOT damage.

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skorge · #2 05-30-2011, 04:20 PM

its u who has to move to get the penalty, not the mob

Esote · #3 05-30-2011, 04:23 PM

Not sure why you think that, directly from the patch notes:

Kanras: If a mob is moving (fear/flee don't count) when the damage from a dot is applied, it will take 66% of the damage that it would have normally taken.

skorge · #4 05-30-2011, 07:05 PM

well make sure it doesnt move then lol

Esote · #5 05-30-2011, 07:24 PM

Why are you still replying to this thread when you clearly did not read the first post or understand what I am talking about or have anything to add about this issue?

**kanras** · #6 05-30-2011, 08:06 PM

I can't reproduce this. Any time the pet's root is on when the damage ticks, it's hitting for full.

Esote · #7 05-30-2011, 08:24 PM

I will ask him to try and reproduce it again tonight to see if its still happening. It was happening particularly with my 51 Vocerate Earth pet and the druid dots were Drifting Death and Immolate I believe. Fighting any random mobs in Karnors Castle(Skeletons and Drolvargs mostly).

If it still looks broken to him ill tell him to get some screenshots and I will write up some steps to reproduce it.

Thanks for checking into it kanras.