05-29-2003, 01:34 AM
i've been wanting to test this out some time ago. and more can only come. remember in dii.net sin room a few guys claimed that boi & fof explosion xfers claw damage? and heck double claws xfer double claw damage. that sounded like planet pluto stuff to me back then.
but not now.
last night when i *finally* got the chance to test it out... erhm well let me tell you the steps to it.
first i took a phoenix striker to a hell cow game. no i didn't do cows; what'll that prove? no instead i went to bloody foothill. why hell cow? because i wanted the life of monsters to be high. ok we all know there're two types of monsters in hell bfh; the physical immune and cold immune. perfect ground for testing blades of ice.
amplissa was killed sob. no minions were summoned. it was pure solo. i looked at my equipment; no crushing blow. no other ancilliary. good. well actually i'd have preferred to test out these too but doh it was solo remember? and i didn't have other equipments ready on hand.
my boi is at ~slvl 12. so i went to chargeup 3 time on physical immuned. lure some cold immunes to surround myself. then release my boi on the physical immune.
guess what? the cold immunes were damaged. :ph34r:
now this can't be true. maybe the bunch were spoilt-products kicked from qa. alright let's go find another batch. lure cold immunes to surround me. chargeup 3 times on physical immune and release on a different physical immune.
same result. the splash explosion from blades of ice damaged nearby cold immunes. :ph34r:
different game? same result.
range
looking at the terrific graphic depiction by rivo in the barb room, i'm guessing the actual radius of 3rd charged boi is less than range 3. heck i think some monsters in range 2 didn't get affected by the splash explosion. i know some would scream 'desynch~!' but fear not, i waited for at least 10 seconds and seeing the cold immunes hacking me then i released the boi. what is the range of these cold immunes? they can't be more than range 3 yes?
the radius of boi is definitely not round but jagged. well yeah somewhat tile-based like rivo depicted (doh).
other damage types
in the initial few releases, i noticed some cold immunes were green. erhm erh... no i am not color-blind. oops sorry i had forgotten to take out my pestilent sc. so now we know boi xfers poison from charms. someone should go test whether venom skill itself is xferrable unto boi. :P
so i double-checked and took out all other types of damage (except soj's lightning). yes the supposedly pure cold explosion from blades of ice splash-damaged cold immunes all the same.
question!
i'm not really expecting someone to disassemble the entire boi function like what hammerman did for whirlwind ( :P :P :P ) but i do hope at least some technical answers can be highlighted to explain how blades of ice really work.
thanks in advance!
losc
but not now.
last night when i *finally* got the chance to test it out... erhm well let me tell you the steps to it.
first i took a phoenix striker to a hell cow game. no i didn't do cows; what'll that prove? no instead i went to bloody foothill. why hell cow? because i wanted the life of monsters to be high. ok we all know there're two types of monsters in hell bfh; the physical immune and cold immune. perfect ground for testing blades of ice.
amplissa was killed sob. no minions were summoned. it was pure solo. i looked at my equipment; no crushing blow. no other ancilliary. good. well actually i'd have preferred to test out these too but doh it was solo remember? and i didn't have other equipments ready on hand.
my boi is at ~slvl 12. so i went to chargeup 3 time on physical immuned. lure some cold immunes to surround myself. then release my boi on the physical immune.
guess what? the cold immunes were damaged. :ph34r:
now this can't be true. maybe the bunch were spoilt-products kicked from qa. alright let's go find another batch. lure cold immunes to surround me. chargeup 3 times on physical immune and release on a different physical immune.
same result. the splash explosion from blades of ice damaged nearby cold immunes. :ph34r:
different game? same result.
range
looking at the terrific graphic depiction by rivo in the barb room, i'm guessing the actual radius of 3rd charged boi is less than range 3. heck i think some monsters in range 2 didn't get affected by the splash explosion. i know some would scream 'desynch~!' but fear not, i waited for at least 10 seconds and seeing the cold immunes hacking me then i released the boi. what is the range of these cold immunes? they can't be more than range 3 yes?
the radius of boi is definitely not round but jagged. well yeah somewhat tile-based like rivo depicted (doh).
other damage types
in the initial few releases, i noticed some cold immunes were green. erhm erh... no i am not color-blind. oops sorry i had forgotten to take out my pestilent sc. so now we know boi xfers poison from charms. someone should go test whether venom skill itself is xferrable unto boi. :P
so i double-checked and took out all other types of damage (except soj's lightning). yes the supposedly pure cold explosion from blades of ice splash-damaged cold immunes all the same.
question!
i'm not really expecting someone to disassemble the entire boi function like what hammerman did for whirlwind ( :P :P :P ) but i do hope at least some technical answers can be highlighted to explain how blades of ice really work.
thanks in advance!
losc