Please update the spell descriptions / tooltips ...

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

Hello,

many of the old spell descriptions / tooltips contain a lot of information which enable me, as a non-mechanics, non-math guy, enable me to understand and place them into the existing system of spells.

Like, for example, the information, to which school the spell belongs to.

Newer and changed spell descriptions, especially those from the Feywild Illusuionist tree, lack many of these informations. They often lack´the information, for example, to which school they belong.

Those who play this game for a long time, or know it very well from the pen & paper role playing rule, know which spells are what kind of spells, and to which school they belong.
Hence, this is a typical example of the "curse of knowledge" (see the Wikipedia article about that), which can be seen that information which is believed that "everybody knows it" is omitted, but Newbies just don't play the game long enough to know it.

Given the fact that DDO is an extremely math and mechanics heavy game, these informations are essential for pure Newies in understanding how everything works internally.

Except, of course, one is an action-rpg player is simply isn't interested in ANY kind of mechanics.

Well, overall, the spell descriptions / tooltips are very noticeably different from one another, if I look at older ones and at newer ones.

Alrik

[Nugaot]

I absolutely agree, spell and spell-like ability descriptions should be standardized across the board. The way that class spell descriptions are shown where it shows your current DC, and the school the spell is from is perfect, all SLAs should look like that.

I find it interesting that you call out Feydark Illusionist specifically, as the descriptions on the abilities are, in my opinion, much better than they are on some other SLAs. I have a much easier time knowing the DC of my Greater Colour Spray than I do, say Cometfall from the Angel of Vengeance tree. The illusionist tree at least provides a comprehensive breakdown of the DC being 17+highest mental stat mod+illusion bonuses.

Still though, spell descriptions for all spells should be presented in the same way. I'd also be happy to see this for rune arms too.

[SoVeryBelgian]

I absolutely agree, spell and spell-like ability descriptions should be standardized across the board. The way that class spell descriptions are shown where it shows your current DC, and the school the spell is from is perfect, all SLAs should look like that.

I find it interesting that you call out Feydark Illusionist specifically, as the descriptions on the abilities are, in my opinion, much better than they are on some other SLAs. I have a much easier time knowing the DC of my Greater Colour Spray than I do, say Cometfall from the Angel of Vengeance tree. The illusionist tree at least provides a comprehensive breakdown of the DC being 17+highest mental stat mod+illusion bonuses.

Still though, spell descriptions for all spells should be presented in the same way. I'd also be happy to see this for rune arms too.

+1 Agreed

Tooltip either needs to be simplified with DC listed internally OR more comprehensively across the board, allowing the user to more easily calculate the DC and determine the school and function themselves.