Is there a change in elemental damage and absorb?

[awjl]

Is there a change in how elemental damage and absorb works recently??

My fire sor manage to kill a char with GA, 2 dwarfs, rising and hellmouth.
Doesnt seem to be able to do it last time... but in the past few days, i seem to be able to kill this set-up.... Some reasons i think of

1) The char with GA, didnt even hit max resistance, the GA is for show only.
2) My fire sor's damage is so so so great that the damages goes beyond what the hellmouth and rising can absorb and what the dwarfs can resist.
3) Blizzard has changed the way elemental damage and resist and absorbs work

Another question, has anyone tried to play cold absorb items with a blizzard sor? i try to resist and absorb blizzard, but die in the end... previously a similar cold absorb attire is totally immune to blizzard, but now i die from a normal items-carrying blizzard sor...anyone meets this? Or is this only from my realm - Asia??

Edit: If anyone knows what i'm talking about, do reply. Also, sor owners might want to do their own testing and see if this is happening... Thanks!

[AndyChrono]

Is there a change in how elemental damage and absorb works recently??

My fire sor manage to kill a char with GA, 2 dwarfs, rising and hellmouth.
Doesnt seem to be able to do it last time... but in the past few days, i seem to be able to kill this set-up.... Some reasons i think of

1) The char with GA, didnt even hit max resistance, the GA is for show only.
2) My fire sor's damage is so so so great that the damages goes beyond what the hellmouth and rising can absorb and what the dwarfs can resist.
3) Blizzard has changed the way elemental damage and resist and absorbs work

Another question, has anyone tried to play cold absorb items with a blizzard sor? i try to resist and absorb blizzard, but die in the end... previously a similar cold absorb attire is totally immune to blizzard, but now i die from a normal items-carrying blizzard sor...anyone meets this? Or is this only from my realm - Asia??

Edit: If anyone knows what i'm talking about, do reply. Also, sor owners might want to do their own testing and see if this is happening... Thanks!

Most likely the guy didn't have any resists and was dumb enough to think that he would survive just by slapping on resist gear. For cold spells, they must stack huge amounts of resist due to cold mastery. A huge damage Blizzard, like every other sorc spell, can be absorbed, but doing so requires something like 450+ cold resist + 2 ravens + blackoak + Guardian Angel + Snowclash.

[LLD-Vampire]

30000/6=5000
5000X.05=250
250-40=210

I dunno thats just how I see the idiots that try to absorb me, most don't even have enough resist to get to 95 but it's fun when they try and I still own them, but thats a lightning sorc. Whats your fireball damage?

[awjl]

Most likely the guy didn't have any resists and was dumb enough to think that he would survive just by slapping on resist gear. For cold spells, they must stack huge amounts of resist due to cold mastery. A huge damage Blizzard, like every other sorc spell, can be absorbed, but doing so requires something like 450+ cold resist + 2 ravens + blackoak + Guardian Angel + Snowclash.

hmm...
for the cold spells absorption, i know that stacked resist. i'm referring to, with all that items u mentioned, why is it that i cant absorb a normal item wearing blizzard sor, whereas in the past it is possible to absorb even facet items...

[awjl]

30000/6=5000
5000X.05=250
250-40=210

I dunno thats just how I see the idiots that try to absorb me, most don't even have enough resist to get to 95 but it's fun when they try and I still own them, but thats a lightning sorc. Whats your fireball damage?

thanks for replying... i'm just curious to know why ga, 2 dwarfs, rising + hellmouth and i can still damage them, though the damage is rather low... but there is ---> damage. especially when the items i'm wearing lower my damage to merely 13k-14k.

[AndyChrono]

hmm...
for the cold spells absorption, i know that stacked resist. i'm referring to, with all that items u mentioned, why is it that i cant absorb a normal item wearing blizzard sor, whereas in the past it is possible to absorb even facet items...

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You seriously should be able to absorb any blizzard with that kind of equipment. As far as I know, absorb hasn't changed. Just today, my blizzard and orb sorc were both healing a guy in a duel game. 15k Blizz and 1.6k Orb...

[awjl]

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You seriously should be able to absorb any blizzard with that kind of equipment. As far as I know, absorb hasn't changed. Just today, my blizzard and orb sorc were both healing a guy in a duel game. 15k Blizz and 1.6k Orb...

orb will definitely be absorb, a luna +2 raven will be more than enough. i'm just so curious why this is happening... anyway it's good news for my mainly elemental chars.... :clap:

[LLD-Vampire]

thanks for replying... i'm just curious to know why ga, 2 dwarfs, rising + hellmouth and i can still damage them, though the damage is rather low... but there is ---> damage. especially when the items i'm wearing lower my damage to merely 13k-14k.

14000/6=2333.33
2333.33/2=1166.66
1166.66-120(I forget how much raising sun absorbs so uh yeah)=1046.666

thats with 50 resist they have GA and stuff but they don't have the resist, if you see one using a 4 rubyed shield I can guarentee that you won't hurt them.

[darius_paul]

2 words. Facet Jewels. These can be really nasty. Plus if the sorc is using Ormus' robes and Nightwings veil. Or if they are playing ladder and are a fire sorc: deaths fathom.

all 3 of those items all socketed up with facet jewels wont save you....