I noticed this recently that if the game says "does x damage over x time" it's a dot but if it says "does x damage every x seconds over x time" its considered direct damage - very subtle difference...so what i did - i took my stam sorg which had 64/0 in Thaumatuge/Master-at-arms and switched it around to 0/64 cause i wanted to check what gets buffed and what not.. at lot as you'd expect - for example poison injection the initial impact gets buffed and the dot nerved etc... but there are a few things that surprised me - so what got BUFFED when going OUT of thaumaturge and INTO master at arms:



- Blade Cloak (Deadly Cloak)

- Lightningform (Hurricane)

- Volley (Endless Hail)



i think the wording difference "over x seconds" or "every x seconds" is very subtle...they could really word this better and more clear? Or was that clear to everyone and im just late to the party?