Umbral Attendant since LU20, Silent Nerf?

Does anyone have an old log they can look at from before this broke? I could swear that the Attendant line healed every two seconds, not every three.

I don't have an old log, but my recollection is it healed every 2 seconds, duration 20, for a total of 10 heals.

That is my recollection as well, I simply want a log I can post to show the Developers that they aren't "fixing" it at 3 seconds, they are nerfing it.

I've kept all my old logs. I'll look for it tonight.

It was a 2 sec 10 proc regen. I dont have logs but I do know that for a 100% fact.

What I rather see though is it be a stationary pet with a 20m range.
*my wish list for it would be a long duration pet that proced healing/warding, Think the original version of the pet lasted 3min. Then let it cast a ward/heal spell on the group members in the area ever 3-6 secs or so (depending on the potency of the ward/heal)* That would be my personal dream of the spell. To be useful and fun.
Message Edited by Kyin on 03-03-200609:31 AM

>>>What I rather see though is it be a stationary pet with a 20m range. <<<

Stationary would be nice. This would let you drop a pet to keep the healing up while you ran out of range of the group to rez someone or rescue them from trouble. Or, when the group is fleeing, you could drop a pet just before you run to keep the MT alive a bit longer, giving everyone else more time to get away.

I posted this in Banditman's other bug thread, but this is what I found in my logs from Feb. 2006 before LU20 hit:

(1140236912)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:32 2006] You summon an Aide of the Oracle!
(1140236912)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:32 2006] Your group is accompanied by an Aide of the Oracle!
(1140236913)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:33 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 204 hit points.
(1140236916)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:36 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 199 hit points.
(1140236919)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:39 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 184 hit points.
(1140236922)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:42 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 210 hit points.
(1140236926)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:46 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 217 hit points.
(1140236928)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:48 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 192 hit points.
(1140236932)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:52 2006] {f}Kann's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 192 hit points.
(1140236932)[Fri Feb 17 23:28:52 2006] The Aide of the Oracle leaves.

It seems to have been only ticking once every ~3 seconds for 7 ticks total before they did whatever they did to break it. This was with an Adept 3 of Umbral Attendant.

Looking back in the forums, I found this post:
http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=19&message.id=8927

which also seems to support that when it was fixed, it was only 7 ticks every 3 seconds.

When I first made a mystic I loved the idea of this spell. Back then it was a 3 min stationary pet that was bugged (would do nothing unless it was hurt) but would cast all forms of shaman spells from wards to dd, to debuffs, to dots. it was a neat pet idea but was never made the way they thought it up.
Now its a 20 sec pet with a 45 sec recast timer that starts at the end of the 20 secs.
3 sec tics is fine with me, but I much rather see the old version of the spell brought back and made right.
Stationary pet (much like the wardens tree and the defilers circle) that does a mix between those 2 spell effects. The problem is those 2 spells are marquee spells and as such very powerful. To me the mystics primary job is to slow incoming damage and reduce it through wards and debuffs. And repair it with the heals he has at hand. Having the pet cast a Torporish spell that did both a ward and a minor regen would be nice, or just a straight regen.
Or you could take the spell in a 100% different direction have it do other beneficial things like give the group members around it haste/dps increase or deflection type increases. The ways to make this spell useful are so many. But just miss back when it was a long duration spell that was made to supliment the Mystic. something to cast before a fight and leave up through the next 1-3 fights.
Sometimes I just wish we can get alittle more thought to our spells and see more useful and diverse effects from what should be a powerful spell.

This is a bug, and the fix is currently in Test Update #21. It was initially mislabeled as an Achievements fix, so I moved it down to the Combat section. I'll also see if we can get this hotfixed in before the Live Update.

Thanks Blackguard, we greatly appreciate the feedback.

Confirmed @ 3 seconds between heals:

[Thu Dec 15 21:16:59 2005] You summon an Aide of the Oracle!
[Thu Dec 15 21:16:59 2005] Your group is accompanied by an Aide of the Oracle!
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:00 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 209 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:03 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 242 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:06 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 230 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:10 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 246 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:13 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 232 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:16 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 251 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:19 2005] Aide of the Oracle's Oracle's Blessing heals YOU for 211 hit points.
[Thu Dec 15 21:17:20 2005] The Aide of the Oracle leaves.
Thanks Blackguard for the post. We really appreciate it! Now, about that Bolster spell..... :smileywink:
Kanali

Woot, Thanks Blackguard.

I was admittedly very disappointed the bug creeped in given how long we waited for the spell to be fixed in the first place (I filed several re: shadowy attendant does nothing!) I am however happy to see that the bug is going to be fixed, and that blackguard stopped by to comment. Sometimes it feels like bugs are left unfixed for months (e.g., still we have priests including myself whose Prismatic 2.0 weapon does not proc at all when casting our level 50+ heals or wards; eventually we begin to wonder if the bug reports are read at all).

This issue should be addressed in the next hotfix.

Was just about to post my log files. But I'll compare after the hotfix. Thanks Blackguard.

hotfix is today, correct?

Yeah, but I didn't see it in the notes.

confirmed. Not fixed yet. 3 heals
wish to god they would fix this soon.

Blackguard which hotfix are you referring to? I have friends asking me on this.

Heh.. I had only 2 pulses tonight.
Would be nice to have this fixed.

Yep still only two on mine for the majority. Every blue moon you might see 3.
Where is the hotfix? Or are we going to have to wait for LU21 now?
Thanks,