To root or not to root (DOT dmg)

[darkreap]

Iirc this was a mechanic added to make root rotting and snare kiting more difficult. If a mob is engaged with a PC in melee range, or fleeing, the mob will take full damage (seems the mob must be engaged on melee). If not moving (no melee in range), or chasing a PC, they will take 1/2 or 3/4 dot damage.

[loramin]

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

Iirc this was a mechanic added to make root rotting and snare kiting more difficult. If a mob is engaged with a PC in melee range, or fleeing, the mob will take full damage (seems the mob must be engaged on melee). If not moving (no melee in range), or chasing a PC, they will take 1/2 or 3/4 dot damage.

Pretty sure it's not a "mechanic", it's a bug. The mechanic that was added was that the mob has to stand still to get full DoT damage, but on live I never remember having to also engage the mob.

[ithaqua]

It was added on live to discourage necros from solo kiting, 66% damage from dots while moving and 1 tick of added duration. Rooted and/or tanked mobs took full damage, the extra tick of damage was added as compensation for eventual pingpong aggro (the same or more damage if the mob moved for less then 3 ticks of dot duration)
The implementation here is bugged, mobs doesn’t always agree that they’re stationary when rooted. But they get convinced that they are when someone enters melee range.

[Raj]

This is a pretty detrimental bug to several classes when they are dotting without a player or pet always in melee range and not aware of the bug and how to mitigate it!

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[Telin]

This should be fixed pending update after we rule out any secondary bugs from the fix.

[loramin]

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

This should be fixed pending update after we rule out any secondary bugs from the fix.

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[Degalian]

You don't need to get wacked, just step aside a bit, so the mob needs to change direction and it should register that it is rooted-->give full dmg.

[long.liam]

I miss seeing the DoT dmg. Made root/rotting a little more interesting when you could actually see how much dmg the mob was taking ever tick.

[Telin]

This is fixed, pending update.

[sogundordor]

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

This is fixed, pending update.

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