Spells: AoE spells will not kill mobs.

[Haynar]

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August 26, 2003
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- AE Rain Spells were resisted 100% of the time when an NPC was above
level 20 and had less than 10% of its hit points left. This will no
longer happen.

Not coded exactly that way, but the intent is similar. Might need to be tweaked a bit.

H

[Alderac]

It's not just rain spells, targeted AE spells will not hit on a mob it would kill either.

[Haynar]

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

It's not just rain spells, targeted AE spells will not hit on a mob it would kill either.

The targetted AE's not killing, was a big oops. That was never intended. It was only supposed to be rains.

H

[SUSUGAM]

So this is definitely intentional? Are we positive that the 2003 patch changing this, wasn't a fix to a shorter term issue? I didn't play a Rain-having class on live, but that seems like a pretty silly mechanic.

Also, once this is fixed, we should be able to finish off a level 40 mob with 11% health, right? (Providing he has fewer current hitpoints than the rain spell damage) Because the parameters in that patch specifically say that it was being resisted by level>20 and health<10%, nothing about being unable to kill mobs, ever. Also, I can't find anyone complaining about or even mentioning this mechanic in any explanation of rain spells from 1999-2003 at all. =/ A link to any such thing would be nice to see.

[Alderac]

I was pretty sure this was a short term bug-fix change but no evidence to support this so thats just my hazy memory from 8 years ago

[SUSUGAM]

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

I was pretty sure this was a short term bug-fix change but no evidence to support this so thats just my hazy memory from 8 years ago

That's what I'm thinking as well, as I see no mention of this issue anywhere online at all, except in that one patch note in 2003. And even then it was very different from how it's working on P99.

[Rhodes]

So targeted AoEs are going to be fixed back to how they were? What's the ETA on this fix? We Wizards anxiously await [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

edit: just hit 34 and tried out Circle of Force in the hopes that it would work, but 100% resist.

[Kamasu-WV]

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

We Wizards anxiously await [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Yes we do. Thanks for fixing it (whenever that may be)

[Rhodes]

Looks like there's some kind of patch tonight. /crosses fingers

[Benebric]

Some extra wierdness. The level 49 druid spell "Fire" WILL kill mobs - it's AE just like Lightning Strike