Talk:Famine

Quoted from the article: "Damage caused by Famine is not assigned to the owner of the spirit. This is believed by some to be a bug, since damage caused by Edge of Extinction is assigned to the owner of the spirit."

What do we mean by "damage assignment"? I would guess that damage assigned to a player would be displayed as yellow numbers on the screen for that player and/or would include that player in the experience distribution when the kill is finally made. However, the two aspects does not seem to be tightly connected. My observations:

--Ishmaeel 04:15, 14 August 2006 (CDT)
 * The damage caused by minions are always displayed on the MM's screen, but the MM does not always gain XP from the kills made by the minions. The MM may not gain XP if xe has been standing idle and has not been attacking the foes. Note that I observed this only when I were going solo MM. My guess is, in this case, player's party (of one) is not considered to have contributed to the kill and the XP is rewarded (lost) to the NPCs (the minions)
 * The damage caused by EoE is never displayed on a Ranger's screen as numbers. I dunno if this damage marks xis contribution to the kill, though. A solo grawl bomber would know the answer to that.