Is Haunt bugged?Follow

I find that sometimes it doesn't return to me when my target dies. It's happened three or four times now over an hour or so.

At first I thought it was because the mob died before the spell effect could run out. Maybe they had changed the tooltip or something. However, I tried casting Haunt on a critter and it returned instantly, so I'm really at a loss here. Perhaps the spell animation just didn't trigger. I'll take a closer look at my combat log the next time it happens.

Anyone experienced the same or am I missing something?

Edited, May 8th 2009 1:12pm by Mazra

Meh, I've cast Haunt on a critter and gotten the dmg returned as life...but double. Maybe I'm getting the ones you miss Maz...

I think it might be a latency issue. I'm running at 100ms give and take, but perhaps if you fire off the Haunt and by the time it reaches the target it's dead on the server but the news hasn't yet reached your client.

Has anyone tried launching a Shadow Bolt at a dying target only to have the mob die before the spell hit it? What happened? On my screen, the Shadow Bolt hit the corpse, but obviously did not damage and applied no debuffs. Now apply a "return to caster if target=dead" function and I'd imagine the debuff would just disappear from the target, without returning to the caster.

As far as I know, Haunt is the only spell with that sort of return mechanic in the game, unless Drain Mana/Life works the same way. I could see why it hasn't been completely debugged yet.

Edited, May 11th 2009 4:41pm by Mazra

I would assume a target dying with haunt currently on it would count as haunt ending. Not only have I noticed it healing on death, but I've intentionally planned for it. Ever since the spell was introduced.