Patch Notes: Sunday, June 1st, 2025

[Potus]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nah I believe the devs have said they envisioned that kiting might be a strategy with snare, which was why DoT damage being reduced if not snared was quickly added in the classic era when the devs realized that yes kiting was being used, which was expected, but that people weren't actually using snare to help do it because they could just outrun with SoW etc.

That's not what happened at all. Shaman and Druids were casting dots on red con NPCS and running around the zone until they died. So they put the 2/3 DoT dmg nerf on NPCs moving towards you, snared or not. If you rooted or feared the mob you didn't get dinged with the dmg reduction.

Almost every nerf that happened during classic EQ was the result of players being super jealous/mad/envious of a class playing the game in a way seen as gaining an advantage and going on the Sony Station/Verant forums and griping -- it's still the way it is here which is ironically the most accurate part of classic EQ.