The Light of the 2.4 Combat Log
Posted 4 months ago at 7:02 pm. 1 comment
Personally, I can’t wait. 2.4 promises to include something that will break several of my add-ons and I’m actually quite excited about it. Blizzard is changing the way the combat log works and it’s already exposed several misconceptions that players have and even a bug with Shiv.
First, there’s the Shiv bug that was reported back on March 14th that Shiv, contrary to popular opinion, can be dodged and very likely parried and blocked as well. CM Hortus replied,
I’ve spoken with the devs and shiv not being missed or dodged is a bug and was never intended. The changes to the combat log revealed some problems with how this spell is coded and it is being worked on.
Second, we have a very recent post by a Priest casting Shadow Word: Death on a Rogue and getting a nasty surprise.
Rogue gains Cheat Death.
Your Shadow Word: Death is absorbed by Rogue.
You suffer 732 Shadow damage from Shadow Word: Death.
Cheat Death can save a Rogue from Shadow Word: Death and still counts as damage dealt for the spell. Therefore, the Priest suffered an extra 732 damage from their own spell. Again, CM Hortus came back that it was not a bug and working as intended.
First, this isn’t new to the PTR so it doesn’t belong in this forum.
Second this is not a a bug. Absorbed damage is still considered to be dealt.
I’m sure this might have been visible before but I think the combat log is going to make situations like this a lot more visible.
I believe it should make all theorycrafting much easier to categorize and quantify and it’s probably one of the thing I’m most excited about from 2.4.
