We need an easier way to know what buff or debuff a char has on them than trying to view the Inventory screen. There seems to be no mouseover on those icons in battle and it is quite inconvenient, to say the least, to try to trigger the inventory screen to understand them.
Also, I’d like to know their categories (e.g., nature damage? blight? etc.)
Is there an easier way to find this out and I just haven’t figured it out?
Yes, as I mentioned in the OP “There seems to be no mouseover on those icons in battle and it is quite inconvenient, to say the least, to try to trigger the inventory screen to understand them.”
The point is an easier way to understand the type of damage they are doing. It may be that we just have to memorize them all and remember over time.
Damage type is clearly communicated by damage numbers + icons next to it.
All buffs of the same type as far as I noticed also have the same icon, like a fist with some spiky flashy star behind is increased damage.
OK, thanks everyone for underlining that. I am aware of this.
The point is lost. I guess we have to memorize the iconsets and floating indicators. The suggestion was to add some kind of tooltip or text guide (e.g., legend in a separate menu) to catalog all the possible buff and debuff effects as the game grows. This is not a radical suggestion in this kind of MMORPG.
Maybe your just simple but the indicators are pretty clear as to what debuff you have and if you can’t work them out then maybe do what 98.9379% of people do and Google it