Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9

**Tabbitha** · 21st August 2006, 06:01 PM

source received Aug 21 2006 from Wilki

We've added a few more changes to the Publish 42 test shard (TC9):

* Leech effects are not quite as powerful as before - click here
for more info.

* Evasion now requires 50 skill in any melee weapon skill to use.

Please leave feedback about these changes here

Terrance · 21st August 2006, 08:12 PM

I think the link must be getting bombarded right now. For some reason it keeps timing out. Now I'm wondering if they mean...not as strong as before meaning the way they've been on live shards or the way runics were producing 80 to 100% leech effect weapons on Test the past few days.

Eowyna Rohanna · 21st August 2006, 08:49 PM

I think Stratics as a whole is having problems this evening. And the change is to how leech has been working on live shards.

**Maddux** · 21st August 2006, 10:06 PM

Crafters never get nerfed, only pvpers.

Adrianna Danere · 22nd August 2006, 01:22 AM

Reading MrTact's explanation of the leech changes, it looks pretty good to me. Finally something to make slower weapons a bit more decent to use as well.

Som · 22nd August 2006, 11:57 AM

ack! I cant load the changes to leech, do you remember them by chance?

Bo · 22nd August 2006, 12:39 PM

Yah, as I am at work, I cant access stratics, does anyone here know exactly what they mean on the leech properties? Like will it hurt our weapons that we already have on production shards? Or just the ones they are making on Test?

**Maddux** · 22nd August 2006, 03:50 PM

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Right now my warrior arjuna who averages 7 to 22 damage a hit (he's not a paladin or samurai) leeches about 3 points at best from weapons when a leech goes off.

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Here's the skinny. Right now, a mana leech's potential gain is 40% of the post-resist damage. The chance attached to the property is the chance of it going off each swing. The new way it works is, the property goes off every time you swing. Also, the chance has been scaled based on the speed of the weapon. The fastest weapons should be about the same, but slower weapons will actually show up with a higher % than previously possible.

The flip side of that is, the % now represents the maximum amount of health/mana that you get from the swing. The actual number is generated randomly, from 0 up to your leech %.

Here's a concrete example to clarify. Let's say you currently have a katana with 50% mana leech. That's an item property intensity of 25 (since % chance is 2xintensity). Let's say you do an average of 15 points of damage. The base mana yield is going to be 40% of that, or 6 points.

Currently, every other swing (subject to the vagaries of the random number generator) you will get 6 mana, period.

Under the new method, your % chance may change a bit. Katana has a base swing speed of 2.5 seconds. To get the new % chance, multiply the speed in seconds by the intensity: 25 x 2.5 = 62% (dropping fractions). So every swing will generate 0-62% of your base mana yield (that's 6 mana, remember).

= MrTact =

**Post copied from http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/u...Number=6788784**

**DiP** · 25th August 2006, 07:52 AM

Sounds interesting.

**Maddux** · 25th August 2006, 08:32 AM

Its not too bad yet.

21st August 2006, 06:01 PM	#1
Tabbitha Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Europa/Snowbourn Posts: 5,734 Gold: 37,811 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 171 Thanked 126 Times in 66 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 source received Aug 21 2006 from Wilki We've added a few more changes to the Publish 42 test shard (TC9): * Leech effects are not quite as powerful as before - click here for more info. * Evasion now requires 50 skill in any melee weapon skill to use. Please leave feedback about these changes here

21st August 2006, 08:12 PM	#2
Terrance Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Napa Valley Posts: 514 Gold: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 I think the link must be getting bombarded right now. For some reason it keeps timing out. Now I'm wondering if they mean...not as strong as before meaning the way they've been on live shards or the way runics were producing 80 to 100% leech effect weapons on Test the past few days.

21st August 2006, 08:49 PM	#3
Eowyna Rohanna I may not be the queen of everything, but I'm the duchess of quite a lot Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Landroval--LOTRO Posts: 1,454 Gold: 5,182 Thanks: 9 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 I think Stratics as a whole is having problems this evening. And the change is to how leech has been working on live shards. Thanks to Maddux for the wonderful sig!

21st August 2006, 10:06 PM	#4
Maddux I've got Skinnies with RPGS! Twelve o'clock! Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Pacific Posts: 6,602 Gold: 19,865 Thanks: 17 Thanked 50 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 Crafters never get nerfed, only pvpers.

22nd August 2006, 01:22 AM	#5
Adrianna Danere Stop staring at my daishos Join Date: Mar 2005 Shard: Europa Posts: 498 Gold: 1,779 My Mood: Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 Reading MrTact's explanation of the leech changes, it looks pretty good to me. Finally something to make slower weapons a bit more decent to use as well.

22nd August 2006, 11:57 AM	#6
Som Nomad Join Date: Mar 2005 Shard: GL Posts: 340 Gold: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 ack! I cant load the changes to leech, do you remember them by chance? Insert fabulous signature here

22nd August 2006, 12:39 PM	#7
Bo byebye sandland! less than 24hrs to go! Join Date: Sep 2005 Shard: Baja Posts: 2,535 Gold: 585 My Mood: Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 Yah, as I am at work, I cant access stratics, does anyone here know exactly what they mean on the leech properties? Like will it hurt our weapons that we already have on production shards? Or just the ones they are making on Test?

22nd August 2006, 03:50 PM	#8
Maddux I've got Skinnies with RPGS! Twelve o'clock! Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Pacific Posts: 6,602 Gold: 19,865 Thanks: 17 Thanked 50 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now my warrior arjuna who averages 7 to 22 damage a hit (he's not a paladin or samurai) leeches about 3 points at best from weapons when a leech goes off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the skinny. Right now, a mana leech's potential gain is 40% of the post-resist damage. The chance attached to the property is the chance of it going off each swing. The new way it works is, the property goes off every time you swing. Also, the chance has been scaled based on the speed of the weapon. The fastest weapons should be about the same, but slower weapons will actually show up with a higher % than previously possible. The flip side of that is, the % now represents the maximum amount of health/mana that you get from the swing. The actual number is generated randomly, from 0 up to your leech %. Here's a concrete example to clarify. Let's say you currently have a katana with 50% mana leech. That's an item property intensity of 25 (since % chance is 2xintensity). Let's say you do an average of 15 points of damage. The base mana yield is going to be 40% of that, or 6 points. Currently, every other swing (subject to the vagaries of the random number generator) you will get 6 mana, period. Under the new method, your % chance may change a bit. Katana has a base swing speed of 2.5 seconds. To get the new % chance, multiply the speed in seconds by the intensity: 25 x 2.5 = 62% (dropping fractions). So every swing will generate 0-62% of your base mana yield (that's 6 mana, remember). = MrTact = Post copied from http://boards.stratics.com/php-bin/u...Number=6788784

25th August 2006, 07:52 AM	#9
DiP Ronin<br>UOForums Bouncer Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Black Water Raiders, Azeroth Posts: 9,302 Gold: 22,681 My Mood: Thanks: 123 Thanked 86 Times in 70 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 Sounds interesting.

25th August 2006, 08:32 AM	#10
Maddux I've got Skinnies with RPGS! Twelve o'clock! Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Pacific Posts: 6,602 Gold: 19,865 Thanks: 17 Thanked 50 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Please Try the PvP/Combat Changes on TC9 Its not too bad yet.

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