Hi All,

finally managed to get DAOC downloaded and connected to Uthgard, and i have to say im really impressed. It looks like all the staff are doing a great job - Thanks

I do have a quick question regarding Reavers, am i right in thinking on Live they had access to 2 insta liftaps an not just one, as is on Uthgard?

Thanks Again !

well...as far as i know they have one instant lifetap and a selfbuff offensive proc with lifedrain. Also you can use sidestyle with lifedrain proc. I really doubt that reaver should have 2 inst lifedrains. If you want 2 dds at short time play minstrel

reaver has two lifetaps after 1.80 patch, so it won't be implemented here. This server implements changes only until 1.80 patch

When I started playing my reaver on live (around 1.70 or so), reavers had 2 lifedrain on different timers, but before 1.80 it was changed so they are on the same timer.

But if you look at 1.84 patch notes :

- Soulrending Lifetap spells are now on separate timers again, for good this time. Our apologies to the community for any stress or issues this may have caused in the past.

So having the same timer on both lifetaps may be just a bug.

yeah i seem to remember they changed timers for master abilities and the reaver lifetap got a single timer.

If a bug (if it is indeed a bug) is fixed in 1.84 does that mean it will never be implemnded here?

Well on live all Hybrids and Supporter have the best two versions of their Buffs/Spells. So even high specced Clerics/Druids/Shammies can give yellow specc buffs to save concentration. Same with the Reaver who has the two best versions of his chants and lifetab. I read in a guide that the chants are on a seperated timer, didnt know this was true for the lifetab too.

yes it is true that they are on a different timer. and like you said you get the old spells too.

When I played my reaver a while ago I looked into that matter, too. As I remember my findings, the reaver had one timer originally. It was accidentally changed (post-1.80) so that reavers could use their second-to-last insta lifetap on a different timer during some ML/other spell timer overhaul.

This was reverted to the original state later. Reavers complained (of course) stating they could not do their job (rupting casters) any more without the extra insta-LT. So Mythic changed it to being 2 different timers again.

Here is a patchnote I retrieved (1.82) http://support.darkageofcamelot.com/kb/ ... php?id=854

Reaver

In 1.81 we adjusted spell timers of all classes to a new system due to overlapping issues with Sub-class abilities, Master level abilities, and class abilities. This adjustment was noted in 1.81 as follows:

"- Many spell and ability timers no longer overlap from Class Spells, Master Abilities and Sub-classing spells."

An inadvertent change to the Reaver lifetap spells occurred from this change, which allowed Reavers to cast lifetaps simultaneously instead of being limited to using one lifetap at a time. Because of this, we had to change lifetap spells back to the way they worked before. We apologize for any confusion about this issue. In the near future, we will be looking at rebalancing the Reaver class and we will pay close attention to improvements to the Soulrending line in particular.

Greetz,

Calad