by Dakota » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:47 pm
There have always been issues in the past about a debuff from a higher-level caster blocking the same debuff from a lower-level caster. DoTs do stack, yes, but I wouldn't be suprised if this is what is happening here. An 85 dot is casted over another 85 dot, the game thinks "It's a double. It's of the same level. But wait, it's a dot, so let them stack." But from the 84 dot, the game thinks "It's a double. It's of a lower level. Block it." without checking to see if it's a dot.
This is just guessing on my part, but I wouldn't be suprised if this is the issue that's happening here.
Same thing with overwriting. If another shaman's Turgurs Swarm overwrites mine, his replaces mine but I don't get the wear off message. Might be the same thing happening with the dots.
In summary, the best solution would probably to be to level the other shaman up to 85.