Hey everyone, My group attempted this mission last night and found that members of the group were seemingly getting DT'd at random. A look at the log file shed more light on the issue (only edited some names out) : [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] a shambling corpse begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Body> [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] a shambling corpse wails [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] Mypet's vitality is leeched by despair. [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] Mypet has been slain by a shambling corpse! [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] a shambling corpse begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Spirit> [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] Despair ignites your mana. [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] a shambling corpse begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Spirit> [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] a shambling corpse wails [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] Despair ignites your mana. [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] You have been knocked unconscious! [Mon May 19 18:14:46 2014] You have been slain by a shambling corpse! [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] a corrupted poltergeist begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Body> [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] a corrupted poltergeist begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Spirit> [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] Despair ignites your mana. [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] a corrupted poltergeist begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Spirit> [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] a corrupted poltergeist wails loudly [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] Groupmage's mana is ignited by despair. [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] Groupmage has been slain by a corrupted poltergeist! [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] a vile priest begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Spirit> [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] a vile priest pumps its scepter aloft victoriously [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] Despair ignites your mana. [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] You have been knocked unconscious! [Tue May 20 00:26:42 2014] You have been slain by a vile priest! [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] a vile priest begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Body> [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] a vile priest begins to cast a spell. <Despair of the Spirit> [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] Your ability failed. Timer has been reset. [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] Your spell is interrupted. [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] a vile priest pumps its scepter aloft victoriously [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] Despair ignites your mana. [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] You have been knocked unconscious! [Tue May 20 00:50:53 2014] You have been slain by a vile priest! I was familiar with this spell as I first encountered it in PoWar. As you can see from the spell data here http://www.raidloot.com/Spells.aspx?name=despair of&view=Table , it damages the player for 90000 points. The damage itself is not reported to the player, which makes it quite confusing. One hit can be survived, but they seem to often instantly cast it a few times in a row. As a returning player, I'm not sure if the presence of this spell is intended in the mission, or part of the mechanics of it, but my group mates were saying they didn't remember anything like it. If Lucy is to be believed http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spellhistory.html?id=42105&source=Live , this spell was introduced on the 31st of March, this year, which I believe coincides with the plane of war launch. Anyway, I hope you can look into the issue, as this makes the mission quite incredibly tough and frustrating! By sheer stubborness, we did manage to get through, only to fail in the second phase with Menizzia at 4% HP. Determined to try again tonight
We have beaten the mission. I should clarify, this is unrelated to the aura of the named. Is there a better channel for bug reporting ?
Go to the Developer Roundtable forum and reply to one of the latest updates for live servers - "JChan" typically sees all reports of issues there.
From EQ Resource: It appears you are getting hit by the damage aura, not the DT (Death Touch). If you have particle effects on (which ones exactly I can't say and SOE has not responded to my thread on the issue) you can see an aura around him. You need to stay out of it. Although I don't know exactly what lets you see the aura, it has been suggested that players should have Particle Effects: Player > On For: Me + NPC (or greater). As far as the DT goes, it is always behind him. Everywhere he has been, from the zone in to his current position. Which makes zoning back in and corpse recovery difficult (I've also posted a thread on that). EDIT: You cross posted as I posted this. If your issue has nothing to do with this, then you need to bug report it, as mentioned by other(s).
