Just got 1-shot after leaving town by a Fallen (exploding mob). He completely bypassed my Flame Shield cheat death. This was on HC. I have a sorc to level 100 using Flame Shield Enchant the whole way. I was building an Alt (level 60) using Flame Shield Enchant the whole way. Needless to say, I’m am very familiar with the Flame Shield Enchant mechanic, how it procs, when it procs, and the cooldown timer if you take it in/out of the Enchant slot (which I didn’t do).
I don’t record or anything, and I’m not sure of the mechanics of this, but there’s something about fallen that can bypass the Flame Shield Enchant.
This is concerning.
EDIT: OKAY!!! I just died AGAIN! Level ~55
I play extremely aggressive, because I am pushing the limits of exp per hour but more importantly, because I have a cheat death mechanic. I am extremely anal about quite literally staring at my buff bar. Because my encounters can be intense and I need to hotkey the scroll as soon as the cheat death procs.
It didn’t proc. It’s easy for someone to say “you missed it”, and I wish I had video recording software. I am promising you, there is something causing (only rarely - rare occasions, because I proc it somewhat frequently with my current play style) it to sometimes not proc.
PS - it might have something to do with mounting… Saw someone else say they died while on horse with flame shield enchant not procing. In my current situation, I had recently gotten off a horse. and I believe on the 2nd (this is the third) time this happened, I had recently gotten off a horse.