Garfunkel wrote:Fear is random as far as I've seen and I haven't been killed from shadowbolts inside a single fear, even as a squishy priest. I agree that the drop rates for random world drops seem to be too high but again, that's current experience fighting against 6-10 year old memories.
That's not touching the stuff that SuplexGod added which are extremely subjective and hard to test.
It's not like they merely need to tweak a single file in Notepad - a poorly thought out and tested "fix" can be worse than the problem it is trying to solve.
Can confirm that fear is just very random. Sometimes it breaks instantly while other times it breaks after dots have done 10-15% damage on the enemy. Only a few times have I managed to not have fear brake on a shadow bolt.
But remember the fear break mechanic is highly related to how much % of your enemies total health you've damaged. If you fear then put up dots and cast a shadow bolt. If you've only done about 15-20% of your enemies health after the shadow bolt lands then it might not always break.
Also fear, frost nova and roots all use the same damage break formula(or should at least), changing one will change them all.
+fear was much more powerful in vanilla than in later expansions, there's a reason why people say WotF is op.