Damage over Time (DOT) spells not affected by Spell Duration
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 5:14 pm
As a Mana spec mentalist, when using my DoT spells I am expecting my Spell duration bonus to have an effect on the duration of DOT spells since it is duration based. A quick test on the Training Dummies shows that this isn't actually being factored in.
In the above image, you can see that the DOT hit for 4 ticks. Its delve is that it damage every 2.5 seconds and has a duration of 10 seconds. So it hit at 0 seconds, 2.5 seconds, 5.0 seconds and 7.5 seconds. If this was affected by spell duration I should have seen one more tick since the spell should last an extra 2.5 seconds.
In the above image, you can see that the DOT hit for 12 ticks... 6 ticks for each dummy. Its delve is that it damages every 2.0 seconds and has a duration of 12 seconds. So it hit at 0 seconds, 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 6 seconds, 8 seconds and 10 seconds. If this was affected by spell duration I should have seen two more ticks since the spell should last an extra 3 seconds. (12 second mark and 14 second mark)
Side bar of this issue... shouldn't the DOT spells also tick another time without spell duration since it lasts 10 seconds and 12 seconds respectively? So 5 ticks for the baseline DOT (0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0) and 7 ticks for the specline DOT? (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12)
Thank you very kindly for your time reviewing this bug report!
In the above image, you can see that the DOT hit for 4 ticks. Its delve is that it damage every 2.5 seconds and has a duration of 10 seconds. So it hit at 0 seconds, 2.5 seconds, 5.0 seconds and 7.5 seconds. If this was affected by spell duration I should have seen one more tick since the spell should last an extra 2.5 seconds.
In the above image, you can see that the DOT hit for 12 ticks... 6 ticks for each dummy. Its delve is that it damages every 2.0 seconds and has a duration of 12 seconds. So it hit at 0 seconds, 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 6 seconds, 8 seconds and 10 seconds. If this was affected by spell duration I should have seen two more ticks since the spell should last an extra 3 seconds. (12 second mark and 14 second mark)
Side bar of this issue... shouldn't the DOT spells also tick another time without spell duration since it lasts 10 seconds and 12 seconds respectively? So 5 ticks for the baseline DOT (0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0) and 7 ticks for the specline DOT? (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12)
Thank you very kindly for your time reviewing this bug report!