Cast Times


Bill Z Bubba

 

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So. I can't remember if cast times are entirely out of the picture now. I know-- like it matters that much for a controller-- but still, if I'm comparing, say, AoE Immobs and want to talk about them in terms of maximum cast/time, slotted normal max recharge (95%)...

Set Base Rech + Cast
Plant: 8+1.67
Fire: 8+1.03
Earth: 8+1.17
Gravity: 8+1.33
Electric: 8+1.17
Ice: 8+2.07

Is the # of seconds per use for fire cages 4.1 or 5.1? Is seconds per use on frostbite 4.1 or 6.2?

Please don't regale me with how there're incarnate ways of going way beyond 95% + recharge nowadays, so my head doesn't go asplody.


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Howdy.

Fire cages base recharge is 8. With 95% enhancement, new recharge is 8/1.95 = 4.103
Stated cast time is 1.03 but a more accurate version of that is the Arcanatime:
((1.03/.132) rounded up + 1)*.132 = 1.188 seconds.

Recharge starts at the end of cast time. Time from activation to next activation is:
1.188 + 4.103 for 5.291 seconds.


Be well, people of CoH.

 

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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
((1.03/.132) rounded up + 1)*.132 = 1.188 seconds.
Ah-- so, it's quantized 750 server tics in 99 seconds? Including the extra one? Thanks BZB. Anywhere I can go read about how somebody decided it worked this way?


Choosing a Controller V2 | Splattrollers | Plant/Rad | Fire/Storm | Mind/Emp & Mind/Rad
Weird Controller Powers | Conf & XP/Time | Controller Damage
Being a Healer | The word Necessary | Natural Concept Characters

 

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Originally Posted by Enantiodromos View Post
Ah-- so, it's quantized 750 server tics in 99 seconds? Including the extra one? Thanks BZB. Anywhere I can go read about how somebody decided it worked this way?
Arcanaville figured that one out. She might talk about it in one of her signature links.


Be well, people of CoH.