What to do about Thunderstorm
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:37 pm
I've noticed some strange behavior when using Thunderstorm.
This happens when using PRIORITY_CASTING and Thunderstorm has the highest priority or Thunderstorm is your only attack skill.
When the bot casts it at a mob and it dies before it has finished casting and there are other mobs within range, then the bot targets the new targets and tries to cast Thunderstorm again while it is still casting. This causes strange behavior. Either it just fails and then it tries again after if finally stops casting or the click that would have cast the skill causes the character to run forward, usually into the middle of a group of mobs that then aggro you.
I see 2 solutions for this.
1. We force the first cast to stop, seeing as the target is already dead anyway, so we can immediately cast it to the new target, or
2. We wait for Thunderstorm to finish casting just in cast it is still damaging other targets if there are any.
I'd go more for the speed of option 1 but it might mean that Thunderstorm gets used a bit more than strictly necessary wasting mana.
This would probably happen with other skills too but at this point I'm not sure which.
Anyway, what are your thought people? And can you think of any other options?
This happens when using PRIORITY_CASTING and Thunderstorm has the highest priority or Thunderstorm is your only attack skill.
When the bot casts it at a mob and it dies before it has finished casting and there are other mobs within range, then the bot targets the new targets and tries to cast Thunderstorm again while it is still casting. This causes strange behavior. Either it just fails and then it tries again after if finally stops casting or the click that would have cast the skill causes the character to run forward, usually into the middle of a group of mobs that then aggro you.
I see 2 solutions for this.
1. We force the first cast to stop, seeing as the target is already dead anyway, so we can immediately cast it to the new target, or
2. We wait for Thunderstorm to finish casting just in cast it is still damaging other targets if there are any.
I'd go more for the speed of option 1 but it might mean that Thunderstorm gets used a bit more than strictly necessary wasting mana.
This would probably happen with other skills too but at this point I'm not sure which.
Anyway, what are your thought people? And can you think of any other options?