As a main shaman i'm finding a lot of the mobs in Planes of power give me a "your spell was partially successful" (not sure that's the exact phrase). when I slow them. I've asked in game and got a few different responses just wondering if I could get some clarification on how that works from the experts. does it mean that mob is only 50% slowable for instance and any slow over 50% just negates the rest of the slow? Does it mean only 50% of the slow is in effect so turgor's 75% slow would really be a 37.5% where as a 50% bst slow would really only be 25%?? Mainly wondering if I'm in groups with bards/bst if its even worth casting my slow over theirs. Thanks for any clarification.
There is several different messages, those being mostly, partially, and slightly. Not 100% sure on the split, but I would guess by 3rds
It's a reduction of the total percentage of the slow. So if you have a 50% slow and you get a "partially" - it slows the mob 25%. Amount of the slow that lands: full - 100% mostly - 75% partially - 50% slightly - 25%
Whoa... I never noticed the difference in the wording nor did I know that the wording was directly related to the proportion of the slow that landed. EQ veteran mind blown.
Quite often you don't need to land big slows. A bard slow can actually be quite sufficient in many grinds. Leveling up on an enc I don't think I ever used the biggest slows. As a shaman you could probably add some legit dps by trading off just a little more incoming damage. Chances are if you have a cleric they'll never see 1% difference.
Might want to give this a read -- http://www.shamanscrucible.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1332 It seems that it is not as easy as a set percentage based on the mitigation messages, maybe one of the wiser shaman will chime in think a few of them still post here.
