DoTs show up as their total damage in your death recap. You probably stood in fire for ages and took that much damage over some time, and it eventually did the killing blow, leading it to show it's total damage as the final hit.
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »I believe "Salvo" is a fire arrow barrage. So a bunch of arrows set you on fire, probably doing like 8k/damage per second. You healed through most of it but eventually one of the 8k ticks killed you. However, death recaps show total damage by a DOT over *all* ticks, even the ones you healed through. So the numbers can look astronomically high but do not indicate getting hit by one attack for that much damage all at once.
LegendaryChef wrote: »Are you a vampire?
Dagoth_Rac wrote: »I believe "Salvo" is a fire arrow barrage. So a bunch of arrows set you on fire, probably doing like 8k/damage per second. You healed through most of it but eventually one of the 8k ticks killed you. However, death recaps show total damage by a DOT over *all* ticks, even the ones you healed through. So the numbers can look astronomically high but do not indicate getting hit by one attack for that much damage all at once.