Volatile Familiar - Bug or Working as intended?
supernico
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Apparently, the Sorcerer's Volatile Familiar from Daedric Summoning skill line explodes not only on death (wich it should, considering the tooltip) doing % damage based on max magika, but also on re-spawn. So you can spam Volatile Familiar and do 400-500 AOE dmg until out of mana while being at a reasonable distance.
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✭✭a patch changed this to function like that but i'm sure it's justifiable since you dont get as much mana back as you do for it dyingPLEASE REPLY TO ME WITH @dsalter otherwise i'm likely to miss the reply if its not my own thread
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✭✭✭✭✭I've read an official post saying something like (loose quote) "we updated the tooltip on volatile familiar to make it clear it explodes on unsummoning as well as on death" or something to that end. So it is definitely intended.
(Don't have a link sorry. You'll have to trust me. Or not.
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Ah, found it. It's part of the 1.2.0 patch notes on the PTS:Volatile Familiar: This ability’s tooltip now mentions it also explodes when unsummoned.Edited by Sharee on June 23, 2014 2:07PM0 -
zgrssd✭✭✭✭Those 400-500 Damage, for what level are they?
Depending on the level a heavy attack might do more. If it does even remotely equal, wasting mana on this damage is a bad deal.
I don't think it causes inbalanced amounts of DPS for the manacost
After all, you have to wait till it runs to the enemy and might have to deal with aggro issues (if you lack a tank) while it is unsummoned.
We need a proper set of level/max magika/skill level/magic damge values at least before we can say if it is "too much".Edited by zgrssd on June 23, 2014 2:08PMElana Peterson (EU), Dominion, Imperial Sorc, Rune & Alchemy Crafting Char
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supernico✭✭✭the 400-500 dmg was an estimation based on a sorc with 2000 magika. Volatile does 20% (400 dmg) + 30% more (+120).
As I am not a sorcerer I was reading on some website the skill tooltip, had no idea it was changed.
what is the aproximate cost of volatile familiar?Supernico - VR14 DragonKnight - Daggerfall Covenant - Former EmperorMy name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.0 -
Armann✭✭✭Volatile only does 20% of magicka pool. the 30% if for regular attacks while it's alive.EU megaserver | XboxNord Nightblade | Ebonheart PactImperial Dragonknight | Ebonheart PactDunmer Sorcerer | Ebonheart PactDunmer Warden | Ebonheart PactOrc Necromancer | Daggerfall CovenantAltmer Templar | Aldmeri Dominion0
