daedeloth
08-20-2007, 07:50 PM
There are a couple effects on various adornments that I'm a little confused about. I play a melee Warden, which will explain a lot of my questions.
1. On Glacial Tempers the effects simply says "Slows target by X%." Does it slow movement speed, attack speed, or both? What, if anything, would it stack with?
2. On a Focus (or Finesse) of the Magi do only hostile spells count or will combat arts, such as the Warden tree CAs (or any melee class CAs, for that matter), trigger the effect? Same goes for the Jeweler's Arcane Clasp ("damage proc on hostile spell") and other such items.
3. Similarly, does the effect on various Carpenter ornaments (symbol-slot adornment) such as a Glacial Ornament or Elemental Ornament only affect spells, or will the effect extend to combat arts of the appropriate damage type (Cold Strike, Cold Fist, things like that)? Things like the Weaponsmith occult clasps specify spell damage, but that isn't clear enough. I don't see anything with "on succesful hostile combat art" listed, so I can't rule out CAs just off the text.
4. On adornments that add +parry and +riposte, such as Glancing Splints, is it necessary that the class using it has parry and riposte as a skill innately, or will they gain the % specified on the item regardless and actually be able to parry and riposte?
5. On the Jeweler's Diverting Fastening, what counts as a "Deflection?" Is it any block, parry, or riposte or only one (or two) kinds? Do dodges count?
1. On Glacial Tempers the effects simply says "Slows target by X%." Does it slow movement speed, attack speed, or both? What, if anything, would it stack with?
2. On a Focus (or Finesse) of the Magi do only hostile spells count or will combat arts, such as the Warden tree CAs (or any melee class CAs, for that matter), trigger the effect? Same goes for the Jeweler's Arcane Clasp ("damage proc on hostile spell") and other such items.
3. Similarly, does the effect on various Carpenter ornaments (symbol-slot adornment) such as a Glacial Ornament or Elemental Ornament only affect spells, or will the effect extend to combat arts of the appropriate damage type (Cold Strike, Cold Fist, things like that)? Things like the Weaponsmith occult clasps specify spell damage, but that isn't clear enough. I don't see anything with "on succesful hostile combat art" listed, so I can't rule out CAs just off the text.
4. On adornments that add +parry and +riposte, such as Glancing Splints, is it necessary that the class using it has parry and riposte as a skill innately, or will they gain the % specified on the item regardless and actually be able to parry and riposte?
5. On the Jeweler's Diverting Fastening, what counts as a "Deflection?" Is it any block, parry, or riposte or only one (or two) kinds? Do dodges count?