11-07-2003, 10:44 PM
LavCat, the damage of about 2500 that you are applying to the other characters (and yourself) is the Enchant Skill amount (including the synergy and the Fire Mastery effect). When someone does a melee attack they are also getting the passive_fire_mastery attribute applied to their damage also. This passive_fire_mastery comes on a small handful of items and from the sorceress Fire Mastery skill. In the case of a sorceress throwing the enchant on herself, she is first getting the benefit of the mastery in setting up the damage that the Enchant skill does and again when using a melee attack (effectively FM^2). For other players they are only getting the effect of your mastery once.
There is no penalty to the damage from enchant when using a missile weapon other than the mastery is not being applied to it a second time as does with the melee attacks.
There is no penalty to the damage from enchant when using a missile weapon other than the mastery is not being applied to it a second time as does with the melee attacks.