Runes of Magic US / AU

Title: Warlock Attack Skills Do Random Damage On Same Exact Target

Description: When attacking the same exact target, with or without buffs and without putting debuffs on them (though the debuffs don't affect the random damage), any attack that deals dark damage does random damage even if both are crits or noncrits. I can't say whether it's higher or lower than normal because there is no normal due to the issue being random. I did some calculations using Psychic Arrows since it would be the easiest to test since it has no cooldown, but from my experience, any skill that deals dark damage does the same thing.

Server: Reni

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My combo is warlock/priest. The only buff I had on was sublimation weave curse (30min buff of 6% attributes), and both of those hits were on the same exact target. The target I had attacked had no buff on it and it did not cast a buff onto itself between the two hits.

EDIT: Also, I wouldn't have reported it as a bug if I didn't already check if I had a burn buff that ran out or if the mob had a damage reducing buff on it. The only time I don't pay attention to buffs are during siege war. I tested my damage on a mob that didn't have a buff on it, for the specific reason that it'd be inconsistent due to the buff.

I've had this issue all throughout lvling the character. most noticable with psychic arrows as it is the only attack that doesn't have a cooldown so i can immediately see the correlation between hits, though i have hit for 300k crit off of Heart Collection Strike when it has it's boost while others times with it's boost it hits for half that on the same mob (different target but same buffs as when hitting the other one since that instant has a 7 second cooldown on it.

And this happens inconsistantly. Sometimes I'm already hitting a target and doing the 1/2 damage then it jumps up to the double damage which usually ends up killing the target. I'm pretty sure that it's not just for warlock/priest since my guild leader also has a warlock/mage alt and its hits go everywhere, too. There is also a warlock/warrior in my guild that's hits go everywhere, as well.

I know that hits aren't consistent for every class. but like you said, the difference is nearly unnoticeable. The doubled damage (or halved as that also happens) is very noticeable though. Bandit Thug is a red mob inside Muckgale Port in Wailing Fjord. I made sure it did not have a buff on it such as Tenacity, Arduous, Frenzy, etc. By 1-shotting mobs, do you mean testing the skill on the lvl 1 1hp mobs? Or do you mean it in a different way?

When I attacked the bandit thug, the only buff I had on me was Sublimation Weave Curse. I do not believe that Healing Fortune went off after the first attack, as that was the bottom of my action bar, the previous parts happening about an hour prior because I needed to afk after testing for dinner. I also know that this issue is not just for warllock/priest as my warlock/warrior friend gets double damage as well. My guild leader's warlock/mage alt gets double damage too.

EDIT: I just tested my hits on lvl 1 mobs to test to see if I was randomly breaking the magic defense cap like ftwoplay hypothesized, and I did about 276k crit on one of them while I did a crit for over 500k on a different (same name and area) lvl 1 mob. So, if I was randomly breaking it, then I guess I surpassed the magic defense cap? I don't know. I'm not exactly sure which damage is the "correct" damage that I should be doing. I'd like to think that it's the double damage since that would make warlocks a lot more viable for endgame damage, but again, not sure.

As this hasn't seemed to be touched in a while, I decided to do a few screenshots done one right after the other. Both were in Dungeon of Dalanis Normal on the first boss. The buffs I had on were my pet, Loaf of Handmade Black Bread, Hero Potion, Regenerate (10% buff to int and wis), Surge of Awareness, Dark Halo, Abyss Footsteps (stacked 10 times), Sublimation Weave Curse,Moti Blended Sausage, Aoth Mysticism Cape (buff), and the magic house buff (not both. just the magic crit one. no matk increase). I used Spreading Pain as my first attack (casts Weakening Weave Curse, Soul Pain, and Perception Extraction instantly at the same time).

While I was testing my dps in there, I noticed that my last hit (which was Puzzlement) hit the first time for about 890k and then the second time over 1.3mil. So, In decided to take a screenshot of both hits. While scrolling to find the first Puzzlement, I saw warp charge with a crit of about 300k damage. I took a screenshot of the second warp charge, and then the first puzzlement (Already took a screenshot of the second puzzlement). I then found the first warp charge I used, and it had a crit of about 600k, so I took a screenshot of that, too. EDIT: The second time I forgot to reequip my Juggler Cape, resulting in slightly altered results. Even so, the damage from the second is still greater than the first one.

While I know some of you might ask if any of my burn buffs wore off, they did not (Weakening Weave Curse's debuff on the the boss did not wear off, either.). So, without any further ado.... More screenshots.

Still not fixed fully. Now, instead of doubling whenever you use rising tide no matter what, it will only double (and stay doubled until next magical hit) if rising tide is off of cd.

An additional skill that is bugged for warlocks: Warp Charge. It states that it does 30% more damage when the target is affected by the debuff Weakened. When using Warp Charge when it cannot be used and the target is Weakened, it will boost your mdmg by 30% Until the next magic damaging hit.