Disease Cloud agro nerfed?

[Dolalin]

Yes, your aggro on the initial pull is limited to like 25 hate. Pulling with Tash or Slow is actually a pro move.

[Polycaster]

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

Here's some info from Blue after they patched weapon proc aggro and there were some complaints that aggro changed on the low-level knight/ranger spells we all use for snap aggro... for reference:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=317528

Thanks, at least now I know I'm not imagining things.

[elwing]

Spamming dc+shroud of pain nearly gets the same hate as a warrior with attack off... No idea if it was nerfed but in anycase that's enough hate for anything...

[drfuzz]

I remember late in Velious on Live they nerfed the aggro of Disease Cloud when the Shamans started complaining about getting whacked on raids every time they cast slow on raid bosses. The devs nerfed the aggro on all disease based spells, and disease cloud went from being the SK secret weapon to being almost useless. But hey! Shamans didn’t die as much, so that was OK, right?

[fastboy21]

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

I'm guessing it has to do with the hate cap on initial aggro... Don't pull with it, pull with siphon strength and then hit it with DC,

This.

The hate cap on the initial hit is a major part of play that many people don't realize is even part of the game.