This module provides a way to nerf or debuff players in order to increase the difficulty of certain dungeons or balance battlegrounds/duels.
This module reads data from the zone_difficulty_info and zone_difficulty_spelloverrides table.
_info serves to apply nerfs/debuffs per map and per phase. For example, you can nerf healing
by 90% and absorb-effects by 80% while increasing the melee damage players suffer by 50% and reducing the
spell damage players suffer by 30%. That is only inside the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj dungeon (MapId 531)
for all phases (0 = Skip PhaseMask check, 6 = phases 2 and 4) with the following query:
INSERT INTO `zone_difficulty_info` (`MapId`, `PhaseMask`, `HealingNerfValue`, `AbsorbNerfValue`, `MeleeDmgBuffValue`, `SpellDmgBuffValue`, `Enabled`, `Comment`) VALUES
(531, 0, '0.10', '0.20', '1.50', '0.70', 1, 'AQ40 Healing 50% / Absorb 50% Nerf / 50% physical & 30% spell damage buff');The heal-output will be multiplied by the value you input in HealingNerfValue as it follows:
output = output * HealingNerfValueUsing MapId 2147483647 will be used for all targets in duels while they're in the zone hardcoded as DUEL_AREA (default 2402: Forbidding Sea, Wetlands).
PhaseMask must be 0 for Duels.
You can also prevent certain spells from being affected at all. See zone_difficulty_spelloverrides.sql for examples.
You can edit the zone_difficulty_info_content.sql file to apply changes. They will be applied by the autoupdater the next time you restart your server.
Alternatively, you may edit the zone_difficulty_info table in your world database and use the reload config command to reload the values.