Game Mechanics: Ghost roots causes reduced dot damage

[Telin]

I was able to reproduce. It looks like the mob has to get into melee range of the caster, regardless of whether any damage is done, before the penalty is reset. I have informed others of the issue.

[Ando]

This still isn't fixed?

[scoutseattheiryoung]

Just learned about this today. Bumping for visibility. This is something the dot classes need to see.

[Senn]

bump!

[eisley]

Three. Years.

[PabloEdvardo]

I just leveled a shaman and the ghost root problem happened almost every time I was soloing if I didn't send my pet it on the mob before rooting it. Very frustrating.

[evilkorn]

Nothing about this in the patch notes. Has anyone had a chance to test this yet, safe to say it probably wasn't fixed?

[Senn]

Did some playing in ToFS. Can no longer see any differences between rooting a moving mob then dotting without stepping into aggro range vs doing the same and staying out.

Did a number of ushers, they have 1656hp according to wiki. With only epic and drones, mob hp reduced by 5% per tick whether I went in for a round or rooted them as they were moving.

(55+34) / 1656 = 5.37%

Seems fixed!

[evilkorn]

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

Nothing about this in the patch notes. Has anyone had a chance to test this yet, safe to say it probably wasn't fixed?

Been struggling to get the game to run well with my new video card but was able to test this and has not been fixed.

[Tann]

yep still broken, was killing ogre guards on my druid..

normal damage 5% per tick with immolate and drones.
root breaks, ogre runs at me, re-root, damage now 3% per tick.
apply new dots once they wear off, still only 3%.
when mob starts to flee at low health the damage then returns to 5%.