firewall strange behavior

[frozenking]

i started a sorcerer. im using the fireway and i have a problem with the spell firewall. it doesnt hurt range attackers. even if im stand close to them. is this intended?

[gitar3]

Originally Posted by frozenking

i started a sorcerer. im using the fireway and i have a problem with the spell firewall. it doesnt hurt range attackers. even if im stand close to them. is this intended?

Firewall's max radius is 3.3 meters, or around 4.0 meters with +4 skills.
So it covers a somewhat small radius.

Also, its damage is based on fire retaliation, meaning you must get hit for the fire retaliation to occur.

Also, if a ranged attacker (archers, spell casters, etc.) hit you AND they're outside of the 3.3 radius, they won't get hurt.

Firewall is good if you're going melee, the somewhat small radius of the spell won't help you against ranged attackers unless you're really close (3.3 meters or less) to them.

[gitar3]

It seems like you're right, ranged attackers (archers) don't get the fire retaliation damage (and my character was standing right next to them).

This appears to be a bug.

[Viper_Sweden]

Ranged attacks don't retaliations.

[ksolina]

If you want from firewall to hit ranged attackers, you must provoke them and run around them. I think firewall is a bad skill because of retaliation.