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Originally Posted by Tallenn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They are talking about the AA ability, viscid roots. There was a rumor that it would stop summoning- untrue, afiak. Normal roots have no effect on whether a mob will summon or not.

I think they are indicating that it changes the summon mechanics

Summons:
If you aggro a summoning mob by running past it or casting a no damage spell (Cancel Magic, Snare, etc), it will chase you.
It will not summon you but it will chase you. I think no damage Savage Root could apply in this scenario but I have never tried it.

Once sufficient damage (Forgot the minimum damage) is done to the mob, then the summoning subroutine is activated. Mob searches for the player with the highest aggro, if it cannot engage that person in a fixed time because of root, snare, pathing, then it will summon that person. Remember when a mob gates to spawn point, heals and starts to summon one person at a time to their death.

If a mob is rooted and it can melee a player, it chooses a different subroutine. It won't summon the player highest on the aggro list and instead the mob will just beat on the player with the highest aggro that it can hit.

I think this subroutine was done to prevent a player from generating high aggro via Snares, Slows, etc on non-summoning Mobs and then rooting it. Then letting a low aggro melee attack the mob without the mob fighting back.

Once root is off, it reverts back to normal.

I have no idea [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] We have enough players here I believe we can find the truth though.