by Macnair » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:48 pm
I am trying to understand the relationship of our current top three poison dots. I have at present:
Nectar of Pain, level 70: 680 damage per tick for 660 mana, -30 resist adjustment
Nectar of Agony, level 74, 703 damage per tick for 683 mana, -30 resist adjustment
Vengeance of Ankhaul, level 75, 558 damage per tick for 742 mana, no resist adjustment.
I have Rank I of the 74 and 75 spells. I know that for Rank II and III the resist adjustment improves on both of them, and that the damage and mana cost on each increases (the damage per mana ratio remains the same). I know that the Nectar spells say that the damage decays over time, but Lucy apparently cannot parse exactly what that means, and I have not been able to see what the difference is, either.
It appears to me that Nectar of Pain (70) is a significantly more powerful spell than Vengeance of Ankhaul (75). It causes more damage, costs less mana, and lands more reliably. It appears to me that Nectar of Agony (74) is a small upgrade from Nectar of Pain (same efficiency, slightly higher damage, better resist adjustment at higher ranks); and that Vengeance of Ankhaul is a downgrade to both of them (lower damage, higher cost, equivalent resist adjustment only at Rank III).
So my question is, does anyone know how much the Nectar spells actually decrease in damage, per tick? And is Vengeance actually supposed to cause more damage, if all the spells run full term?