Buffing siege rams

[Levin the Blue]

During a keep take the other day i figured "what the heck i'll try earth buffing a ram", and to my surprise it worked!

I am fairly sure that, in earlier patches, i had gotten some kind of message telling me i could not do it. So now i wonder - has anyone else tried this and does it actually raise the ram's damage???

Apologies if this is old news and i'm just slow. I've been out of the loop for a while.

 

[Danya]

Damage adds on weapons don't affect doors, I assume rams are the same... Wonder if you can haste it though?

 

[Levin the Blue]

Originally posted by Danyan
Wonder if you can haste it though?

Good point and good question! Will have to try that out.

 

[mirieth]

What about a damage add shield, for when people attack it? Won't do much at all but would be annoying in a minor way
And buffing Catapults might work, I guess as they would be attacking players... worth a try, at least

 

[old.Jeriraa]

Catapults dont attack people. They just generate a 'cloud' aka loot bag. This 'cloud' is proccing the ae and then disapearing. So I dont think buffs will do anything on catapults.

But another question: Does higher siegeweapon skill help to operate a weapon faster? Imho it should but maybe Mythic doesn't think so.

 

[Psy|:m00:]

I think buffing a catapult might be somewaht moot, i mean...

"You are hit for 1200 damage"
"You are hit for 50 extra damage"

 

[Meatballs]

Looks like you've never been hit by a catapult then, try:

You are hit for 250 damage!
You are hit for 50 extra damage!

1/5th extra damage wouldn't be bad