Editing AA's that will remain broken/useless or act differently than you expect


Here you will find a list that may save you some headaches.  There are a number of AA's that may not do what you expect them to do because of your class or your experiences later in EQ's life.  Remember bugged/useless AA's that existed on AK will likely remain that way on TAKP since AK gameplay is trying to emulated here.


{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="7"|''' AA's to be Cautious of '''
|-
| '''Name'''
| '''Classes affected'''
| '''How you may expect it to work'''
| '''How it actually works'''
|-
| Celestial Regeneration
| Cleric
| Group heal over time spell.  
| Single target ability instead.  Also the refresh timer is incorrect.  It will display 15 minutes, but won't be able to use for the full 72 minutes.
|-
| Channeling Focus
| Bards only
| Allows you to channel through what would otherwise be an interrupt
| It does nothing at all since Bards don't channel here.  Just don't buy this AA if a Bard.
|-
| Extended Notes
| Bard
| Affects the range of all AE type spells
| Only affects beneficial group AE songs, does not affect those songs that are AE based (resists, Lceas, etc) or PBAoE songs (dots, snares, etc)
|-
| Frenzied Burnout
| Magician
| Stack will all haste up to the NPC limit
| Currently doesn't stack with "Ancient: Burnout Blaze" due to slot2: armor class buff stacking issue, it over-rides 80% haste of Ancient Burnout with 15% haste v3 of the AA which makes your pet do a lot less dmg.  Upgraded spell (Burnout V)in PoP may resolve.
|-
| Jam Fest
| Bard
| The effects from the higher singing level increases a song's power on your group members (higher stats, etc)
| Only the Bard benefits from the higher singing level.  Bard will receive the higher stats from the song, but not anyone else in the group.
|-
| Hobble Spirits
| Beastlord
| Stop a fleeing mob.
| The snare component maxes at 40% and while that is enough to stop a lot of mobs at the lower levels (and some at the upper), it is largely dependent on the mob's flee speed.  It will often not stop a fleeing mob at the higher levels when you need it to.  It also will block certain pet proc spells, such as Spirit of Snow.
|-
| Poison Mastery
| Rogue
| Description says: "Once one point is trained in this ability, you will never fail at poison application again."
| You can still fail at applying poisons, however the other functions of the AA still work.
|-
| Spell Casting Deftness and Quick Buff
| Enchanter
| AA's should stack.
| These AA's are basically redundant.  Server side limit on spell casting haste is 50%, so you can get QB3 and it makes SCD pointless.  This includes focus items and spells (BoF) as well.  So, if you already have a focus item that gives you 25%, then you would only need QB2 to achieve that 50% as an example.  Anything more would waste purchased AA's.
|-
|}


Forum thread for more info/discussion:  [https://www.takproject.net/forums/index.php?threads/permanently-broken-aas-or-those-that-dont-act-as-the-description-youd-expect.17321/ AA's that don't behave how you'd expect]
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 | Bard
 | Affects the range of all AE type spells
-| Only affects beneficial group songs, does not affect those songs that are AE based (resists, Lceas, etc) or PBAoE songs (dots, snares, etc)
+| Only affects beneficial group AE songs, does not affect those songs that are AE based (resists, Lceas, etc) or PBAoE songs (dots, snares, etc)
 |-
 | Frenzied Burnout
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 | Enchanter
 | AA's should stack.
-| These AA's are redundant.  Server side limit on spell casting haste is 50%, so you can get QB3 and it makes SCD pointless.  This includes focus items and spells (BoF) as well.  So, if you already have a focus item that gives you 25%, then you would only need QB2 to achieve that 50% as an example.  Anything more would waste purchased AA's.
+| These AA's are basically redundant.  Server side limit on spell casting haste is 50%, so you can get QB3 and it makes SCD pointless.  This includes focus items and spells (BoF) as well.  So, if you already have a focus item that gives you 25%, then you would only need QB2 to achieve that 50% as an example.  Anything more would waste purchased AA's.
-|-
-| Fleet of Foot
-| Bard
-| Darchon said: "I believe this was broken on AK and would actually slow down bards. But I did a quick test on dev server. With no AA my #showstats runspeed was shown as 1.8 with Selos on. With ranks 1 and 2 of the AA it is still 1.8."
-| Solar (TAKP Dev) resolved as: "I came up with a workaround for this. The AA people spent will be refunded and everyone will get FoF 3 for free (it normally only goes to level 2). This makes it so groups of mac/windows players will all be the same speed for /follow and bards can no longer buy this ability." https://www.takproject.net/forums/index.php?threads/fleet-of-foot-slows-down-bards-instead-of-speeding-them-up.21415/#post-105913
 |-
 |}