Elysium Illumination damaging Elves in Vertas Pass

02/05/2020 20:52
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? No
Details: After spending some time in the Vertas Pass control point I noticed my combat log had lines saying that I had hit the Elves doing damage with Elysian Illumination.
Steps to Reproduce: Go fight elves in Vertas Pass control point with Elysium Illumination in use.
User Specs:
OS: Linux 5.0 Ubuntu 18.04 64bit
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor (16) System RAM: 64417
GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 GPU RAM: 6144
SotA.Linux.64.1113.Date.02.01.20
Area: POT_grassland_metropolis_01a_template/Iron Gate
Area Display Name: Iron Gate
Loc: (30.5, 44.5, -15.4)
Debug: UE9UX2dyYXNzbGFuZF9tZXRyb3BvbGlzXzAxYV90ZW1wbGF0ZXxJcm9uIEdhdGV8KDMwLjUzNCwgNDQuNTAxLCAtMTUuNDA1KXwoMCwgLTAuMDExLCAwLCAxKXwtMS4yMDY4ODV8MjguNDA0NTR8MTMuNDc4MQ==

 

There was at least one bug submitted quite some time ago about Elysian Illumination damaging anything, not just undead. I know I submitted one myself at one point. Not sure if the skill description needs to be changed or the spell fixed to only damage undead.

I have around 100 rabbit carcasses due to Elysian Illumination. I should make some rabbit stew sometime.

 

Why would this be a bug? You can attack anything with any sun spell .. why is Elysian Illumination's sun damage any different from the other sun spells? If anything the bug is in the skill tooltip's description. It should read "Summon a beam of light that heals friends. Also damages and reveals enemies near the player."

 

It's a bug because the spell description says that it damages undead. Admittedly it doesn't say "damages only undead", but then again, fireball doesn't say "damages everything". That makes it either a bug in the spell description, or the spell itself.

 

Obviously it's not the spell itself. Or else all of the Sun damaging spells would be bugged. It's an error in the description due to the fact that all other sun damage spells affect anything.

 

I disagree.

The description states: "Summons a beam of light that heals those near the player, damages undead, and reveals hidden enemies." I would say that is pretty clear on what it is intended to do. i.e. only damage undead not your average bunny as it is only a beam of light not a laser. It damages undead as they are traditionally susceptible to daylight (a la Vampires).

By comparison Searing Ray specifically states it is a searing light and Solar Flare is a "wave of energy" not light. Those are the only other damaging spells in Sun and they both specifically state they do extra damage to undead.

 

While I do not fully dismiss your argument. I do think that a beam of light should/would be capable of causing damage to anything let alone a mere rabbit. It only takes slight augmentation via a magnifying glass to turn a beam of solar light into a weapon capable of mass genocide on various species of insect. Is there no likeness to insects in real life of a lowly rabbit in game?

 

The concept of Elysium illumination is that it's meant to be a HEAL, that is why is should only damage undead.

I reported this bug over 30 releases ago and it never changed, I doubt it will anytime soon.