Resists are working in pvp on alpha

raziel83

raziel83

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UPDATE: Disregard. Discovered the whole thing was a bug with holy shield. Basically the absorbs I was seeing in both pve and pvp were spell "blocks". 40% of the damage was being absorbed. The bug was that holy shield was doing zero damage, hence the confusion. So I'm absorbing some spell damage from lvl 52 mobs but they weren't dieing :< Logged in just then and the bug is now fixed. So resists are NOT working pve/pvp for lvl 110.


I did a quick MC run on my 110 prot paladin. Got the 4 all resist ring and a 18 fire resist cloak. Equipped them both in pvp (2v2) because your stats don't go down thanks to pvp templates. Fought a ton of magic dealing classes and read the combat logs. No resists but a ton of absorbs.

Thought that was strange since as a prot paladin I don't have any absorbs on alpha. So I got like 15 fire elementals in BRD to hit me. Every now and then I would get a absorb on their fire attacks. I wasn't using any abilities and I don't even have any absorbs. So the pve test confirmed that resists are now shown as absorbs in the combat log.

Here's a screenshot of my combat log after fighting a frost mage in arena. (my teammates are dead so they aren't casting absorbs on me).

http://imgur.com/iiz4bDX

I will test item procs , on equips and pvp power later.
 
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raziel83 said:
I did a quick MC run on my 110 prot paladin. Got the 4 all resist ring and a 18 fire resist cloak. Equipped them both in pvp (2v2) because your stats don't go down thanks to pvp templates. Fought a ton of magic dealing classes and read the combat logs. No resists but a ton of absorbs.

Thought that was strange since as a prot paladin I don't have any absorbs on alpha. So I got like 15 fire elementals in BRD to hit me. Every now and then I would get a absorb on their fire attacks. I wasn't using any abilities and I don't even have any absorbs. So the pve test confirmed that resists are now shown as absorbs in the combat log.

Here's a screenshot of my combat log after fighting a frost mage in arena. (my teammates are dead so they aren't casting absorbs on me).

http://imgur.com/iiz4bDX

I will test item procs , on equips and pvp power later.
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I just want you to know that your work is greatly appreciated. I kept track of some of your posts for the last expansion release as well. Always the kind of information I am looking for.
 
Ettan said:
Ye, it was never gone just taken off the template.
Soo hmm bis is full high level resistance gear lul?
Try this for power.
/run print( GetPvpPowerDamage(), GetPvpPowerHealing() )
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The problem with pvp power is that it's very very difficult to get any on the alpha. You can't just buy old pvp gear because honor points don't exist. The new currency to buy old gear is 'mark of honor' and I don't think you can earn them in game yet (probably from pvp strongboxes).

I'd have to level JC up 350-375 and get revered / exalted with whatever rep to buy the pattern for the +10 pvp gem. Or try farming 2 BC heroics for a slim chance at a +5 pvp epic gem. Or do something similar for blacksmithing to make the crafted pvp gear.

Valotian said:
I just want you to know that your work is greatly appreciated. I kept track of some of your posts for the last expansion release as well. Always the kind of information I am looking for.
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Thanks!

Right now I'm trying to test http://www.wowhead.com/item=11669/naglering before work but no arena matches are popping

Mildly interesting miscellaneous piece of info - Old set bonuses that include skills that no longer exist or have changed functionality will say "Legacy set: bonus inactive" http://imgur.com/kjQ0cuo . Possibly meaning they will be reworked?
 
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Ok http://www.wowhead.com/item=11669/naglering doesn't work (at least not at lvl 110).

Resist is crazy OP though. I think they'll nerf it fast if people use it at max level. Look at this

http://imgur.com/QvawE4L

"Chaos bolt hits you for 132229 (91785 absorbed)(critical)"

91 k dmg resist? lol

Oh in case you were wondering lvl 110 prot paladins have 2.3 million hp. Where all other dps have about 2.7 - 2.9 million. So I think tanks are getting reduced hp across the board as part of their pvp balancing. Their dmg is decent though.
 
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cool find but will be dealt with if it makes to live and people start you use alot.
 
Disregard. Discovered the whole thing was a bug with holy shield. Basically the absorbs I was seeing in both pve and pvp were spell "blocks". 40% of the damage was being absorbed. The bug was that holy shield was doing zero damage, hence the confusion. So I'm absorbing some spell damage from lvl 52 mobs but they weren't dieing :< Logged in just then and the bug is now fixed. So resists are NOT working pve/pvp for lvl 110.

Sorry peoples!
 
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