Fire Nova Kill Credit

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10-17-2008, 03:31 AM
Souca

Fire Nova Kill Credit

So I was looking around the bug report and support forums trying to find an answer to my hunter bug when I came across this gem:

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10. No experience, loot or quest credit for mobs killed exclusively by pets or totems.
Example: A shaman uses Fire Nova Totem to kill several quest NPCs and gets no credit.
This is an intended behavior, a player must do damage to an NPC for it to give credit.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...08205229&sid=1

So am I just wrong in thinking that I used to get credit for running in and dropping a fire nova and getting credit for kills? Also, does anyone else see this as being a crappy set up for Shaman. I can understand the logic behind it, you shouldn't be able to send out a pet, or even drop a searing totem, and just let the XP role in. Fire Nova however is pretty much the only viable AoE a shaman has. Additionally, its a one use spell, so I'm not sure I can see how it is any different than Blastwave or any other cast AoE. Thoughts?

- Souca -
10-17-2008, 03:40 AM
Siaea

I was very disappointed when I figured that out as well, because 5 nova totems make a helluva bit o' damage. Earth eles also don't give credit, if you let one kill something while you attack something else. I always just pull with a chain lightning to make sure most or all mobs are 'tagged'.
10-17-2008, 05:11 AM
Nepida

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Originally Posted by 'Siaea',index.php?page=Thread&postID=135056#post13 5056

I was very disappointed when I figured that out as well, because 5 nova totems make a helluva bit o' damage. Earth eles also don't give credit, if you let one kill something while you attack something else. I always just pull with a chain lightning to make sure most or all mobs are 'tagged'.

Hmm, I don't remember ever getting credit when my fire nova totems killed a mob (that I hadn't touched with another spell)
10-17-2008, 07:41 AM
Toned

Uh... Thunderstorm to the rescue. Or roll a paladin for consecration.
10-17-2008, 10:02 AM
Drakkun

This was changed long time ago when level 60 shaman were soloing low level instances by pulling a bunch of mobs and letting their totems kill them.