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Disease dots should prevent mob regen
I found a few classic posts indicating that disease dots should neuter mob regen:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...m9820935161310, https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...00100892751713, https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...#m999815671652 and https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...99253902825801 The gist is Cazel had crazy regen unless a disease dot was put on him, in which case he became much more easy to deal with. It is my recollection that DoTs also blocked (but didn't overwrite the buffs) regen - surely everyone remembers the frustration that was Rabies? Currently you can't block mob regen using disease dots on blue (tested in Kael where the frosty berserkers regen 2% hp per tick, which was not blocked by disease cloud). This seems a good starting point to accrue evidence for and against disease dots preventing regen for players and NPCs. | ||
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My SK on RZ had disease cloud permanently on him. And I'm quite sure it never blocked my trolls regen.
This sounds like it comes from the newb era of EQ where people believed they would stop regenerating health when they caught rabies. Also since we know rabies in the orginal spdat did 1 point of damage, if it also blocked regen a lot of newbs would have been slowly dying from it when they got it. Instead of running around for an hour complaining about not regening HP, it would have been a death sentence they'd be frantically asking people for heals. | ||
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Interesting. Some further discussion is here. Dated May 2001.
I tried to organize the conversation, but it certainly seemed to affect mobs. PCs is up for debate, but it seems it at least could stop natural regen when standing, mentions of sitting working to regen HP (+bonus applied?). Buffs seem like they would still work, no clue about worn regen like Fungi (again not certain yet if PCs would be affected). Quote:
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July 1999 post, kind of sketchy but makes mention that disease dots were originally meant to only stop the healing process.
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Last edited by Sunderfury; 05-28-2020 at 04:41 PM..
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In June/July 1999 the disease DoTs all had their damage increased but their duration reduced. Check the patch messages around that time on the wiki patch notes page, I found them a little while back.
That is probably what the above poster is referring to. | ||
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I do remember the no regen thing from back in the day. I assumed that's how it was on P99 heh.
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