Curse

ubrikkean · Apr 24, 2006, 04:01 AM // 04:01

When a skill says it affects healing in some way, it means direct spike healing. No enchantments, no healing over time. I believe it does include life stealing.

Epinephrine · Apr 24, 2006, 02:26 PM // 14:26

It isn't targeted heals. (for counterexample, Healing Signet)

It isn't Healing Prayers. (for counterexample, Healing Signet or Ether Feast)

It isn't the word "Healed". (for counterexample, Aura of the Lich or Healing Hands)

Here's the scoop. Someone has to be doing healing. If Divine Favor is the source of a heal it doesn't count that as a person - no person triggered that heal. Think of it as Dwayna doing that portion - she'd take the damage.

Likewise, enchantment based heals don't trigger it. Why? Because the monk isn't doing the heal, the enchantment is - thus a Reversal of Fortune doesn't trigger it, nor does a healing seed - and this is also why Divine Boon doesn't trigger it - because technically the enchantment is doing the heal. This is also why a Healing Spring doesn't trigger it - the trap would be the healer.

So what does trigger it? Any spell or skill that heals. That includes a skill like Ether Feast, which is not targetting a player for a heal, a skill like Healing Signet, a spell like Heal Party (which can trigger multiple copies, the best use of Scourge Healing currently is to discourage Heal Party spammers) and so on. Conditional heals also trigger it - so a Mend Ailment, provided the condition is met will trigger it, as it is a spell (and thus the player is the healer) causing a heal.

One question I haven't had time to address is Word of Healing - under the description it sounds as if it may actually trigger Scourge Healing twice, but I haven't checked - it all depends on whether the heals are counted as two separate heals, or if it is a heal with a bonus to the amount healed.

get cha · May 05, 2006, 11:28 AM // 11:28

My best guess is WoH would trigger scourge just once, cuz the heal is only cast once. If u triggered twice, u go go back to the heal-over-time loop. Also if I remember right, when u give the big heal from WoH you see one big +120 or so heal. Not a +48 +72. If Im wrong about this, plz correct me.