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Yeap. It lists 20% dealt over 6s in tooltip; but actually ticks for 10% (at 0s), 10% (at 3s) and 10% (at 6%). This is the first problem related to DoTs of ApplyOverTime type. And I've found why it happens in StatusEffectInstance.cs: protected void ApplyTick() { this.NotifyEvent(StatusEffectEventType.OnInterval, null); if (this.StackedParent == null || this.GameData.StackedChildrenApplyEffects) { if (this.GameData.ApplicationType == StatusEffectApplyType.ApplyOnTick) { this.ApplyEffect(1f); } else if (this.GameData.ApplicationType == StatusEffectApplyType.ApplyOverTime) { if (this.TotalDuration > 0f) { float ratio = this.EffectiveIntervalRate / this.GameData.Duration; this.ApplyEffect(ratio); } else { Debug.LogError("Status effect '" + this.GameData.DebugName + "' with ApplicationType 'ApplyOverTime' must have a duration."); } } } this.IntervalTicks++; } The ratio is calculated incorrectly. Using your example it takes duration of 6s and interval of 3s, so it is: ratio = 3 / 6 = 0.5 And this ratio is later used to calculate perTick damage as [ratio * totalDamage]. And that's why each tick deals 10%. Instead the formula had to be: float ratio = this.EffectiveIntervalRate / (this.GameData.Duration + this.EffectiveIntervalRate) ^ This way it would take into account the 0s tick. And it confirms thelee's speculation. P.S. But be aware that this fix will decrease the effective damage of some ApplyOverTime DoTs (specifically Wounding Shot and Deep Wounds) by up to x1.5. And the second problem of ApplyOverTime, is why it even exists? Because at the moment this is just a buggy version of ApplyOnTick with incorrect ratio formula and incorrect tooltip (the total damage value doesn't take into account duration, even through in practice INT DOES increase it). @SChin, could you please clarify how ApplyOverTime is intended to work? My speculation would be that it was thought to have a duration that is not affected by INT, PL, graze/crit or any other modifiers. Otherwise what's the difference compared to ApplyOnTick?

Yeap, there are two AoEs. One being the large one of 5m - the area were meteors can fall. And the second: just 1.5m - the AoE of each separate meteor. So what happens, if there are n units inside of the large AoE: - every 3s, n meteors fall down. Each meteor targets one unit. - each meteor hits everyone in it's small 1.5m AoE. So, if units stand far apart from each other: there are n hits. If they all stand 1.5m or closer to each other: there are n^2 hits. And this is when the spell gets sooo good. Although note: meteor DoT part doesn't stack. Those red numbers have a bit randomized 'trajectory'. And if there are many of them, sometimes they might align and look like there is a higher number. I.e. it might not be 55, but 5 + 5. As for Combusting Wounds... I've took a look now, and here we go: Combusting Wounds (spell): has a 1.5m AoE and 20s base duration (which is unlisted...) Combusting Wounds (dot): has 7 penetration (which is unlisted...), 6s base duration and is a stackable DoT of ApplyOverTime type. At the moment total damage of DoTs of ApplyOverTime type actually DOES benefit from INT... just like DoTs of ApplyOnTick do; (even if their tooltips don't reflect the damage increase). Which is unexpected... because why then do we need ApplyOverTime in the first place? if we have ApplyOnTick who do same thing, but don't cause confusion to the players AND devs. But... whatever. Also, ApplyOverTime have an additional tooltip problem of not taking into account the first tick. For example Combusting Wounds might display that it deals 6 damage over 6s. Guess what? It will tick for: 3 dmg (on 0s), 3dmg (on 3s) and 3dmg (on 6s). Why does this happen? Because "ratio" - a variable used to calculate what damage an ApplyOverTime effect should do per tick. And I've found it in source code: See that?: float ratio = this.EffectiveIntervalRate / this.GameData.Duration; For the above example of 6 damage over 6s, it would be: ratio = 3/6 = 0.5 And tickDamage = 6 dmg * 0.5 = 3 That's why it was ticking for 3 dmg instead of 2; and dealing 9 total dmg instead of the listed 6. Since in both PoE1 and Deadfire there is the 0-tick, the formula had to be: float ratio = this.EffectiveIntervalRate / (this.GameData.Duration + this.EffectiveIntervalRate); Now look at that tooltip: How much total damage do you think it will deal? Six?) Nope) it will be 15 (5 ticks for 3 damage). Now imagine that you cast two Walls of Flame and follow up with Combusting Wounds. That's 60 damage instances in 30s. And 60 x 15 = 900 damage from CW, assuming there is enough penetration.

The synergy between Blunderbuss and Confounding Blind is well know. As is with Resonant Touch)) But that's more related to blunderbuss than to CB itself) Also there is a comparison between Gouging Strike and Confounding Blind; where Gouging Strike deals 3 raw damage / per 3s until the combat end, and lowers enemy deflection right of the bat. That said I didn't expect CB to stack up to 11 times; and do agree that -43 deflection compared to the current expected maximum of -30 malus is a bit too much. Personally I would prefer flanked malus to be considered passive and stack with everything, while CB getting limited at 10 or 8 effective stacks.

Hmm, monastic unarmed training - is a neutral talent. Consumables and items are also not class specific. Meanwhile chants are available only to chanters. And the assumed intent eludes me a bit. If we have two characters: a lvl 20 priest/helwalker and a lvl 20 single-class priest, I would expect a SC priest to get a higher PL bonus with priest spells than an MC one, just to compensate for the bonuses that can come from the second class. And same thing with chants. And tbh with summons too... In either case: until it is declared as intended, I am tending to consider this as inconsistent with other class-specific spells/powers/abilities.

So it's a devoted/enchanter... And by giving up transmutation, I guess you are not interested in Combusting Wounds + Clear Out with AoE weapon (like WotEP or Citzal's Lance). It's a quickly self-buffing, single-target, melee damage dealer who spams Penetrating Strike while he has discipline and starts auto-attacking afterwards. I guess there are two routes then: v1. battle axes, as their modal will prove useful during boss fights; while vs regular enemies you will be able to crit more often and get some returns from extra onCrit damage coefficients. v4. blunderbusses, as they generally have more base damage and also provide some AoE option with mortars in off-set. P.S. But be warned: there are not that many active abilities here, so it might get somewhat repetitive. Also: wizard seem to provide only self buffs and fireball. Do these self buffs really out-weight what a paladin, rogue, or monk could bring to such a character?

If you often use Combusting Wounds: take Arcane Bolts, as you will be able to proc Wounds more often that way. Otherwise go for Elemental Bolts. P.S. If it was a cipher, Elemental Bolts would have an upper hand in any case, since he craves for more focus, and +12% combined lash helps with that a bit. P.P.S. Didn't notice dunehunter's edit before posting)

Well,.. if it's devoted, both weapons need to be the same. Also, it would be nice if weapons had the highest base damage, since it's turn based. And as I understood base attack times don't matter there? These conditions leave us with: battle axes, sabres, spears, swords, pistols and blunderbusses. Spears and pistols will have problems in dealing with skeletons. While slash options will have problems with earth blights, which are far less numerous. Unfortunately there are no 13-19+ crush dealing weapons. That's why I would likely consider the following variants: v1. main set: Slayer's Claw + Matakau (used vs single targets with Penetrating Strike) off set: Amra (used vs multiple targets with Clear Out) if you use Crimson Panoply off set: Oathbreaker's End (used vs multiple targets with Clear Out) v2. main set: Beza / Tarn's Respite + Scordeo's Edge off set: Grave Calling + Scordeo's Edge (used vs vessels) off set: Grave Calling + Beza (used vs vessels with high AR; but non-high deflection) v3. main set: Duskfall + Griffin's Blade off set: Watcher's Blade + Modwyr (used vs kith) v4. main set: dual mortars | (the good thing is: they deal pierce/slash damage) off set: Xefa + Kitchen Stove (can open up with Thunderous Report, because -4 PEN from that cone Daze is really useful) As for obelisks, just take: - Resounding Call (warhammer) + some club (in offhand) | (if you want to quickly destroy them from melee) - Essence Interrupter | (if you want to destroy them from stealth from 12 m distance) Yes, you will suffer -10 accuracy malus, but obelisks have low deflection anyway. P.S. But what kind of devoted are you building in the first place? A single-class Devout will be sturdy, reliable, but still... his damage dealt will unlikely appear stellar in comparison to wizards, monks, priests, maradeurs, psyblades...

* Aloth gives you a pained look. *

Btw, does anybody else find the new reaction emoticons a bit unsuited? For me: - 'thumbs-up' means "Like" - 'heart' means "Love" And for "Thank You" - just the text 'thank you' in a circle. Atm I don't know how to appropriately react to some stuff. xxx: Hey John! The hard drive has died. yyy: erm... 'thumbs-up'? (thank you for acknowledgement?) xxx: I've encountered a bug X that blocks me from progressing further. Don't do A and B, if you don't want to get into the same situation. yyy: erm... 'thumbs-up' or 'love'? Do I like that he has to start over? Where is 'thank-you'? Or you can like some post, but not 'love' that post. P.S. Unrelated to above. Just a comparison of old vs new design: screenshots P.P.S. And again: gief old bbcode-visual switch button back please!

It's indeed weird that chants of both [single-class] and [multi-class] chanters use PL progression of [single-class]. It is also unclear how to mod it. Gamedatabundles give no clue. Also, their respective abilities (e.g. Chant_The_Dragon_Thrashed_The) all have AbilityLevel: 1, which is inconsistent with spells and powers. Was this intended? P.S. Interesting... were chants implemented before Josh came up with the idea of different scaling for single/multi?)

Hehe, yeah, that's a funny oversight) Gladly it's easy and fast to fix.

It could be cache. I.e. browser trying to fetch old resources, which are no longer there. Try refreshing the page via ctrl-shift-R. Or clear browser data (ctrl-shift-delete will open respective modal) You can upload it to imgur, and post it here via: [img=https://imgur.com/foobar] You can try changing the mobile theme to black-on-white (check the footer, it's called "Default"). Although text, tags, icons and links "all over the place" is still the same. Trying some bbcode: Edit: how do I even edit the P.S. from inside of spoiler?? (for example I want to move it from the end of spoiler to after the spoiler, and can't, except by wiping the whole section and re-typing again).

On PotD all HP are multiplied by 1.25. So Dorudugan has 16825hp. P.S. Funny thing: if you enable console commands, the "K" becomes a mouseover kill hotkey. But it can't kill Dorudugan and Auranic in one go, because it is programmed to deal 9999 raw damage only ^^ Yeap, 21 Slash AR. These are Dorudugan's armor and defense values on PotD: He only has 22 Slash AR, if you are on PotD AND have scaling enabled AND spawn him via console, because in that case he gets erroneously upscaled from level 30 to level 34 (and gets: +1 AR, +12 defenses, +12 accuracy) Here's a related bug report.

^ Iirc it rolls vs will. Which is some kind of diversity compared to fortitude check (of Death Ring and Detonate). Also we can inflict a greater will malus than a fortitude one. But iirc Thelee was saying that it's the Marux Amanth sacrifice (from last unlock) is the one not rolling vs defense. Tbh I find this spell quite situational. Would expect something: "You cast a touch spell on an enemy. If it's near death and fails a will check it is downright destroyed. It takes great damage otherwise.". In order to make it useful outside of boss fights; and more reliable overall. That's why I liked Vampiric Feast in NWN2 so much.

Oh yes. Take a look: here There are 17 creature types immune to pierce (mostly skeletons). And those not immune to it, have 8.26 pierce AR on average. There are 3 creature types immune to slash (earth blights). And those not immune to it, have 7.73 pierce AR on average. There are 5 creature types immune to crush (bog oozes and kraken tentacles). And those not immune to it, have 7.49 pierce AR on average. But it's also worth noting that there are many sigils and obelisks immune to pierce AND slash. Meanwhile crush is quite effective vs majority of bosses and numerous skeletons. P.S. Although note: the spreadsheet includes only creature types. Not kith (with the exception of Auranic).

It doesn't seem as initially intended; as it came as a side-effect when all recovery-influencing stuff also started to influence reloading. But it's also kinda easy to mod; so I guess OBS just decided to let it be.

Well... there are not so many options to choose from. So Thundercrack + Scordeo it is. As for TWS talent: take it. Anything that is influencing recovery is also influencing reloading now.

Yeap, noticed that too. Encounter designers seem to favor crush damage type. And perhaps that is why there is no 13-19 one-handed crush weapon?)

He wrote: P.S. At the moment food and modals are considered active effects. And since active effects don't stack, these penetration bonuses (from food and modals) should not stack either (since they both use the same PenetrationRating StatusEffectType). P.P.S. Although I would note again: it's kinda strange that modals with unlimited effect duration are considered actives and not passives.

Well, staves have 8 base PEN. So it will be: 8 + 2 (devout) + 4 (legendary) + 2 (food) = 16. While the highest crush AR is held by Sea Dragon (17 on PotD). Followed by ooze megaboss and krakens (16 on PotD). Also there are very few enemies immune to it; namely: few bog oozes and kraken tentacles. That said, Chromoprismatic Quarterstaff is awesome with Clear Out vs multiple enemies. Although vs a single enemy a DW setup might produce a higher consistent dps with full-attacks. P.S. This character might also be into scrolls/arcana as he has nice bonuses.

- majority of frontline rogue damage-dealers needs either support or heavy micro - I meant that a distracted SC streetfighter might have accuracy problems (in the sense that he will crit; but that might be not often enough). A berserker/rogue will crit more often, for sure. You could equip heavier armor, and pick a more defensive subclass, like trickster for example. E.g: a pale elf berserker/trickster in Reckless Brigandine, wielding Slayer's Claw (battle axe) and Pukestabber. Mirrored Image + bonus AR vs Burn/Frost + bonus AR (from Into the Breach and Hardy) + AoE Daze from Leap + mini-heals onKill (from Abraham and Slayer's Claw) + Terrify (from Spirit Tornado and Repulsive Vissage) will help staying alive. And you could additionally get Shod-in-Faith boots via Spoils of Caed Nua mod ^^ Also Slayer's Claw will upgrade Tenacious from Berserker's Carnage to Energized; and since it's a crit-heavy build (Barbaric Blow has 30% hit-to-crit bonus; and Berserker has extra 30% hit-to-crit while frenzied), it will be nice to interrupt the enemies.

Understood) It depends on difficulty and the build. On PotD enemies have +15 to all defenses. Also, if you go for streetfighter who triggers his recovery bonus via blunderbuss modal, Distracted is an additional -5 perception; not to mention extra-squishiness (-10 deflection and -1 AR from flanked). The main problem here is quickly running out of resources if you don't crit, or crit with only one hand. This could be partially alleviated by going for Debonaire; and attacking enemies charmed by your party Beguiler. Or going for Assassin; mixing Gambit with Vanishing Strike perhaps? and staying close to a party wayfarer/skald who would: - use LoH on you if needed - passivelly heal via White Flames - benefit you by wielding Magistrate's Cudgel (+10 acc mark on target) + Keeper of the Flame (+4 acc aura) - perhaps provide +5 acc via Zealous Focus; and -1 AR aura from Blackened Plate - and paralyze the enemies with Killers Froze Stiff (which gives +25% hit-to-crit) If going for this tandem - both could be hearth orlans since they will be attacking same target.

Oops. Initially was writing that for a Streetfighter/Nalpazka, whom switched for Devout/Nalpazka; and forgot to take Marux out)

So you want to devout yourself to Pukestabber?) How about Nalpazka/Devout then? - weapons (set 1): mainhand: Lover's Embrace | offhand: Pukestabber - weapons (set 2): fists - armor: DoC or Contender Armor - head: Fair Favor (+10% hit-to-crit and +10% crit damage) - amulet: Soulvoid (if need drug), Charm of Bones, Bone Setter's Tork - gloves: Gauntlets of Dungeon Warden - rings: Drunkard's Regret, Ring of Prosperity's Fortune - pet: Abraham on you; Nalvi on Eder Base stats, something along: 15/8/18/19/15/3 The point is simple: to hit as fast as you can and to crit as often as you can. All that in order to trigger Debauchery and Swift Flurry/Heartbeat cascade and get refunds from Stunning Surge. Edit. Pardon, didn't notice that you don't want monk in the OP. Hmm. You could take Berserker/Devout as alternative then.

- Combat focus: it's better now - Overbearing Guard: good enough - Critical Defense: perfect - Toughened Fury: perfect Btw, I've just seen a preview by Phenomenum. In 42x42 icons get smaller, and it's harder to pick up the details of Tumbling and Dirty Fighting. Also you seen to draw in 63x63 the central part? And in case of empower icons the center looks to be shifted 0.5 pixels to the side. Although these are minor. You mean Soul Whip, Sneak Attack, Carnage stuff like that? Yeah they could be just B&W.