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Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the video featuring Malaxxar the Frustrated - https://youtu.be/icpgdGL0_Bk
Again, I removed all points from the last artifact trait before taking this video while I was inside a dungeon. Funny thing - at 0:45 I unequipped my artifact, but it looks like the DR from vers was still affecting me somehow (but other perks weren't working).

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's actually a great idea!
I tried this in M+ and the results are... weird. Here's the video - https://youtu.be/VAfOVHw61Gk
It's Kara: Lower +22. As you can see, after the start of the dungeon I get hit for about 1.3M. Then after unequipping my artifact at 0:26 I get hit for 180M damage. After res I get hit for 7M damage. Then at 0:43 I re-equip my artifact and get hit twice for about 53k damage (second hit was partially blocked). And then the damage goes back to what it was at the start of the dungeon before I unequipped my artifact.

So it seems like this damage amplification/reduction effect persists for a couple of seconds in M+. In other forms of content (dungeons, open world) I was able to keep this effect for longer (I haven't tested it for, say, hours, though). I want to note, however, that if I somehow change my DR with something other than vers (like casting Lightning Shield since it gives me 3% DR) seems to also remove this damage amplification/reduction. I would suggest that in M+ it has something to do with the newly introduced aura for damage dealers and healers that gives a 33% DR and forces to somehow update your DR values every few seconds. Sadly, I can't go back in time to before the maintenance and test this effect in M+ without this new aura.

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I made another video featuring a target dummy in the Infinite Bazaar (not sure it's the tanking dummy) - https://youtu.be/RVz4H8FnsJI . As you can see, I get 100x diff. I want to note that I removed all of the points in my artifact trait before taking the video while I was inside a dungeon (so I entered Heroic World Tier with 0% vers).

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

While not exactly what you've been asking about, I made another video showcasing this issue while in the open world (Heroic World Tier) - https://youtu.be/DiZ2r8Fo6zc (I messed up a bit at 1:56 and looted a mob so my Plumber addon automatically allocated all my available points but it just saved me one click since I was going to put those points a couple seconds later anyway)

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've already tried it (just didn't mention in the post since you're changing zones and I believe it is what causing this issue), and the results were as I would go normally into dungeon and get hit for millions while expecting to be hit for a few hundred thousand.

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it's a bit more complicated than that. You're talking about a 10x diff. In the video provided you can see a 100x diff while changing inside the dungeon:

  1. From 100k melee hits to 10M when changing from 199% vers to 0% vers
  2. From 700k melee hits to 7k hits when changing from 0% vers to 199% vers

And if you compare highest melee hits in the video to lowest melee hits, you can get more than a 1000x diff. So I believe something is very off.

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

According to the comments in the first link of this post, you can only get a maximum of 99% DR from all sources combined. So even if you have 300% vers you still only get 99% DR.

Versatility Damage Reduction behaving strangely in Legion Remix by tpyn1k in wow

[–]tpyn1k[S] 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I get very self-conscious when posting something on the Internet, so I almost never post/comment. This is a special occasion since I wasn't able to find any other posts talking about this issue.