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Question - Astral Seal expires?

jrfbrunetjrfbrunet Member Posts: 388 Arc User
edited August 2014 in The Temple
How long does astral seal last on a mob? The tooltip for rank II and III show a 2s increase in duration. I can't find what the base duration is anywhere. Is it 5 seconds? 10? 20?
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  • arbitrarityarbitrarity Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I believe it's 4s base or so, 8s at max rank. Funny thing: Astral Seal duration DOES NOT refresh with extra applications, it only will start again when the target is not Sealed.
  • geeq5geeq5 Member Posts: 223 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    arbitrarity wrote: »
    Astral Seal duration DOES NOT refresh with extra applications, it only will start again when the target is not Sealed.

    Yes it does refresh.

    if you use astral seal on a mob, and you use it every 4-5 seconds you would know that it refreshes each time on each swing.

    you can experiment with it in boss fights, cast it on a boss, and click the icon of astral seal on the boss and check the timer, then cast it again you will see that it refreshes.
  • theosymphanytheosymphany Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    From what I remember Astral Seal base duration is 8 seconds, upgraded 10 seconds.

    Astral seal duration does not refresh. The icon shows on recast however the duration is not refreshed and will run out based on duration of the original seal.
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  • geeq5geeq5 Member Posts: 223 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    theosymphany wrote: »
    From what I remember Astral Seal base duration is 8 seconds, upgraded 10 seconds.

    Astral seal duration does not refresh. The icon shows on recast however the duration is not refreshed and will run out based on duration of the original seal.

    my astral seal in max rank last for about 12 seconds.

    so if it doesn't refresh, why is it that whenever I cast it and check the time it always in around 11 seconds?

    maybe im missing something here, I just tested it again in epic dreadvault, I cast it on the boss, and waited until 6 seconds left and I cast it again, and the duration went back to 11 seconds, I tried this multiple times and I always get the same result.
  • morsitansmorsitans Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 1,284 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    Because you're constantly recasting it, so if it has a 12 second duration and you're casting it every 6 seconds, you'll never see it actually expire. Cast it, wait till it's almost expired, cast it again, then STOP. You should see the timer refresh, but then the seal will mysteriously vanish anyway.
  • kacsanwkacsanw Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    theosymphany wrote: »
    From what I remember Astral Seal base duration is 8 seconds, upgraded 10 seconds.

    Astral seal duration does not refresh. The icon shows on recast however the duration is not refreshed and will run out based on duration of the original seal.
    Hi Kaelac! I wanted to post it to your guide forum for a while, but I am lazy to register :rolleyes:
    I do also think recasting ASeal during the effect refreshes (restarts) the timer. There is just a visual bug: the visual effect (timer) does not restart if cast during visual effect on. Hance it helped me w/ the test.
    I did the following on a Dummy:
    0. I have DA feat 2/5 -> 2 sec DA after a heal effect, activates even if I was not really healed (full HP); kept max distance from dummy to avoid any other healing; HP set for timing; no companion
    1. cast ASeal 2x -> w/ casting time I am at ~1sec from first ASeal
    2. wait HP debuff wear off -> ~5sec from first ASeal
    3. cast ASeal -> ~6sec from first ASeal
    4. cast BoTS -> ~7sec from first Aseal and ~1sec from last ASeal; does not really matter. First ASeal timer must be > 0 at this time and last ASeal timer < BoTS
    5. check DA timer on me;
    The first ASeal wears off when its visual effect disappiers (it never refresh if cast while it is active) or you can just check HP debuff, hance it lasts ~1sec longer. Each upcoming BoTS tick does refresh my DA timer (and the healing visual effect on me) except the last tick <- last ASeal weared off before the last BoTS tick.
    I need to do further testing on the field+ACT, but for me it seems the visual effect is buged, the effect itself refresh.

    PS: thanks for your guides, helped me a lot! :)
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