Why did I die?

[deven1313]

I was on my 18 Necro in Unrest MR when things went south from a bad pull. The group decided to flee so I took off towards the zone. I left my summoned pet there to fight so I could get some distance between me and the mobs. I got far enough away to cast FD which succeeded (no fail message.) A few seconds later, I was attacked and promptly killed by those same mobs.

Why did I die when FD worked? I'm guessing it had to do with my pet but I'm hoping to understand the mechanics of how this works. Thanks!

[DeathsSilkyMist]

There is no fail message for FD. You need to /con the mobs to check if your FD succeded or failed. They should con indifferent if it worked. It sounds like FD simply failed and you didn't know.

This doesn't apply to your situation, but if you are actively autoattacking a mob when you FD, that can cause FD to fail as well. You need to turn autoattack off before attenpting to FD.

[deven1313]

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

There is no fail message for FD. You need to /con the mobs to check if your FD succeded or failed. They should con indifferent if it worked. It sounds like FD simply failed and you didn't know.

This doesn't apply to your situation, but if you are actively autoattacking a mob when you FD, that can cause FD to fail as well. You need to turn autoattack off before attenpting to FD.

The fail message I'm referring to is, "you have fallen to the ground" which means FD failed, no? I did not get that message.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by deven1313 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The fail message I'm referring to is, "you have fallen to the ground" which means FD failed, no? I did not get that message.

Interesting! I never noticed that actually. Looking over a few years worth of logs going back to 2019, I've only gotten this message 69 times on my SK. They all indeed seem to occur during a failed FD. I am a bit surprised if I have only failed FD 69 times in 4 years worth of logs.

I need to look deeper into my logs and see if there are any failed FD's without that message. Perhaps the message only shows up if you are close to other mobs? It's just a wild guess though.

[Troxx]

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

There is no fail message for FD.

lol dude has a level 60 shadowknight…

I should add this to my sig.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

lol dude has a level 60 shadowknight…

I should add this to my sig.

I am not sure why you think it's a problem. In 4 years of logs the message only came up 69 times. I don't even know what chat filter it's assigned to. Clearly it isn't something you see every day.

/con the mob is more reliable anyway, as you get information that is more up to date.

Unlike yourself, I don't claim to know everything.

Putting it in your signature just makes it even easier to tell other people you are a troll. Why would people want to interact with you when you act like that?

[Jimjam]

You had auto attack turned off?

No spells landed on you after you FDed?

[deven1313]

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

You had auto attack turned off?

No spells landed on you after you FDed?

Correct

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by deven1313 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Correct

Yeah I would advise to always /con mobs after FD, regardless of whether you get the "fallen to the ground" message or not. That is a guaranteed way to know if FD worked or not.

[enjchanter]

Originally Posted by deven1313 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was on my 18 Necro in Unrest MR when things went south from a bad pull. The group decided to flee so I took off towards the zone. I left my summoned pet there to fight so I could get some distance between me and the mobs. I got far enough away to cast FD which succeeded (no fail message.) A few seconds later, I was attacked and promptly killed by those same mobs.

Why did I die when FD worked? I'm guessing it had to do with my pet but I'm hoping to understand the mechanics of how this works. Thanks!

If you stood up while ur pet was still aggrod then you get the aggro right back