Magic Burst.

[Squerril]

Can you *critical hit* your nukes/bursts?

Awhile back (When I was 52) in Kuftal I noticed this happened. I kept hitting the same damage on bursts.
(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9...roii2554cx.jpg)
(Don't know if that was resisted/weak or not, but it came in consistantly.)

Then the crab started whackin' me when I did: http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7...roii3244di.jpg
Party was like O.o;.


Was there any reason for such an increase on damage?
I'd understand if it was 10-20+ damage, but that's a pretty big increase.
I checked the day: watersday, and there was no weather.

[Jei]

Re: Magic Burst.

their resist could be lowered by ninjutsu or bard's song. Did you have either of those with you? BLM ancient spells will lower resistance too.

[Balfree]

Re: Magic Burst.

There are many factors that could influence your damage, but i assume since you're high enough to be able to tell, that it was just probably resisted before.

Remember things that influence spell damage like weather, day of the week, any detrimental buffs on mob, etc..

[Squerril]

Re: Magic Burst.

There are many factors that could influence your damage, but i assume since you're high enough to be able to tell, that it was just probably resisted before

Remember things that influence spell damage like weather, day of the week, any detrimental buffs on mob, etc...

Yeah, I checked weather, there was none, and it was watersday. and like I said in the original post, it was pretty consistant. So that's why I was doubting resist.


PLD tank.
No Bard.

[Jei]

Re: Magic Burst.

o.O I guess it's your uberness that spikes up.

[Alauna]

Re: Magic Burst.

2 words. Bubble Curtain. aka Shell

Crabs like to toss that up, just as the skillchain is going off. And its super easy to miss it, because its so similar to bubble shower (AE STR-down). Shell is a mojor contributor to "resisted damage".

I'm not saying your a bad rdm, and your missing the buffs, but that is an easy one that slips by; happens to all of us. Even more so at 52, being less experiance with crabs, as your just getting into the "crab phase".

[Squerril]

Re: Magic Burst.

I don't mean to sound overcocky, but I don't think I ever missed a bubble curtain, the smns would have yelled at me. -.-
And I couldn't have missed all the shell's, since the 255 number was consistant, and the 324 only happened once.

[Icemage]

Re: Magic Burst.

Enemies don't always spawn at the same level. The higher number was probably cast against a lower-level enemy, and the lower number against a tougher enemy.


Icemage

[Squerril]

Re: Magic Burst.

That makes sense.