Jaster wrote: insta hit every 4.5 seconds witha hally instead of every 2
Here it is mentioned in this PVP tutorial at UO Powergamers written in early '00 a little after pre casting was removed describing the bug where you could skip the combat delay. People commonly associated this with casting, because after finishing your casting sequence with a six circle spell your combat delay would be skipped.
UO Powergames PVP Guide:
Use the instant-hit with your weapon whenever possible (instant-hit= where you arm your weapon right after you cast a spell on your opponent---with pre-casting gone remember to target first!!!---then run up to your opponent with weapon in hand. This is a bug that lets you get a free hit off, with no delay. So use it while you still can.).
Reference: http://web.archive.org/web/200107221249 ... actics.asp
Here is an actual duel that existed in '99 with a real time displayed through the UO journal that was generously added. That proves you could in fact hally, ebolt, hally, ebolt.
If you follow this duel very carefully you can tell exactly what happened by the prepped ebolts and when the hally refreshes occurred. Giving the fact that ebolt takes 1.75s to cast, and a hally delay is 4.95s long at 25 stamina, there is absolutely no way Sysic could have died in a matter of 10 secs like this if it didn't override the current hally delay.Nighthawk wrote: 5> Hally, Ebolt, Hally, Ebolt (as he tries to heal)
Reference: http://www.wtfman.com/oldjov/stories/nhawk19.htm
Here is another mention of the bug in a UOHOC.
- February 3rd, 2000 - UOHOC Discussion - wrote: Glamdring - *Aegean_LS* Is anything planned for the insta-hally hit? Is it supposed to skipp the delay?
Sage - Yes. We are currently looking at the insta-hally hit, and considering its removal.
I will not go into the reasoning behind the mechanic, because of developmental reasons. This was a very unintentional feature that existed based on how the weapon mechanics worked during the era. It is very easy to understand once you in fact know how it worked mechanical wise.
I dislike having to disclose my sources so that other people can steal it for other shards. It would be nice if most players would just accept the fact that we know what were doing so we don't have to continue to disclose them for other people to steal.