Talk:Death Nova



Old icon, for interest &mdash; Skuld 11:05, 25 July 2006 (CDT)

Any tips for keeping it on as many undead minions as possible? Theres no "target next minion" key, is there? Selecting them manually is very tedious.... --Phoenixfire2001 15:57, 3 August 2006 (CDT)
 * i think there is, but you have to assign it manually. check the game options. i seem to recall this comming about in Factions. --Honorable Sarah [[image:Honorable_Icon.gif]] 16:20, 3 August 2006 (CDT)
 * i checked, but didnt find anything.....maybe im just blind but i also deep down seemed to recall something about a shortcut for that function.... --Phoenixfire2001 17:12, 3 August 2006 (CDT)
 * There isn't one, I tried it. The closest you can get is "Target nearest ally", unless one was added in a very recent update. Kamahl the Fist 15:07, 4 December 2006 (CST)

Does Death Nova deal unconditional damage?
 * It ignores armor, if that's what you mean. --Fyren 15:08, 1 March 2007 (CST)

If target ally dies while removing this enchantment (f.i. with Shatter Enchantment), will the damage and poison still inflict ? --Erszebet 10:55, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
 * For shatter enchant, the enchant is removed before the damage is dealt. --Fyren 03:42, 1 July 2007 (CDT)

Why SoC?
Courthouse is accessible far before any of those bosses... Tain 15:20, 26 March 2007 (CDT)
 * Nvm... Whoever added that it was available at Courthouse probably just had it unlocked. Taltosh does NOT have it. Reverted and removed Taltosh from the trainer list. Tain 15:24, 26 March 2007 (CDT)

MinionMaster Heroes
I have a major problem with "Olias" using this power Non-Stop when there's no enemies even close by... hence I have to constantly inject energy back into him with Ritual or Song of Power while the rest of my heroes are sitting at full energy. And when we do produce more corpses, he's just sitting there instead of making Minions like he's suposed to. I reckon it's because he never gets back to full energy between fights b/c he's always spamming DN (sometimes on the same minion). And placing it further down his skill tab doesn't seem to affect how often he spams it...

Is there any way to fix this situation or the AI itself without massive Micro-Managing? Having to manually disable the power or his aggressive level between every fights just isn't worth it and I've had enough of sacrificing a tray slot just to keep his Blue bar up. ...I'd particularly like a solution that avoids BotM if possible as that's just trading one headache for another (otherwise my monkish heroes will just end up draining their energy between fights keeping HIM healed). --ilr


 * Here's a solution: take Olias and Master of Whispers both. One is the MM that creates and maintains minions (give 'em Taste of Death or something for selfheal), and the other uses minion buffs like Death Nova and Tainted Flesh. I know what you are talking about and have experienced it myself...trying to fit minion skills and Death Nova-type spam skills on the same bar just doesn't seem workable at the moment, with the current AI. They are programmed to cast DN anytime there is a nearly-dead ally nearby, but Olias also likes to keep it maintained on some allies permanently. As to BotM, Heroes use that adequately enough, so you shouldn't worry about it. They don't spam it constantly every three seconds like some human players do, at least. :S [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 12:24, 30 June 2007 (CDT)
 * Heh, I must have found the perfect build then. When I gave it to my guildies, they all copied it and now everyone runs their Olias with:


 * "Works like a charm" they said. Then again, I ALWAYS take Eve with me. --Macros 11:59, 11 September 2007 (CDT)

I just love Olias, and MoW's pessimissim. In the middle of a battle, I'll find myself enchanted with Death Nova when I reach about 30% health. Thanks for the morale support guys ^_^ :P Jamster 11:50, 11 September 2007 (CDT)

The first note is seems badly thought out, first off animate fiend should be right out, its the most costly minion and will fire from a distance instead of running in and bombing. Also it mentions both using both taste of death and signet of creation at the same time. While I haven't played a MM personally since prophecies I would reccomend it be changed to mention shambling horror and bone horrors instead of bone fiends, while mentioning jagged bones as an additional skill to provide for a second bomb. Then split taste of death and signet of creation into a seperate note.