Nope, Tornado hasn't changed. Just a perception issue. It should still be ticking every .5 seconds for ~7 damage unenhanced. I'm not sure about Rikti's smashing resistance though.
Draggynn on Virtue: lvl 50 Storm/Psi, 1389 badges
Draggynn's Guide to Storm Summoning(Gale-Tornado, updated 6/25/2011)
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Thanks. I'm DEFINITELY not seeing two ticks of damage a second, but I didn't run tests to isolate it, and I drop Freezing Rain, so it's probably being hidden by the FR damage spam and only some of Tornado's damage numbers appear on-screen.
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Just to be clear, you are immobilizing the target and only have one target available? Tornado will jump from target to target, so the only way to get the full damage on the target is to have the target immobilized with a -KB power (so that tornado won't knock it back and need to go chasing it) and only have one target for Tornado or it will waste time running between targets.
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Originally Posted by BlackSly
Thanks. I'm DEFINITELY not seeing two ticks of damage a second, but I didn't run tests to isolate it, and I drop Freezing Rain, so it's probably being hidden by the FR damage spam and only some of Tornado's damage numbers appear on-screen.
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Draggynn on Virtue: lvl 50 Storm/Psi, 1389 badges
Draggynn's Guide to Storm Summoning(Gale-Tornado, updated 6/25/2011)
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Yes.
Well, I use it when there are multiple targets, usually locked down with Stone Cages, but I only look at the damage when I'm down to a boss.
Which is probably the problem, as Rikti bosses have high resists, and also by then I have a lot of DoT attacks upon them, plus the procs in several drop powers, plus Animate Stone hitting on occasion, so it's hard to pick up and determine just Tornado damage.
I came back recently after a long absence, and while playing a Earth/Storm Troller, it seems to me that the Tornado ticks seem a lot slower than I recall, and it doesn't seem to eat at the health of targets as fast as it used to.
Could be that I noticed the change against Rikti, who may be more resistant than the mobs in my memory. Could also be that I just remember wrong.
Mids still shows a well-slotted 'Nado doing about 800 damage at level 50, that's 27 DPS or so over 30 seconds. The damage I see seems low... is it just lower-level impression versus a resistant enemy type, or did Tornado get its damage lowered in the last year or two?
TIA