Swarm of Decay broken

[Karhaug]

The necromancer AA Swarm of Decay does not work. When I attempt to use it, it says that I must select a target. Yes, I did ensure that I had a mob targeted.

[Tyler]

Is this a SOF AA? Asking because i cannot find this in the Spellfile. It's on Lucy though.

[Koeril]

It appears to be a GoD AA so it is strange for not being there. Perhaps it suffered the same fate as Exquisite Benediction in that the pet was never included? Found a bit of info - bear in mind these are live values.

Source: http://www.eqnecro.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=390

As for the Swarm of Decay pets they're really not that useful. Max hit of 310 or so i believe. If they are able to crit and flurry I've never seen it happen. Basically think of them as another DoT you can add on that is able to get partial resists and has a 30min reuse. Not bad for burst dps but not one of the very first AA I'd set my sights on.

Source: http://strategywiki.org/wiki/EverQuest/ ... _Questions

Swarm of decay, a level 65 AA, adds one archer per AA level with a maximum of three levels.

Source: http://www.necrotalk.com/showthread.php ... warm+Decay

Pets hit for MAX 301 (and most times for far less... say 20?). They also hit EXTREMELY slowly. Level 1 pet gets 3 shots off total.

Swarm is far from worthless. I love it.

At level three it typically parses in the 3000 - 5000 damage range. And that's with only one level of pet flurry. I'd imagine it does even better for those who have invested heavily in pet-related AAXP.

It's * instacast *, so you don't lose out on any potential DoT damage while casting.

Refresh is every 30 minutes, so you don't have to be as selective with it as Lifeburn. I get to use it several times a night raiding, instead of just once. Of course, nothing prevents you from using it along with Lifeburn, AoTD, epic pet, etc for some really impressive burst damage.

Other advantages include essentially zero push.

Plus it's cool.

The only significant negative I see is they have next to no hitpoints, so forget using them on AE mobs, unless you time it really well in between AEs.

Your mileage may vary, but don't knock it til you've tried it... especially at the new, lower cost.

[Karhaug]

I was wondering if this issue was ever addressed as either fixed or simply dosent work on emu?