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Thread: In game problem: DOTs not sticking
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clownboxer
Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:33 pm
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I looted a nice mind fire DH17 carbine the other day and it has 52% potency
Problem is, sometimes i can shoot someone 400 times iwht it and hte uses will go down on it but it won't stick
But sometimes it will work fine. No one was using fire resist food or anything, it just simply wont stick sometimes. Whats wrong?
Tremk_Stryder
Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:48 pm
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so wait...ur askin for a flame? lol...dots are a non-no for most ppl here..specially the real star wars freaks...its a thing from EQ2 i think..if not from there i dont know where /slap the dev who thought of'em
D3st0r
Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:03 am
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Tremk_Stryder wrote:
so wait...ur askin for a flame? lol...dots are a non-no for most ppl here..specially the real star wars freaks...its a thing from EQ2 i think..if not from there i dont know where /slap the dev who thought of'em
The only reason that DoT weapons seem powerfull is because of 80-90% armor. If armor didnt absorb so much damage (and when it doesnt),poisons/fires wouldnt seem nearly as effective in perspective to using normal weapons.
Tremk_Stryder
Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:07 am
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yeah...problem is also ppl spamming specials 99% of the time..which wont be the case in the revamp from what i read... maybe our health bars will be like the force bar of jedi..heh.
anyways..u get a # of "uses".. 1 shot = 1 "use" not 1 "stick" to answer the question
mikedealer
Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:38 am
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sounds stupid BUT is there uses left on the gun? i know you said you just looted but want to make sure
My Problem and a MAJOR Bug that has always existed is that DoT's will stick even if you DODGE or Block or Counterattack a shot! I can dodge a shot, and the dot will appear anyway! Same thing with State Attacks sometimes on certain weapons, i can use panic shot with smuggler and i will get knocked down even though they dodged the attack. happens all the time with carbineer's dizzy/knockdown, ill dodge both ranged attacks but be landed with the state.
MasterUmpa
Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:12 am
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mikedealer wrote:
sounds stupid BUT is there uses left on the gun? i know you said you just looted but want to make sure
My Problem and a MAJOR Bug that has always existed is that DoT's will stick even if you DODGE or Block or Counterattack a shot! I can dodge a shot, and the dot will appear anyway! Same thing with State Attacks sometimes on certain weapons, i can use panic shot with smuggler and i will get knocked down even though they dodged the attack. happens all the time with carbineer's dizzy/knockdown, ill dodge both ranged attacks but be landed with the state.
yes
Derku
Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:18 pm
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Xispin wrote:
Good, Im glad it doesn't work.
I'm glad too. DOTs suck and have ruined pvp.
Skwall
Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:25 am
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52% pot isn't very reliable. Some 140 pot. CM poisons don't even stick on players (no DOT buffs either).
Usually for DOT weapons you might want 80% and higher to be safe.
Kregi
Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:31 am
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DOT's are werid. 52% means it only sticks 52% of the time. So out of 100 shots landed the dot only sticks 52 times. If you have been using it on jedi then it's a diffeent story. I have used my 88% mind fire on jedi's before and it didnt stick once out of 40-50 shots fired becasue they blocked every shot. If the shot misses then the dot has no chance of sticking. However, the dot has a chance to stick even if normal players counterattack, or block it. Against jedi if they block it then it won't stick from my experience. I am pretty sure that even if the player dodges it it has a chance of sticking. I think that figthing jedi's with dot's is still bugged, but haven't doen too much PVP in past month though to test it out. Your uses might just be coming down becasue you are only landing 1/20 shots yet the dot is just not sticking.
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