{"id":326,"date":"2020-04-10T21:34:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2020\/04\/10\/friday-grab-bag-04-10-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-04-10T21:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T21:34:57","slug":"friday-grab-bag-04-10-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathenworkshop.com\/goca\/2020\/04\/10\/friday-grab-bag-04-10-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Grab Bag – 04\/10\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week’s Grab Bag is upon us!<\/p>\n

Don’t forget we have many many events going on ingame right now, so don’t miss out! RvR Bonuses, Spring Flowers & Doppelganger Invasion<\/a><\/u>, along with the Rites of Spring<\/a><\/u> event! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Thanks, as always, to everyone for your questions! You can submit any questions relating to current development plans, to request clarification on basic game mechanic questions, or questions on community issues through the Grab Bag Submission form<\/a><\/u>. For any other feedback or suggestions please use our <\/em>feedback form<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n

Continue reading for the questions \ud83d\ude42
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\tWhy isn\u2019t the shift key available as modifier in \/keyboard?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Shift key is enabled as a modifier by default. It\u2019s not on the \/keyboard menu because disabling it would cause some issues with other client functions and keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\tHow big is the falloff\/reduction in duration from AoE crowd control spells, like mezz? For example, if someone is at the “far edge” of an AoE mezz, is the mezz potentially only a single second?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The falloff rate from the center point of an AoE is different for the duration of spells versus their damage.<\/p>\n

\t\tDurations are reduced to half of what the center of the area of effect would be. In other words, a player that is the center of an AoE mesmerize might see a 60s duration mez but if that same character was at the max radius away to still get mesmerized by the same spell they would see a 30s duration mesmerize.<\/p>\n

\t\tConversely, for damage-base spells, the effectiveness is reduced all the way down to 0. So a PBAoE that hits for 800 at its center will hit for 0 at max radius away from center.<\/p>\n

\t\tFalloff for damage over times is unique in that AoE DoTs do not have a reduced damage or duration no matter how far from the center-point of the AoE the target is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\tI noticed some gear has an enchantment bonus. Is this considered separate from a buff bonus or do they stack for an enchantment chanter and the other realms mirrors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The +Enchantment skill bonus generally improves abilities in the Enchantment specialization of Enchanters only. However, this skill is a bit less common these days as most equipment uses the +All Magic skills instead (which would affect all 3 of the Enchanter\u2019s magic skill lines instead of just the Enchantments line).<\/p>\n

\t\tThere is also a \u201cstat enhancement spell effectiveness\u201d  bonus which is a buff% bonus that pertains to any stat-based buffs (strength, constitution, acuity, etc). Meaning if you have 25% of this bonus in your character\u2019s gear, a strength buff that delves on the spell for +40 will grant an additional 25% strength. This stat bonus doesn\u2019t really have much to do with Enchantment Enchanters directly, but it would help Enchanters when casting their self-Armor Factor buff and any Champion Level based stat-buffs they might have.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\tBefore I had my cyclop shield as small so I turned it in for medium and now I want it back to small again since I can use more fun skin for small, can I turn it in and change it? I have done the quest long time ago, and I\u2019m pretty sure when you change and have done the encounter you get it insta lvl10.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you did the original encounter you can turn it in to change it and receive a level 10 version instantly. If you instead bought the artifact, then leveled it to 10, and then change it for a new small shield version, you\u2019ll need to level it again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\tHow does the game add multipliers (like duration and range) to spells?  For example, is a 9 second stun with 23% duration 10 or 11 seconds? Is there any rounding or is the decimal always ignored\/truncated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The short answer is that the decimal is always truncated\/ignored.<\/p>\n

\t\tThe long answer is that ability duration is mainly determined by these factors: the base duration of the spell, the duration% bonus of the caster, and any magical resists or +crowd control reduction bonuses (realm ability or item-based) on the target. Spell piercing can also play a role indirectly by affecting a target\u2019s magical resists, but that can be extrapolated from the following scenarios:<\/p>\n

\t\tScenario 1:
\n\t\tSpell: 9 second duration stun that uses heat magic damage
\n\t\tCaster: 25% spell duration
\n\t\tTarget: 50% heat magic resist, 0% cc reduction<\/p>\n

\t\tActual stun duration will be 9s * 1.25 for spell duration = 11s (decimal is truncated here), then multiply that by 0.5 due to the magic resist = 5.5s with the decimal truncated again, leaving a 5s duration in-game.<\/p>\n

\t\tWhen viewing this exact scenario in-game the tooltip will display \u201c4s\u201d remaining since the tooltip duration counts down to 0 and not to 1. So even though it shows 4s remaining, it\u2019s actually a 5s duration in total.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tScenario 2:
\n\t\tSpell: 9 second duration stun that uses heat magic damage
\n\t\tCaster: 25% spell duration
\n\t\tTarget: 50% heat magic resist and 55% cc reduction from determination realm ability.<\/p>\n

\t\tActual stun duration will be ((9s * 1.25) * .5) * 0.45 = 2s (again, the decimals are truncated at each step)<\/p>\n

\n\t\tScenario 3:
\n\t\tSpell: 9 second duration stun that uses heat magic damage
\n\t\tCaster: 25% spell duration
\n\t\tTarget: 50% heat magic resist and 80% cc reduction from determination realm ability + stoicism.<\/p>\n

\t\tActual stun duration will be ((9s * 1.25) * .5) * 0.2 = 1s<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\tStay safe and sane everyone! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Source: The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s Grab Bag is upon us! Don’t forget we have many many events going on ingame right now, so don’t miss out! RvR Bonuses, Spring Flowers & Doppelganger Invasion, along with the Rites of Spring event! \ud83d\ude42 Thanks, as always, to everyone for your questions! You can submit any questions relating to current development plans,… <\/p>\n

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