New Update 1/12/2013! New Skill Trees Bugs

[Nate]

Even The Overlord makes mistakes depsite his best efforts! If you think you might have found a bug with the new update? Go ahead and report them here in this thread and I'll do my best to squash it in a timely manner. Thanks!

Good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

[Nate]

I've had a report of a gladiator having their skills reset but not getting their training points refunded. If this happens to you, please send me a PM and let me know the name of the gladiator.

[oedi]

atm its 1 free race change per team. i belived it to be 1 free change per glad.

[Cynaidh]

Surprise Ending: if the attack was going to hit a person with an injury when the attack is bounced back it still does the + damage from injury even if the attacking glad has 0 injuries on them.

[Lunarion199]

Never Say Die doesn't seem to increase health at all.. Not even after the round.

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[wasbv8]

My glads can't fight people but, I am being attacked. Is this a bug?

[oedi]

fight not ending when surprise ending took opponent to 0 hp.


http://i45.tinypic.com/6qitdh.jpg

[CaineDeSoulis]

and I'm back ^_^

[aquitaine]

I've got one of my gladiator with a point in skill which I didn't choose and cannot remove (one point in shield for Jannya in team aquitaine)

[Team Kaos]

Never Say Die doesn't seem to increase health at all.. Not even after the round.

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Working for my glads, and a nice sizable health boost.


MOON CHILD hops hastily to and fro.
MOON CHILD looks to maim VAARLO.
MOON CHILDVAARLO
663
834
35
41

-5

Minor strike under the left eye...that was close. (+34 Damage)
R O U N D 17
>> MOON CHILD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 4
R O U N D 18
>> MOON CHILD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 3
E N D O F M I N U T E 3
VAARLO appears to be winning this duel!
R O U N D 19
>> MOON CHILD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 4
R O U N D 20
>> MOON CHILD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 3
R O U N D 21
>> MOON CHILD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 4
VAARLO attempts to destroy MOON CHILD.
MOON CHILDVAARLO
1085
834
21
25

MOON CHILD awaits the oncoming strike and is filled with renewed determination! (-Never Say Die-)
R O U N D 22

[Jelle]

Another one for Surprise Ending

THE DAEMON makes a powerful slashing attack with the blade of his TARNISHED BASTARD SWORD.
THE DAEMON looks to disarm SAGARIS with one of his signature moves! (-Signature Move: Disarm-)
SAGARIS masterfully redirects the energy of the attack! (-Surprise Ending-)
THE DAEMON curses as the attack knocks his weapon to the ground!
SAGARIS finds an old BASTARD SWORD laying on the ground.

Seems like I still got disarmed, or perhaps it was just a text error?

[wasbv8]

Is someone having the same problem as me? My glads can't fight at all. They can't do tavern contracts,black market fights, and arena fights. It's really frustrating.

[Nate]

atm its 1 free race change per team. i belived it to be 1 free change per glad.

*checks the code* Ah-ha! The fix for that is a bit more involved than a simple wave of my magic bug stomping wand...I'll fix it out as soon as I can. :)

[Nate]

Never Say Die doesn't seem to increase health at all.. Not even after the round.

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How many trains does that glad have in it? Is this screen shot using blow-by-blow details?

[Nate]

Surprise Ending: if the attack was going to hit a person with an injury when the attack is bounced back it still does the + damage from injury even if the attacking glad has 0 injuries on them.

I'll take a look at the code as that skill was done awhile back but from the top of my head I believe surprise ending redirects everything that would have happened to the theatrics gladiator: base damage, injuries bonus damage, skill effects and all. It's one of the skills that border on the super natural.

[Nate]

My glads can't fight people but, I am being attacked. Is this a bug?

You need to go to the skills screen and respec your gladiator and then press the ACCEPT button at the bottom of the page before you can initiate any fights. In the meantime your gladiator can still be called upon to fight in the arena and if this happens your gladiator will fight knowing only their weapon skill from their old build. Please see the release notes here:

http://forum.pitofwar.com/showthread.php?1684-New-Update-1-12-2013!-New-Skill-Trees!

[Nate]

fight not ending when surprise ending took opponent to 0 hp.


http://i45.tinypic.com/6qitdh.jpg

Health and endurance are actually calculated to the 100th place but only shown as a whole number. It is possible Vyers still had 0.05 health or something like that. I'll double check again though to make sure no gremlins are hiding in that section of code.

[Nate]

and I'm back ^_^

Is this a bug?

[Nate]

Another one for Surprise Ending

THE DAEMON makes a powerful slashing attack with the blade of his TARNISHED BASTARD SWORD.
THE DAEMON looks to disarm SAGARIS with one of his signature moves! (-Signature Move: Disarm-)
SAGARIS masterfully redirects the energy of the attack! (-Surprise Ending-)
THE DAEMON curses as the attack knocks his weapon to the ground!
SAGARIS finds an old BASTARD SWORD laying on the ground.

Seems like I still got disarmed, or perhaps it was just a text error?

Hard to know if it is a text error or not. Was SAGARIS fighting with his original weapon afterward or the Bastard Sword picked up off the ground? How about The Daemon?

[Nate]

I noticed in the Maximus Battle Royal Anger Rising was removed due to exhaustion but the Enforcer and Crowd decided they still wanted to punish him! I belive he was actually removed from battle but the code that punishes inactive glads is somehow not aware the glad has been removed. If anyone sees this in other fights, please let me know.

[CaineDeSoulis]

no but you can unlock achievements with the respec feature currently. kinda an exploit.

[Team Kaos]

Darn, it was a glitch...I thought I found some awesome undead build that allows your gladiator to continue fighting well after he has passed out and run out of health. He was just trying to lend an extra hand to Lords Fury

[Lunarion199]

Regarding Never Say Die:


How many trains does that glad have in it? Is this screen shot using blow-by-blow details?

9 skills. Yeah it's blow by blow details. But I guess from Kaos' post that the health boost applies first; then the blue description of skill activation pops up. Could that be the case?

My glads didn't fall in that situation afterwards but searching for an activation of this skill in other players' battle reports may help. I'll search soon..

Edit: Every war glad seems to have invested in Death from Above and War Cry :)

[Prinny]

Never Say Die doesn't seem to increase health at all.. Not even after the round.

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Sadly it only works when using a defensive strategy so you should run a parry X strat on even/odd rounds toi make use of it

[Lunarion199]

It happens when your glad is on the verge of losing and has less than half health left.. both the conditions are necessary to activate it. So if you are winning then it may not activate even if you have less than half the health..I guess.

But yeah Sunrise does use parry.

Edit: Yeah we are getting a boost; just that first the boost is given and then the skill is shown to be activated.

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[Alba Kebab]

My glad Olga didn't get the rank 10 stat achievement.

I trained up the last few points on her Intellect with the left over training points from respec, and did not get the Smartest in Class and Olympian achievement, it was her last stat needed to go olympian.

[Prinny]

Edit: Every war glad seems to have invested in Death from Above and War Cry :)
Actually im getting rid of War Cry on Belca as soon as we can unlearn...

On that note...Nate I want to be able to unlearn again! :(

[GorbagGutripper]

Hey I thought we were able to redo any of our old gladiator's race for free...or am I reading it wrong? After fixing my 2nd gladiator, didnt even pay attention until i saw the 65 trophies bite the dust. Assuming reimbursement for them or did i just throw them away??

[Iczer]

I don't know if this is a bug or not but is Barreling Attack supposed to do some damage since the change to the skill tree?

HYPNOTOAD rams into CLEOME and looks to pound his adversary.
HYPNOTOAD tries to knock CLEOME down with the force of the blow! (-Barreling Attack-)
Massive shot to CLEOME's lower back...The grounds keepers are going to have to work hard to clean up this mess! (+174 Damage)

Because everytime that the skill activates my gladiator does no damage at all.

MELILOTUS circles SKIN FLAYER like a starved vulture, looking for an opening.
MELILOTUS tries to skewer SKIN FLAYER with his RUNE-POUNDED HAND AXE.
MELILOTUS tries to knock SKIN FLAYER down with the force of the blow! (-Barreling Attack-)
SKIN FLAYER screams as she hits the sand from the force of the blow!

[Prinny]

Don't know if its a bug or not but I dont like Never Say Die not going off when it has to lol

R O U N D 1
>> ERUPTION SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS stumbles but swings his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER anyway.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
BELCA NOCTIRCUS's face scowls as ERUPTION's armour does its job!
>> ERUPTION SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
R O U N D 2
>> ERUPTION SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 5
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
ERUPTION's EPIC BATTLE FLAIL moves unsteadily through the air.
ERUPTION leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
BELCA NOCTIRCUS guides the attack into the ground.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS bounces swiftly around the arena.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS leaps forward, hammering his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER downward with great force.
Left kneecap is smashed into pulp by the wicked shot! (+152 Damage)
R O U N D 3
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS nearly hits himself with his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS pauses and let's forth a thunderous shout! (-War Cry-)
Resisted Stun Effect!
ERUPTION looks to hurt BELCA NOCTIRCUS with his EPIC BATTLE FLAIL.
ERUPTION screams as his veins bulge! (-Adrenaline Rush-)
BELCA NOCTIRCUS is knocked back as his armour absorbs the hit!
R O U N D 4
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
BELCA NOCTIRCUS makes a clumsy attack with his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER.
ERUPTION's armour protects him from the attack!
R O U N D 5
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS whirls his cruel EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER in a deadly arc toward ERUPTION.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
Towering shot to ERUPTION's groin rearranges anatomy and disconnects the plumbing! (+791 Damage)

ERUPTION has taken some slight damage from this fight!
ERUPTION cautiously circles around the arena.
ERUPTION's EPIC BATTLE FLAIL hurtles through the air with deadly intent.
Incredible smash to what used to be BELCA NOCTIRCUS's stomach brings the crowd to their feet! (+138 Damage)

ERUPTION pauses for a moment to catch his breath.
R O U N D 6
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
BELCA NOCTIRCUS leaps hastily around ERUPTION.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS smashes his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER into ERUPTION.
Heavy blow to ERUPTION's shoulder lands with solid force! (+83 Damage)
BELCA NOCTIRCUS pauses for a moment to catch his breath.
E N D O F M I N U T E 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS appears to be winning this duel!
R O U N D 7
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
ERUPTION cautiously maneuvers around the arena.
ERUPTION winds up before attacking.
ERUPTION leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
ERUPTION connects with his EPIC BATTLE FLAIL causing freakish injuries! (+307 Damage)

Resisted Can Not Defend Effect!
R O U N D 8
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
BELCA NOCTIRCUS seeks to cripple his enemy.
ERUPTION's shoulder is smashed into a thousand pieces! (+163 Damage)
ERUPTION has some pretty nasty cuts and bruises on his body!!
R O U N D 9
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS bounces quickly around the arena.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS looks to crush ERUPTION with his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
ERUPTION awaits the oncoming strike and is filled with renewed determination! (-Never Say Die-)
BELCA NOCTIRCUS's EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER tastes victory and inflicts massive wounds on ERUPTION's elbow! (+615 Damage)

Resisted Stun Effect!
ERUPTION attentively maneuvers around BELCA NOCTIRCUS.
ERUPTION makes a devastating strike with his bloody EPIC BATTLE FLAIL.
ERUPTION screams as his veins bulge! (-Adrenaline Rush-)
Blast to the hand sends fingers flying in several different directions! (+328 Damage)

ERUPTION should have spent more time running laps.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS has minor cuts and bruises on his body!
R O U N D 10
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
R O U N D 11
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
ERUPTION is no longer affected by Adrenaline Rush
BELCA NOCTIRCUS stumbles but swings his EPIC SLEDGE HAMMER anyway.
An unimpressive injury occurs on ERUPTION's wrist. (+29 Damage)
ERUPTION attentively paces around BELCA NOCTIRCUS.
ERUPTION's EPIC BATTLE FLAIL curves in an bloody arc.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS kicks ERUPTION in the chest knocking him out of striking range! (-Create Distance-)
R O U N D 12
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
ERUPTION tries to bash BELCA NOCTIRCUS with his EPIC BATTLE FLAIL.
ERUPTION leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
Screaming in agony BELCA NOCTIRCUS's skull is smashed open rewarding the crowd with a shower of bone and brains! (+591 Damage)

Fatigue weighs BELCA NOCTIRCUS down, slowing his attacks.
Blood pours from BELCA NOCTIRCUS's battle wounds!!
E N D O F M I N U T E 2
ERUPTION looks to be winning the fight so far!
R O U N D 13
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS hops hurriedly around the arena.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS strikes at ERUPTION and tries to squash his opponent.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS leaps into the air! (-Death From Above-)
ERUPTION's armour protects him!
R O U N D 14
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
ERUPTION attentively paces around his adversary.
ERUPTION's EPIC BATTLE FLAIL moves unsteadily through the air.
ERUPTION screams as his veins bulge! (-Adrenaline Rush-)
ERUPTION's EPIC BATTLE FLAIL is intercepted with a well placed block.
ERUPTION tiring quickly, is looking to finish the fight!
R O U N D 15
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
BELCA NOCTIRCUS makes a clumsy attempt to smash ERUPTION.
Thinking it through, BELCA NOCTIRCUS realizes his judgment was off.
ERUPTION brutally lashes out with his EPIC BATTLE FLAIL leaving the crowd in awe.
ERUPTION tries to knock BELCA NOCTIRCUS down with the force of the blow! (-Barreling Attack-)
ERUPTION smiles after the freakish hit to BELCA NOCTIRCUS's elbow! (+239 Damage)

BELCA NOCTIRCUS screams in agony as the strike causes him to drop his weapon!
BELCA NOCTIRCUS should really think about taking a break!
R O U N D 16
A loyal fan wastes no time in tossing a BATTLE FLAIL into the arena for BELCA NOCTIRCUS to use!
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
R O U N D 17
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
ERUPTION advances on BELCA NOCTIRCUS and tries to hammer his enemy.
BELCA NOCTIRCUS kicks ERUPTION in the chest knocking him out of striking range! (-Create Distance-)
R O U N D 18
>> BELCA NOCTIRCUS SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 2
ERUPTION conservatively maneuvers to and fro.
ERUPTION hopes for a crushing shot with his EPIC BATTLE FLAIL.
ERUPTION screams as his veins bulge! (-Adrenaline Rush-)
ERUPTION lands a strike on BELCA NOCTIRCUS's arm inflicting crippling wounds! (+274 Damage)

BELCA NOCTIRCUS tries to give up!!!
BELCA NOCTIRCUS begs and pleads that his life be spared, and in a moment of weakness, ERUPTION allows it!
A city official collects his bet and nods his head toward the victor!
The fight lasted 2 minutes & 55 seconds!

http://i45.tinypic.com/2885ogm.png
He was "losing" on round 18 so it should've atleast triggered there

[Alba Kebab]

Nate could you also have a look at this fight and if the initiative penalty involving Trugs is correct? I'm just unsure if it seems right or not...

http://forum.pitofwar.com/showthread.php?1695-A-question-of-Initiative

[Nate]

atm its 1 free race change per team. i belived it to be 1 free change per glad.

This is fixed.

Good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

[Nate]

My glad Olga didn't get the rank 10 stat achievement.

I trained up the last few points on her Intellect with the left over training points from respec, and did not get the Smartest in Class and Olympian achievement, it was her last stat needed to go olympian.

This has been taken care of.

Good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

[Toop55]

I don't know if this is a bug or not but its pretty annoying. I mean really only 57 damage with a serious injury and a 2 handed weapon with 269 base damage and 122 strength I've seen this in my other fights where I won't hit at all or barely have any damage.





R O U N D 1
>> EGGHDD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
>> MARRLINGA SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 1
MARRLINGA looks at the crowd as she dashes around the battle field.
MARRLINGA decides to attack with the other hand.
MARRLINGA deftly stabs her BONE-IRON SABRE forward in a display of great skill.
Wicked slash slices open EGGHDD's chest...heart and lungs pureed, sickening! (+131 Damage)

R O U N D 2
MARRLINGA makes a high arcing slash with her BLOODSTEEL SABER.
MARRLINGA's BLOODSTEEL SABER tastes victory and inflicts beastly wounds on EGGHDD's elbow! (+173 Damage)
MARRLINGA moves furiously trying to gain the advantage.
MARRLINGA decides to attack with the other hand.
MARRLINGA goes for a wicked slashing attack with her BONE-IRON SABRE.
Herculean slash to EGGHDD's arm leaves it limp and mangled! (+111 Damage)

R O U N D 3
MARRLINGA seeks to chop EGGHDD.
MARRLINGA's weapon rips into EGGHDD's back inflicting horrific damage! (+210 Damage)

MARRLINGA overruns EGGHDD and seeks to slash her adversary.
A huge laceration to the lower arm exposes meat and tissue...EGGHDD's arm becomes almost useless! (+162 Damage)

EGGHDD springs swiftly to action.
EGGHDD seeks to hurt his opponent.
EGGHDD looks to seriously damage MARRLINGA's armour! (-Sunder Armour-)
An old injury is hit and magnifies the damage!
EGGHDD's attack lands on MARRLINGA's wrist causing gigantic wounds! (+57 Damage)

R O U N D 4
MARRLINGA tries to strike her adversary.
MARRLINGA's weapon rips into EGGHDD's back inflicting horrific damage! (+234 Damage)

>> EGGHDD SWITCHES TO STRATEGY 4
MARRLINGA grins as she readies the finishing blow but the Enforcer saves the conquered warrior EGGHDD!
The fight lasted 35 seconds!
Egghdd Is Awarded:
825
0 XP
1 Training Point

[Cynaidh]

I don't know if this is a bug or not but its pretty annoying. I mean really only 57 damage with a serious injury and a 2 handed weapon with 269 base damage and 122 strength I've seen this in my other fights where I won't hit at all or barely have any damage.


Wait till your first hit of the match is a 2 damage rampage even though your glad has 10 points in rampage and crippling might.... yup its already happened to my glads.

[Toop55]

Just had a black market fight guess what happened my glad triggered adrenaline rush and got 1 damage then had a barreling attack which did no damage

[Dainoji]

I doubt it's a bug. It's a combination of heavy armor and tank. It really isn't that difficult to turn your rage into a tank buster if you pick the right skills and modify your strats. My over-the-hill-starting-glad-roll-up-non-HOL-slave speed rage eats tanks for breakfast.

[Ogornomus]

I found, that the Barreling Attack doesn't knock opponents to the ground even when doing damage (I never saw it happen). Maybe becouse it is lvl2 or maybe it doesn't dislpay the "prone" status from BA (text doesn't say the opponent tried to get up though).

[Dainoji]

I found, that the Barreling Attack doesn't knock opponents to the ground even when doing damage (I never saw it happen). Maybe becouse it is lvl2 or maybe it doesn't dislpay the "prone" status from BA (text doesn't say the opponent tried to get up though).

BA can be resisted now, so maybe the knock down got resisted but the damage went through...

[Narol]

BA got excessively downgraded in the update : not only the knockdown is often resisted now but it also does not cause damage anymore... That's just too much and making the skill not worth it anymore...

[Ogornomus]

I made some screenshots.

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How can I make the picture bigger? It seems small... hope you can see it, when you click on it.

In the first picture there was damage, no resist and the prone status didn't appear in the details.
The second picture shows the BA resisted (in purple text).

It isn't a big problem for me, becouse only one of my gladiators use it, but thought it is important.

[Prinny]

I made some screenshots.

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How can I make the picture bigger? It seems small... hope you can see it, when you click on it.

In the first picture there was damage, no resist and the prone status didn't appear in the details.
The second picture shows the BA resisted (in purple text).

It isn't a big problem for me, becouse only one of my gladiators use it, but thought it is important.

You could do what I normally do when i want to post a picture.
Upload it to www.tinypic.com and copy paste the url for forums in your post

[Nate]

I made some screenshots.

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How can I make the picture bigger? It seems small... hope you can see it, when you click on it.

In the first picture there was damage, no resist and the prone status didn't appear in the details.
The second picture shows the BA resisted (in purple text).

It isn't a big problem for me, becouse only one of my gladiators use it, but thought it is important.

Interesting, I'll take a look and see what I can find.

Thanks!

[Nate]

BA got excessively downgraded in the update : not only the knockdown is often resisted now but it also does not cause damage anymore... That's just too much and making the skill not worth it anymore...

The changes to Barreling attack were to bring the skill inline with everything else. Before the update the chance to knock someone down was the same at skill level 1 or 10, only the frequency as which you attempted the skill changed. Now the chance to actually knock them down is tied to your skill level and attributes. If you see it is resisted a large part of that is because your gladiator actually failed to execute the skill properly. If you aren't finding much success with it, focus on the key attributes and expect it to be resisted sometimes as getting knocked down has much more severe consequences now.

Good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

[Iczer]

The changes to Barreling attack were to bring the skill inline with everything else. Before the update the chance to knock someone down was the same at skill level 1 or 10, only the frequency as which you attempted the skill changed. Now the chance to actually knock them down is tied to your skill level and attributes. If you see it is resisted a large part of that is because your gladiator actually failed to execute the skill properly. If you aren't finding much success with it, focus on the key attributes and expect it to be resisted sometimes as getting knocked down has much more severe consequences now.

Good luck in the Pit!

-Nate-

I get the idea that the Knockdown effect can be resisted but does that also tie into the fact that Barreling attack does no damage at all? Even if the other guy resisted the knockdown, he still get a maul/sword/axe/etc to the face.

Here you can see that Barreling attack does damage to my gladiator and she ends up in a prone state afterward:
MESSERSCHMIDT attempts to squash her enemy with her RUNE-POUNDED BATTLE FLAIL.
MESSERSCHMIDT tries to knock CLEOME down with the force of the blow! (-Barreling Attack-)
The blow to CLEOME's side lands with cyclopean force! (+200 Damage)

Here you can see that the effect of Barreling attack of my gladiator is resisted and it does no damage:
MELILOTUS conservatively circles around his enemy.
MELILOTUS nearly falls as he attacks with his RUNE-POUNDED HAND AXE.
MELILOTUS tries to knock GUTSANDGOO down with the force of the blow! (-Barreling Attack-)
Resisted Knock Down Effect!

Here you can see that I was able to hit the guy with Barreling attack and he ended up in a prone state but I didn't do any damage at all:
R O U N D 7
MELILOTUS circles GLAIVE like a starved vulture, looking for an opening.
MELILOTUS nearly falls as he attacks with his DRACONIC FLAIL.
MELILOTUS tries to knock GLAIVE down with the force of the blow! (-Barreling Attack-)
GLAIVE drops to one knee after the shot!
R O U N D 8
The Enforcer quickly throws MELILOTUS a FLAIL from off the arena wall!
GLAIVE gets stepped on as he tries to stand!

It doesn't look right to me.

[Prinny]

I get the idea that the Knockdown effect can be resisted but does that also tie into the fact that Barreling attack does no damage at all? Even if the other guy resisted the knockdown, he still get a maul/sword/axe/etc to the face.

I agree with you but as Nate stated being knocked down has gotten more severe effects (although I haven't really looked into it I know my 2 Hander does so little that the crowd starts to get mad at him after 3 rounds lol) There are several skills that appear like that there's also War Cry which is able to do damage and an effect or just the effect.