question about spell casting speed

[CumeriTarenes]

I read the changelog and found this:

Version: 0.9.03 (Date: 2007/4/17)

Balance:
- Update: Spell casting is now affected by the speed of the weapon. Wait time for Warriors = weapon_speed / 1.5 - for Mages and Archers = weapon_speed / 3.


What does it mean? I thought the wait time between 2 spells is affected by weapon speed equally for all classes...and I thought it is the same time than the wait time between normal hits.

[Znurre]

Yes, this is the case.
Warriors have more speed penalty then the other classes.

[Inkster]

Yes, this is the case.
Warriors have more speed penalty then the other classes.

As they should, especially female Ughtar Barbs :mf_hide:

[Valorius]

Listing actual weapon speed in seconds would be a nice upgrade to Regnum. Hopefully at some point, NGD will find the time to do that.

[Mattdoesrock]

Im not quite sure if I understand..

This means that if I have a very slow weapon, it'll take me longer to cast say Ripost, then a medium weapon?

If thats the case - Barbs are screwed.

Are far as I've seen, the fastest lvl 50 weapon for barbs is slow.. And nearly all use very slow. If it turns out to be how I described, this may put people off using their lvl 19 weapon areas, as it'll mean they'll take longer than the already, annoying but fair, 3 seconds.

[Znurre]

Yes, Matt, that's how it works :)

[CumeriTarenes]

Version: 0.9.03 (Date: 2007/4/17)

Balance:
- Update: Spell casting is now affected by the speed of the weapon. Wait time for Warriors = weapon_speed / 1.5 - for Mages and Archers = weapon_speed / 3.


Do they talk about the wait time between 2 spells or about the time you need to cast a single spell?

I am confused....and your comments made me even more confused now

[aric_swartzell]

Do they talk about the wait time between 2 spells or about the time you need to cast a single spell?

I am confused....and your comments made me even more confused now

As am I...

[Mattdoesrock]

I was about to ask the same thing Cumeri.

It says wait time...

So maybe it means that the time inbetween spells? If thats the case Im ok with that - as its already works like that - this may just mean a change in the length of time inbetween spells.

***EDIT***

Ohhhhhhh!!!!

I thought you were talking about a new update; changing how the spell speed works!

Nevermind then, I know how it works currently :)

[BlooD]

Do they talk about the wait time between 2 spells or about the time you need to cast a single spell?

I am confused....and your comments made me even more confused now

Time between skills.

Before that change warriors had piggyback, they used a normal attack and they cast a skill instantly. When trip had 100% weapon damage this was too much.

With that and the "you cant move bug" warriors had good times in beta.

[CumeriTarenes]

The feature I quoted was already implemented a year ago, Matt.


I guess they are talking about the time inbetween two spells.

When you use a slow weapon the time between normal attacks is 3,5 sec.
If you are mage or an archer it would mean you have to wait 3,5 sec/3 =1,17 sec wait time between two spells. But from my experience the time between casting 2 spells is the same time than between normal attacks, in this example 3,5 sec.

[Mattdoesrock]

Sorry Cumeri, I didnt realise at first.

Havn't been around even nearly that long.

[Znurre]

This is how it works:
Spell casting delay is based on two different things:

1. Weapon speed
2. Class

They did some changes to this in that update.
This affected spell casting aswell as common hits.