Not A Bug Shadowguard & Provocation

[Periphery209]

Hello,

It seems that the bard difficulty of the bar mobs is set too high. On heritage, i'm averaging about 20% success rate of provoke with 120 music and 120 provoke using a normal, npc bought instrument. On OSI TC (See video below) i'm getting 100% success on provoke with the same setup. I also adjusted to GM to show that, while no longer 100%, you still can provoke these mobs at GM. Thanks for your consideration!

 

[Periphery209]

Hello, this has been tagged as "fixed" but haven't seen anything in patch notes. Wanted to confirm this wasn't tagged in error?

 

[Dexter]

Oh I thought this was the crash issue.

Post automatically merged: Jun 5, 2019

And no, bard difficulty depends on the creatures stats and skill. This is in line with EA.

 

[Periphery209]

This is 100% not functioning as it does on EA, did you watch the video? I can also go capture one for Heritage if needed. These should be provoked at near guaranteed, if not guaranteed at 120 music/provo.

 

[Dexter]

Go on EA and get a screen shot of the barding difficulty.

 

[Ni'kard]

You cant use animal lore on npcs

 

[Dexter]

We're gonna need more input than a video.

 

[Periphery209]

What would you like to see? I'm not sure how to prove this further....

 

[Periphery209]

@Dexter

I think ServUO is assigning too many skill points arbitrarily and causing an inflated barding difficulty. See below.
I'm not sure why they would have macing, poisoning, fencing and having swords/LJ/Tactics all above 120 seems odd... not sure how skills > 120 plays in to barding difficulty as well...

Name = NameList.RandomName("male");
	Title = "the Pirate";
	Body = 0x190;
	Hue = Utility.RandomSkinHue();
	SetStr(386, 400);
	SetDex(151, 165);
	SetInt(161, 175);
	SetHits(1200);
	SetDamage(15, 21);
	SetDamageType(ResistanceType.Physical, 100);
	SetResistance(ResistanceType.Physical, 35, 45);
	SetResistance(ResistanceType.Fire, 25, 30);
	SetResistance(ResistanceType.Cold, 25, 30);
	SetResistance(ResistanceType.Poison, 10, 20);
	SetResistance(ResistanceType.Energy, 10, 20);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Anatomy, 125.0);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Fencing, 46.0, 77.5);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Macing, 35.0, 57.5);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Poisoning, 60.0, 82.5);
	SetSkill(SkillName.MagicResist, 83.5, 92.5);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Swords, 125.0);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Tactics, 125.0);
	SetSkill(SkillName.Lumberjacking, 125.0);

 

[Dexter]

Very valid point. The question is, what is the skills supposed to be.