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Wryxian

Blizzard Poster

0. Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 00:44:50 PST

We changed how the game handles debuffs (i.e. negative state effects on targets) on creatures with Wrath of the Lich King. The old hard cap of 40 debuffs on a target no longer effectively exists. You can now apply way more debuffs to a target without them dropping off before their duration expires. The default WoW UI will not normally display all these debuffs, but they really are still there!

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~ Buddha

Marghor

< Deadlock >

Twisting Nether

2. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 00:48:37 PST

And why was this made? Is it needed?

Zungate, 70 Dwarf Hunter
Zungate, 70 Bloodelf Paladin
Menaril, 70 Draenei Priest
Marghor, 73 Orc Death Knight

Ruu

< COOL STORY BRO >

The Maelstrom

3. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 00:49:40 PST

Q u o t e:
And why was this made? Is it needed?

It's about time. Now you can stack affliction locks for MASSIVE DAMAGE (oh wait)!

Belf Males are Metrosexual: I'm surprised their race hasn't died out, not from having no magic too feed from, but from syphilis.

Marghor

< Deadlock >

Twisting Nether

4. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 00:58:46 PST

Q u o t e:
It's about time. Now you can stack affliction locks for MASSIVE DAMAGE (oh wait)!

Hah, that's what i thought at first.. "Yay for mass stacking... wait.. "

Zungate, 70 Dwarf Hunter
Zungate, 70 Bloodelf Paladin
Menaril, 70 Draenei Priest
Marghor, 73 Orc Death Knight

Silverlight

< Battlestar >

Thunderhorn

5. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 01:02:01 PST

This is amazing it was starting to be a big problem, it cropped up at the end of TBC and its even worse now with affliction viable and deathkngihts and there gazillion debuffs.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
And the science gets done.
And you make a neat gun for the people who are still alive.

Hostage

< Void Zone >

Bronze Dragonflight

6. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 01:29:13 PST

ye good change tbh all classes getting more and more debuffs so 40wasnt that hard to reach at all >.>

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Azraelle

< The Chain of Dogs >

Burning Legion

7. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 01:35:53 PST

So Barman Shanker is allowed again?

Hostage

< Void Zone >

Bronze Dragonflight

8. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 01:38:20 PST

Q u o t e:
So Barman Shanker is allowed again?

;)

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Dakar

Shattered Halls

9. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 01:54:18 PST

Q u o t e:
So Barman Shanker is allowed again?

lol, good one!

[ Post edited by Dakar ]

Silverlight

< Battlestar >

Thunderhorn

10. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 05:17:44 PST

lol

no barmans NO MORTAL STRIKE no SW:P ect ect

god i remember the days when it was 8 debuff slots oh god that was hell

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
And the science gets done.
And you make a neat gun for the people who are still alive.

Aliya

< Atic Atac >

Frostmane

11. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 05:23:20 PST

No more MF misses \o/.

Yes there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on

Gruntorz

< Lowlands >

Laughing Skull

12. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 05:37:03 PST

Sweet

-Gruntorz

Worldie

< Fleetwood >

Twilight's Hammer

13. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 06:30:38 PST

Actually i'd be more interested in knowing if this applies with the buff limit as well.

Cause i always see buffs fading due to this overstacking of raid buffs.

Worldie - 80 BE Tankadin (Twilight's Hammer)
Uord - 7x Undead prot Warrior (Twilight's Hammer)
Darkworldie - 6x BE DK (Twilight's Hammer)

Tanking... srs business

Faluzure

< Aeternus >

Dragonblight

14. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 04/12/2008 16:33:25 PST

Will the default Blizz UI favor showing your own debuffs of those of someone else? As a DK, it's important to know your diseases are up there for the purposes of strikes. They may fall off, or miss etc, and unless you actually see the buff (whether it's there or not) you are going to waste runes trying to reapply it until you can see it.

I use the addon Xperl, and it shows my own buffs larger than the rest. Is this something the default blizz UI does too? can we be certain that if one of our own debuffs doesn't show up there, that it's not there? Personally when you are in a raid and there's 40 debuffs + on the boss you stop being interested in anyone else's but your own (for the most part).

Signatures are for noobs.

Flexis

< Shinasu >

Draenor

15. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 05/12/2008 00:58:00 PST

Every Fire / Frostfire Mage crit, will now make a seperate ignite?
I mean, so the Ignite"bug" is solved?

Minnie

Eonar

16. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 05/12/2008 01:27:18 PST

Q u o t e:
Will the default Blizz UI favor showing your own debuffs of those of someone else? As a DK, it's important to know your diseases are up there for the purposes of strikes. They may fall off, or miss etc, and unless you actually see the buff (whether it's there or not) you are going to waste runes trying to reapply it until you can see it.

I use the addon Xperl, and it shows my own buffs larger than the rest. Is this something the default blizz UI does too?

Yes the default UI shows your debuffs first, slightly larger icons than the others.

Girlie 70 hunter, Minnie 70 priest (retired)

Woozah

< Rage >

Tarren Mill

17. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 05/12/2008 04:02:30 PST

Q u o t e:
And why was this made? Is it needed?

Yes, it has been quite needed, atleast for progress raids, because now rogues can use deadly poison without deleting half of the raids debuffs.

Krematoria

< Ensidia >

Magtheridon

18. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 05/12/2008 04:03:37 PST

Q u o t e:

Yes, it has been quite needed, atleast for progress raids, because now rogues can use deadly poison without deleting half of the raids debuffs.

Dont hate on ma poisons :(

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Roflmegatron

Hellscream

19. Re: Debuff Cap Removed 05/12/2008 07:45:22 PST

Q u o t e:
So Barman Shanker is allowed again?

Winner :)

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