After this recent patch,
the necros bone armor appears to decrease at an accelerated and rapid rate. to the point where it is almost unusable.
Are you using Scythe of the Cycle. This item lowers the duration on Bone Armor by 4s when using certain abilities. The 4s is not reflected in the bar value, the bar value is not adjusted, it just drains faster.
Not a bug.
yes i am,
however, i am literally watching the timer and as soon as it jumps from 30s down to 20s then to 3s. its super weird. the cooldown isnt even up until it disappears…
if the Scythe of the Cycle is doing this, then the description should be updated.
The sythe of the cycle mechanic lowers to current and max CD Value of Bone Armor each time an ability is used.
Example
You Cast Bone Armor. The bar represents 60 / 60s
10 seconds later you cast a Secondary Skill. Bone Armor’s buff bar will reflect 46/56s
5 Seconds pass (41/56s)
Over the next 4 seconds you can a secondary spell every second.
36/52
31/48
26/44
21/40 reflected on the bar
As you can see in the above example. The bar will still show about half full at this point. However the buff is actually at 1/3 duration left so the bar will drop quickly. And this is only reflecting 6 spells used.
This isn’t a bug so if your using SotC, you need to cast bone armor far more often even if your buff bar is still nearly full.
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This was extremely helpful. Thank you very much.
I do feel the description is in need of updating in game bu this wraps up my question nicely.
Thank you!