Curse

Ensign · Jan 01, 2007, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Life Stealing ignoring Prot is the only reason it's of any real value in the first place.

Peace,
-CxE

Orinn · Jan 02, 2007, 01:17 AM // 01:17

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Originally Posted by Alleji

Life stealing isn't damage. Asking why shield of absorption doesn't trigger on vamp gaze is like asking why it doesn't stop degen.

The big red numbers above my head when I get hit with a weapon indicate damage, correct? Degen is a slow loss of life, while lifestealing is, surprise, a big red number floating above my head that indicates that i've been hit with somethign that has decreased my life in a single chunk.

Saying that lifestealing isn't damage is a cheap way of making it special. it ignores armor like some damage does, but how is losing x amount of health from lifesteal any different from losing that same amount of health from energy surge or any other armor-ignoring spell? The end result is thesame: we lose x health, so why does protective spirit lessen one, and not the other?

My main problem is that lifestealing is one of the very few things that the protection prayers line cannot actively protect against. Healing prayers can outheal most forms of lifestealing, but protection prayers has no effective way of dealing with it.

Since it's not "damage," is it safe to assume that bosses in Cantha and Elona do NOT do double lifesteal numbers? Is anyone willing to bet that they don', and that a vampiric gaze from a boss hurts twice as much as from any other source?

Jan 01, 2007, 10:19 PM // 22:19	#21
Ensign Just Plain Fluffy Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Berkeley, CA Guild: Idiot Savants	Life Stealing ignoring Prot is the only reason it's of any real value in the first place. Peace, -CxE __________________ Don't argue with idiots. They bring you to their level and beat you with experience.