Q:chaos bolt was proved not ignore the resilience
A:We'll look into the problem,that needs a test,It's possible that we misunderstand the qualith of the fix we've made.Spells with working process like chaos bolt are very complicated,and the effect was not listed so clear like the cooldown time and DMG.I didn't do the test myself,,but we may paid attentions to those who did the test and made fedbacks.
I found the chaos bolt was effected by resilience during early testing today,the developer still thought the fix in 3.1.3 was reasonable.
chaos bolt was proved that it cannot ignore the resilience,The chaos bolt can ignore the resilence was irreal when developers were carrying on the modification,but they still thought the fix of made chaos bolt cannot ignore the damage reduction was reasonable.
In a wordd,the fix of 3.1.3 was remained and the function of resilience was not changed.
Details and other info about the change of chaos bolt
Q:Do not nerf tamage of the chaos bolt,The PVE condition of Destruction warlock was well.
A:I can't make any promise,or someone may pick that out if we make some changes in the future.
But just as I said before,we feel satisfied about the recent damage of chaos bolt(also Incinerate and burn).We didn't mean to let that ignore the damage reduction,just absorb and resisitance was enough.
The spell of damage reduction are like shield wall,barkskin,IceboundFortitude and Frost Presence;absorb like Power Word: Shield and Anti-MagicShell.So chaos bolt still can through the Anti-MagicShell
Q:Did anybody took 5 minutes to test that?Let's image the chaosbolt does in fact ignore resil.Doesn't that seem extremely managed for a 51st point talent?
A:Some people tested it. I was not the person to make the change or to test it. I have no doubt that the change was correct -- I just wasn't there to witness it first hand, they were unavailable for me to consult with when I posted this at 1 AM last night.I do most of my posting on my own hours,but unfortunately,it isn't always easy to explaning every change clearly.I try to caveat everything I say because it's impossible in a game of this size for any one person to know exactly how everything is constructed. If I was wrong, it won't be the last time.
Don't be so exciting.At least we're still happy with the Chaos Bolt damage.
Cheat Death is an absorption. So Chaos Bolt can still pierce it.
Cloak of Shadows is a resist. So Chaos Bolt can still pierce it.
There are four basic categories of spell resistance here:
Immunities -- things like Divine Shield. Chaos Bolt will not affect these.
Damage reductions -- things like Barkskin. Chaos Bolt affects these currently, but not in 3.1.3.
Absorptions -- things like Power Word: Shield. Chaos Bolt will continue to affect these.
Resistances -- things like Cloak of Shadows. Chaos Bolt will continue to affect these.
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