Game Mechanics: Invulnerability Aggro Dump

[Daldaen]

How DA functions here:

You cast DA, and you drop to the lowest priority on the hatelist (1 point of aggro)
When DA ends, you revert to your previous aggro amount

How DA should function through PoPish:

You cast DA, and drop to the lowest priority on agro.
When DA ends or should you happen to remove it, you lose all agro (HOWEVER, low HP agro does kick in if when DA ends you still have agro... Which is a large reason why people didn't notice the agro drop since they often DA at low HP)

This goes for all invulnerability effects.

Evidence:

http://www.eqclerics.org/forums//showthread.php?t=14622

Quote:
Is it just me, or does Divine Aura not seem to be lowering ya on the mobs hate list anymore ?

I used to be able to DA, and then click off the buff almost instanty & have no aggro ( or at least less ), but since LoY this no longer seems to be working.

Belric
65 Archon
Solusek Ro

http://web.archive.org/web/200304300...threadid=14531

Quote:
... fixed, you will call it the way you want.
It seems that since the patch from yesterday, the DA spells are "working again" as intended, i.e, they dont wipe / lower you on the NPC aggro list anymore, they just temporarily lower your aggro, but as soon the invulnerability wears off, you regain your old aggro.

Another stealth change (why wasnt it mentionned in the patch message?) that affect all the DA classes (bard/necro/cleric/paladin) but that will particularly handicap the clerics.
I guess loosing the habit to click off DA DB as soon it pops as most the clerics used to, will be hard.

Get used to the "You will not evade me" message after DA/DB wears off in the future...

Dev Quote in that thread:

We didn't make any intentional changes to Divine Aura and how it reduces agro. I'll send this over to testing and get it checked out.

Thanks for bringing this up.

- Rich