Domihaus set not doing the damage as intended

Aragorn79

I have been using the Domihaus monster set for about a month now and wanted to test it in comparison to other monster sets like Grothdarr that also do damage over time. So when the set procs with the ring of fire, the enemies or monsters inside the ring do not take damage. It says on the skill that it will do damage (flame or physical) for 10 seconds. But I tested this with the proc active and the monsters inside the ring were not taking any damage at all. Compared with the Grothdarr set, where monsters take the damage from the proc and you can see them taking the damage, here nothing happens and the health of the monsters is not being diminished. So I ask ZOS to investigate what the problem with the damage of the proc of this set here is. Thanks.

Playing on PC EU. Set tested on a mag toon, so ring of fire and flame damage expected.
Just to clarify, set is being activated, ring of fire appears as intended after doing damage BUT, monsters inside the ring do not take the damage they otherwise should be taking from the set alone.

Froil

It's been known since Horns of the Reach was on PTS that Domihaus doesn't/isn't supposed to do damage inside the ring, only on the edge. That's a big reason why it isn't really used much.

OG_Kaveman

i mean, it is pretty clear that the ring is the only part that deals damage from the description

When you deal damage, you have a 15% chance to create either a ring of fire or ring of molten earth around you for 10 seconds, which deals 11-1000 Flame damage or 11-1000 Physical damage every 1 second. Standing within the ring grants you 2-200 Spell Damage or 2-200 Weapon Damage. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.

compared to grothdarr-

When you deal damage, you have a 10% chance create [sic] lava pools that swirl around you, dealing 20-1800 Flame damage to all enemies within 8 meters of you every 1 second for 5 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.

Ring around you..deals damage VS lava pools swirls arounds you.. damage to all enemies within 8 meters

that said every time this set is on the golden, i say the same thing, either the procs damage needs to be the entire area inside the ring, not just the edge or the weapon/spell damage needs to be amped to like 350. either one would bring this set up to usefulness, both would be preferred.

Aragorn79

Thank you for your clarifications. For me it was not clear from the description that the damage is only the ring itself and not the area inside, since that doesn't make sense, but now at least I understand it. Thanks.

nickl413

I actually don't think that the description is very clear, and I assumed the same thing the OP assumed. Especially since the second sentence says you get a dmg buff when standing "within" the ring." Who would assume that one area does one thing and a different area does something else? Putting "within the ring" in the second sentence without being more specific in the first sentence, kind of insinuates that the ring and everywhere within is the effective area. Definitely needs rewording.

macsmooth

I still think this set is good for one thing and that’s one of the best looking helmets in the game

SodanTok

nickl413 wrote: »

I actually don't think that the description is very clear, and I assumed the same thing the OP assumed. Especially since the second sentence says you get a dmg buff when standing "within" the ring." Who would assume that one area does one thing and a different area does something else? Putting "within the ring" in the second sentence without being more specific in the first sentence, kind of insinuates that the ring and everywhere within is the effective area. Definitely needs rewording.

"Create ring that deals damage, standing inside ring gives weapon damage" There are only 2 possible paths to misunderstand the set. One is not understanding what ring means, second is assuming ZoS doesnt know what ring means

VaranisArano

SodanTok wrote: »

nickl413 wrote: »

I actually don't think that the description is very clear, and I assumed the same thing the OP assumed. Especially since the second sentence says you get a dmg buff when standing "within" the ring." Who would assume that one area does one thing and a different area does something else? Putting "within the ring" in the second sentence without being more specific in the first sentence, kind of insinuates that the ring and everywhere within is the effective area. Definitely needs rewording.

"Create ring that deals damage, standing inside ring gives weapon damage" There are only 2 possible paths to misunderstand the set. One is not understanding what ring means, second is assuming ZoS doesnt know what ring means

This is a very common source of confusion, actually, to the point that it comes up fairly regularly on the forums. As a teacher, I'd prefer that ZOS fix the wording to clarify something that does regularly cause misunderstandings.

However nonsensical, it is intended that only those enemies standing ON the ring take damage, not those inside.

It wouldn't be hard to change the wording to make that completely clear.

SodanTok

VaranisArano wrote: »

SodanTok wrote: »

nickl413 wrote: »

I actually don't think that the description is very clear, and I assumed the same thing the OP assumed. Especially since the second sentence says you get a dmg buff when standing "within" the ring." Who would assume that one area does one thing and a different area does something else? Putting "within the ring" in the second sentence without being more specific in the first sentence, kind of insinuates that the ring and everywhere within is the effective area. Definitely needs rewording.

"Create ring that deals damage, standing inside ring gives weapon damage" There are only 2 possible paths to misunderstand the set. One is not understanding what ring means, second is assuming ZoS doesnt know what ring means

This is a very common source of confusion, actually, to the point that it comes up fairly regularly on the forums. As a teacher, I'd prefer that ZOS fix the wording to clarify something that does regularly cause misunderstandings.

However nonsensical, it is intended that only those enemies standing ON the ring take damage, not those inside.

It wouldn't be hard to change the wording to make that completely clear.

I know. My point was more that the tooltip isnt lying and is saying exactly what. Problem is nobody expects this behavior despite the tooltip so I definitely agree the tooltip should have been triple more precise about it or better yet, the set should never have this odd mechanic