Curse

CyberNigma · Sep 30, 2006, 01:32 AM // 01:32

it's no good. as soon as they see that people are actually making use of it they'll 'fix' it.. that's what they do. they look at trends and put in a 'fix' to stop them... if people are happy, they'll be content.. that's not always good.

chichory · Oct 06, 2006, 02:56 AM // 02:56

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Originally Posted by cellardweller

If animal skills did set off mantra, your'd still be better off sticking with a lizard - final thrust and no reduced attack speed.

First off, i would like to say, this is wrong, read Jeno and Epi's pet guide if you want to learn about pets.

I ran afew tests

here are the results>

First off i ran out of port sledge and found the bears there using brutal, first off the description for the attack states that it is an "attack" and that it costs 4 adren, and has a four second recharge.

First off i threw ignorance on him which prevents the use of sigs (yeah i know, had to try everything

) It did not affect him at all.

Second used cry of frustration>
Spell. If target foe is using a skill, that foe and all foes in the area are interrupted and suffer 10...37
And yes it interupted it every time.

Third i used Arcane theivery (again, had to try everything) Tthe target had no spells.

Fourth i used diversion (as suggested early on in the thread)
Hex Spell. For 6 seconds, the next time target foe uses a skill, that skill takes an additional 10...47 seconds
It was clear that it worked as he stopped his usual one about every ten seconds for the one minute time span.

Fifth, i used wastrels worry>
Hex Spell. After 3 seconds, target foe takes 8...53 damage. Wastrel's Worry ends prematurely if that foe uses a skill.
The bear did not take the damage if he used his brutal in that time, again saying its a skill.

And last i spirit shackles then soothing images, with spirit shackles i used energy tap to make sure he was out of energy and he still used brutal. With soothing which prevents adren gain, he stopped using it while the hex was on him.

So yeah for this i think we can clearly consider the skill used by bears called "Brutal Mauling" a skill which uses four adren, after which it is disabled for four seconds before the bear can begin gaining adren for it again. So yes, if the skill remains consistant, it WILL trigger those pagan skills and in doing so, create a use for the bear

Rex the Unloving · Oct 06, 2006, 04:07 AM // 04:07

Im sure Spinter Weapon works on barrage because i used to test it out frequently on the Dummies outside of Isle of the Nameless. Each single arrow had its own Blue Splinter spark and 5 of the 6 dummies took twice the damage, the only one that didnt was the main target, i dont know why though.

Edit: Splinter Barrage: It works though but i never found it useful and satisfying because i probably used it wrong or something, but the 5 is the damage from Splinter Weapon, the 2-digit numbers are the normal ones. No points put into Channeling Magic.

1st Pic: Without Splinter Weapon.
2nd Pic: With it.

Pointless info in this thread but i had to get it out.

Paperfly · Oct 06, 2006, 01:43 PM // 13:43

Rex, that screenshot just supports the assertion that Splinter Weapon doesn't fully stack with Barrage. SW is triggering off the first hit - on the target second from the left (and splashing out to far left and to center) - but not on any of the others.

If the two worked together absolutely, then each hit on a target would splinter, in which case you'd see at least six "5"s on your second screenshot.