Physical Skill Modding - impossible?

[AdamBajac]

Hi guys,

So I've spent the last couple of nights poking around in the DDDA files for fun. Using the latest version of the arctool, I successfully extracted and repacked XML files.

In order to get an idea of what on earth some of the XML properties meant, I would do mass changes using Notepad++ and see the results in game. Now, skills that used some kind of projectile (i.e. Great Cannon or Stone Forest) would immediately show a result; i.e., if I adjusted the "scale" attribute, the spell effect would be much bigger.

However, no matter what I changed, physical skills (such as Arc of Deliverance or Burst Strike) showed no change at all.

Does this line up with the common experience of the people who have attempted skill modding? Does physical skill modding simply appear to be impossible? Has anyone had any luck with it at all? I'd be eager to know your answer.

Kind Regards.