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Shadow weaver's 4-set bonus - bugged?

mell321mell321 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
edited May 2013 in The Library
After getting 4 parts of the SW set I've tested it on the target dummies in town. It seems rather buggy and inconsistent. It is supposed to grant 5% crit severity per stack of Measured Spellcasting but it only gives 3%. Also it seems to completely stop working alltogether very often (not sure why). Taking off an item of the set and equipping it again restores it to a functional state.

Which powers proc what?

Reckless Abandon: (Life steal)
- Steal time (gives 3 stacks per target)
- Shield Pulse (gives 1 stack per target)
- Repel (gives 1 stack per target)
- Entangling Force (gives 1 stack per target)
- Chill Strike (gives 1 stack per target)

Measured Spellcasting: (Crit severity)
- Conduit of Ice (gives 3 stacks per target it hits and the target it's cast on)
- Ray of Enfeeblement (gives 1 stack per target)
- Sudden Storm (gives 2 stacks per target)
- Icy Rays (gives 1 stack when "marking" a target, gives +4 stacks when attacking = 5 stacks total)
- Chilling Cloud (gives 1 stack per target on the 3rd attack)

Shard of the Endless Avalanche:
This skill appears to GIVE THE TARGET 3 stacks of Measured Spellcasting upon creating the "shard", and additional stacks of Reckless Abandon upon pushing the shard on the mobs. It gives no benefit to the player.

No Effect:
- All Daily Powers
- Magic Missile
- Storm Pillar
- Ray of Frost

Unknowns: (I dont have the skills)
- Icy Terrain
- Maelstrom of Chaos
- Oppressive Force

Anyone else got some input on this set bonus? Does it work for you or does it disable itself randomly? I guess the best way to stack the crit severity buff is to use Conduit of Ice? Any input on Icy Terrain?
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  • tresdyntresdyn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 41
    edited May 2013
    Icy Terrain will stack Measured Spellcasting up to 9, after about 3 seconds. It is the best ability I have found to stack your crit severity very quickly.

    Steal Time also does well with this, but for some reason the stacks seem to fall off almost instantly. Icy Terrain's stacks last much longer.
  • honoraryorangehonoraryorange Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    That's a pretty screwed set bonus.
  • spineshatterspineshatter Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    most of the 4-piece bonuses do not work. Its better to take 2 of a set and 2 of another and get the passive stat bonuses. Starting to think they should chang the name of the game to "Neverworks"
  • cynabal2cynabal2 Member Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    ^^^ POS set bonuse
  • violated87violated87 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    tresdyn wrote: »
    Icy Terrain will stack Measured Spellcasting up to 9, after about 3 seconds. It is the best ability I have found to stack your crit severity very quickly.

    Steal Time also does well with this, but for some reason the stacks seem to fall off almost instantly. Icy Terrain's stacks last much longer.

    I'm guessing you are testing on dummies for this information. The stacks last 10 seconds, but when you exit combat in Neverwinter all temp buffs are cleared from your character.
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