Deathward no longer blocks neg levels

[Sqrlmonger]

See title

edit: it also fails to block stat damage like shadow str drain

[Firebreed]

xD

[vyvy3369]

But Fighters can heal themselves through Deathward, finally!

Please don't just revert to the old way when you fix this, it's been extremely frustrating having to choose between Deathward or being able to heal myself.

[Arkat]

I feel like this would have been an easy one for QA to test.

Am I wrong?

[Azoyhn]

But Fighters can heal themselves through Deathward, finally!

Please don't just revert to the old way when you fix this, it's been extremely frustrating having to choose between Deathward or being able to heal myself.

You could actually heal yourself if you had a deathblock item on, not the same as Death Ward, but it did protect me from death.

[Sqrlmonger]

I feel like this would have been an easy one for QA to test.

Am I wrong?

You are not wrong.

This indicates that testing was done specifically for second wind with no testing to verify that other functionality was not impacted.

[HumbleFriar]

Thank you for the quick report. We're looking into the issue.

[Cordovan]

We're looking into this.

[vyvy3369]

You could actually heal yourself if you had a deathblock item on, not the same as Death Ward, but it did protect me from death.

Yeah, I did that. And took Energy Drain immunity. You know what I didn't know before this past month? How much damage a failed PK save does.

I gave up on basically any quest with Wisps. It also made it difficult to raid. My guildies would laugh at me entering the quest and immediately running away to avoid mass buffs. I also found out to get the ghost flame's aggro so that she'd strip my deathward when people accidentally hit me with it anyway.

[Azoyhn]

Yeah, I did that. And took Energy Drain immunity. You know what I didn't know before this past month? How much damage a failed PK save does.

I gave up on basically any quest with Wisps. It also made it difficult to raid. My guildies would laugh at me entering the quest and immediately running away to avoid mass buffs. I also found out to get the ghost flame's aggro so that she'd strip my deathward when people accidentally hit me with it anyway.

Sounds like guildies are bullies. Not sure how hard it was to raid when healers should be doing their job. Ghost Flame is a pain with Skeletons if the tank doesn't have control. If you're implying you are the tank, then that's rough.

EDIT: NEGATIVE_LEVEL_THROUGH_DEATHWARD.png

[Kivandel]

There's more: DW doesn't protect against insta kills; GH doesn't protect against Fear (Mummy's Despair at least).

[vyvy3369]

Sounds like guildies are bullies. Not sure how hard it was to raid when healers should be doing their job. Ghost Flame is a pain with Skeletons if the tank doesn't have control. If you're implying you are the tank, then that's rough.

EDIT: NEGATIVE_LEVEL_THROUGH_DEATHWARD.png

Everyone has Mass Deathward these days and quite often people just throw it because they need it without thinking about who else might also receive it. As well they should, it's useful. Except when it's broken.

[Salm]

Shield spell does not block magic missles. Aren't "updates" supposed to make things better instead of worse?

[Sqrlmonger]

There's more: DW doesn't protect against insta kills; GH doesn't protect against Fear (Mummy's Despair at least).

Shield not stopping Magic Missile as well - I wasn't able to 100% confirm this but it appeared to be happening on first blush and with other issues being reported I feel safe reporting it as well.

edit: woops

Shield spell does not block magic missles. Aren't "updates" supposed to make things better instead of worse?

Didn't refresh to see this before posting the above - will leave it as a confirmation still.

[Sqrlmonger]

We're looking into this.

Please confirm ASAP that you will or will not need a rollback to fix this. I will be surprised if you do, but a confirmation will be appreciated so we can play with confidence that we are not wasting time.

Thanks.

[kpak01]

It also made it difficult to raid. My guildies would laugh at me entering the quest and immediately running away to avoid mass buffs. I also found out to get the ghost flame's aggro so that she'd strip my deathward when people accidentally hit me with it anyway.

Some people hate Featherfall. Some hate Stoneskin & Barkskin. Some hate Rage. We should just be able to click on any of our buffs and dismiss them, which would solve all these problems.

[Sqrlmonger]

Some people hate Featherfall. Some hate Stoneskin & Barkskin. Some hate Rage. We should just be able to click on any of our buffs and dismiss them, which would solve all these problems.

Sounds like you played EQ - if not that is exactly how it worked in EQ.

To be fair people were even pickier about buffs in EQ, they would want specific buffs in a specific order and would click them off if not in the proper order. Though in that system a buff clicked off left a gap and would be filled by the next buff cast. This was also in a system where dispel would start at the front of your buff list so people would put junk/clicky buffs they could replace quickly up front and important stuff towards the back.

But I digress.

[rabidfox]

Spell absorb is broken too. Things that should be absorbed aren't anymore and charges aren't going down on any of my various absorb items.

[jskinner937]

See title

edit: it also fails to block stat damage like shadow str drain

Deathward never prevented shadow strength drain. Thats what spawn screen is for.

But yeah back to square one for level drains.

[Firebreed]

Spell absorb is broken too. Things that should be absorbed aren't anymore and charges aren't going down on any of my various absorb items.

If this is true, then it is most likely a separate bug of similar nature to the OP one but related to "Spell Absorption items no longer block harmful effects used in beneficial ways by players or their party members."