Smite Evil "Smitten" Attack power?

[doubledge]

I'm not sure anyone's noticed, but Smite Evil's now adding a nifty little debuff to targets you hit, regardless if they're evil or not. Hillariously enough, this debuff is called "Smitten". It is applied as "You affect ____ with smitten".


Reading the buff and copying it's description, there's a bit of confusing text. (Took about 8 smites to get the whole thing written out: Wanted to make sure i was getting it perfectly, and the debuff only lasts 8ish seconds on my Paladin (i'm pretty sure it's 1 second of duration per paladin level)

Smitten: Target recieves -1 Attack Power, Weapon damage, saves, and skill checks.


I'm not exactly sure if it's supposed to be To-Hit, or if the brand new Melee Power stuff in the Dev Diaries is leaking.

If someone could run some tests on this and what it does, i'd be much appreciative.

[Scrabbler]

Smitten has been happening for 3+ years.

[doubledge]

Smitten has been happening for 3+ years.

... and what does it mean by Attack Power?
(Go figure. I guess i've never been looking at the effects bar of enemies when i used to play paladin. Now i feel a bit stupid.)

[Mercureal]

... and what does it mean by Attack Power?
(Go figure. I guess i've never been looking at the effects bar of enemies when i used to play paladin. Now i feel a bit stupid.)

From that wording, I strongly suspect that by -1 "Attack Power" it means -1 to hit.

[Seikojin]

Well, considering how attack power is becoming something. -1 may be -1% damage, since melee power is becoming a thing that adds % = to melee power.

[doubledge]

Well, considering how attack power is becoming something. -1 may be -1% damage, since melee power is becoming a thing that adds % = to melee power.

which is exactly what i'm trying to figure out lol

I'm assuming it's -1 To-hit, but from the way it's worded, it could be anything.

[Mercureal]

I don't think there's anything labelled Attack Power that is being introduced (unless there's something in one of the Dev threads I missed). There is Melee Power, but it's extremely unlikely that this effect is related to that in any way.