Curse

floppinghog · Oct 18, 2006, 05:43 PM // 17:43

actually the last time i used my ele was to help a friend through raisu palace.... well when team was busy, i casted meteor shower (ONLY) on some mobs and one time one a boss on its own... and they moved out of it... totally pissed me off

i still hate eoa nerf it really blows

Paperfly · Oct 19, 2006, 03:09 AM // 03:09

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b) The dervish doesn't cast enough spells and/or enchantments that do damage when activated in order to trigger the AoE. You'd have to put up Balthazar's Rage, Heart of Holy Flame, and Dust Cloak in rapid succession in order to trigger the scatter. (or Raging Renewal or Grenth's Fingers)

...Yeah, unfortunately I was planning on a build like that. Ah well, no biggie, I've got at least two others I want to try out.

And yes, I understand the mechanics behind the AoE scatter. I mentioned Sliver Armour and VwK because they serve effectively the same purpose (SS being the other obvious example) while using a different formal mechanic - I only mentioned them as contrasts, in other words.

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This means that Meteor Shower will never cause AoE scatter because it only strikes once every 3 seconds, just out of the 2 second time bracket.

...Er, what? MS is notorious for its scatter-inducing properties. It's just that the knockdowns keep the mobs from running as readily, and give the tanks a window to attack them and regain their aggro.

<tests quickly, just in case>

Yup, the minos ran.

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This means that 3 separate Elementalists alternating castings of Earthquake so that the enemies take damage more often than once every 2 seconds won't cause AoE scatter, because the damage didn't come from 1 caster.

Anecdotally, I've seen plenty of situations where two pyromancers on a team have caused scatter by casting Fireball more or less simultaneously. I'm not sure your assertion that the damage has to be done by one player alone holds water...

@Shoitaan, it doesn't work like that. Take a closer look at the conditions listed in this thread.

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i still hate eoa nerf it really blows

I think it's necessary, actually. My problem with it is that they didn't make the AI sophisticated enough when recalculating aggro. Re-jigg it so that they give a higher priority to enemies attacking them in melee (or who are physically closer), and we'll be fine.

Vahn Roi · Oct 19, 2006, 03:14 AM // 03:14

Attacks that inflict one wave of AoE damage will not trigger scatter by themself, however, if you stack them it might. 3-4 seconds in between damage seems to be the golden number from my experience using Z's Fire while farming.

Two April Mornings · Oct 19, 2006, 04:05 AM // 04:05

55 Mesmer IW with Scythe FTW. So far i do not se ehte scythe causing AOE scatter, though i do see it causing AOE pwnage.

Robin_Anadri · Oct 19, 2006, 03:20 PM // 15:20

*blink*

OMG.

I had completely not thought of using my 55 IW mesmer with a scythe!

BWHAHAHHA!!!