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by Topcock
Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

There are two other well known facts that defy the logic too. 1. Regular Spell Damage Delay 2. Explosion Spell Damage Delay We know that the spell damage delay is one second and that the explosion spell damage delay is three seconds long. The energy bolt spell with the 0.5 * Circle formula is 12 ti...
by Topcock
Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:44 am
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

erm...0 seconds for first level would have absolutely no animation. (int)Circle reference variable is based off a spell array list where spell circle one is recognized as zero. Actually, I just found out what spell castings UORebirth used from this thread: http://www.runuo.com/forums/general-discus...
by Topcock
Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:29 am
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

One of the biggest reasons I don't agree with topcock is that I quit OSI in 2003, and immediately went to UOGamers:Hybrid. The biggest difference in PvP I noticed was spell damage, I didn't notice anything at all with spell casting times (excluding delays). The difference in spell casting time from...
by Topcock
Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

Actually, I just found out what spell castings UORebirth used from this thread: http://www.runuo.com/forums/general-discussion/60435-old-spell-casting-time-accurate.html return TimeSpan.FromSeconds( 0.5 + ((int)Circle)*0.5 ); I'm not familiar with the code, but wouldn't the int start at 0 for 1st ci...
by Topcock
Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:11 pm
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

I'm amazed by how many people take Stratics as the final say without a doubt about always being accurate. We know Stratics was relatively accurate on a lot of mechanical functions with in the game but we also know they was not always a hundred percent accurate on everything based in the game. For e...
by Topcock
Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:26 pm
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

When you know you're right but all the facts point in the opposite direction, it usually means you're wrong. I never recall harm taking a full second to cast, nor ebolt 3 seconds, flamestrike 3.5 seconds. I'm not sure if you realise what an awfully long time that is in the heat of battle. PvP would...
by Topcock
Wed Jan 26, 2011 5:36 pm
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

I'm not going to get into an argument over spell casting timers, because I don't care that much, nor even play the game that much. I don't think I would even want them that way, but it doesn't change the fact that they were that way. You can go by uo.com, I'll go by uo.stratics.com which in till AO...
by Topcock
Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:48 am
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

Spell timers are based on a one tick increment starting at 0.5 for first circle. 1st - 0.5 2nd - 0.75 3rd - 1.0 etc... This was ripped straight from the original code before the t2a era in mid '98. Also, the information using these same exact delay times were placed on the actual Ultima Online web ...
by Topcock
Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:11 pm
Forum: Suggestions & Era Accuracy
Topic: lesser heal healed less
Replies: 60
Views: 13788

Re: lesser heal healed less

It's not that lesser heal healed less. The way the casting time and delays were set up rewarded individuals for using greater heal over lesser heal. No server has ever got the correct casting time and delays set up the right way and I'm not sure that it is a bad thing, because the gameplay was a bit...