Maelstrom Bow tooltip Question

NagualV · February 2016

Hello all

I was hoping someone experienced/knowledgeable could explain something to me please. I was looking over maelstrom weapon enchantments(google) and noticed this tooltip for the maelstrom bow -

"Increases the damage of volley by 8 per 0.5 seconds, stacking over the duration of volley..."

I am trying to read this and understand exactly what it means, but I have failed. I know that the normal volley tooltip gives a value (we'll say 1000 for arguments sake) and that 1000 damage occurs every 0.5 seconds. What I don't understand is how "8" factors in to this new enchantment, and how it "stacks". I don't believe it means 1008, 1016, etc. If someone who has the bow (or knowledge of it) could clarify it would be much apreciated. Thanks.

ShadowDisciple · February 2016

deals 8 every 0.5...preety straight forward...

if it did 100 dmg normaly every 0.5, now it deals 108 every 0.5

CP5 · February 2016

That information is from the initial pts run, the damage has been buffed a lot and it has a bit more of the damage front loaded so overall the damage can add up to some decent numbers.

Paulington · February 2016

That's exactly how it works. My volley does 905 flame damage every 0.5 sec and my Maelstrom bow gives +161 damage per tick increasing by 56 every 0.5 seconds. So it then accumulates.

T0: 1,066
T0.5: 1,122
T1: 1,178
T1.5: 1,234
T2: 1,290
...
T8: 1,962.

CP5 · February 2016

Paulington wrote: »

That's exactly how it works. My volley does 905 flame damage every 0.5 sec and my Maelstrom bow gives +161 damage per tick increasing by 56 every 0.5 seconds. So it then accumulates.

T0: 1,066
T0.5: 1,122
T1: 1,178
T1.5: 1,234
T2: 1,290
...
T8: 1,962.

To add, the lingering aoe left by scorched earth maintains the damage build-up, but if you recast the skill the bonus damage for both the lingering aoe and the skill itself will reset.

NagualV · February 2016

Thank you all for the clarification.

Kammakazi · February 2016

Paulington wrote: »

That's exactly how it works. My volley does 905 flame damage every 0.5 sec and my Maelstrom bow gives +161 damage per tick increasing by 56 every 0.5 seconds. So it then accumulates.

T0: 1,066
T0.5: 1,122
T1: 1,178
T1.5: 1,234
T2: 1,290
...
T8: 1,962.

Edit: Forget what I said LOL