Targetted AE Spells

[Rhambuk]

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146964

So the wizard column/fingers line are only supposed to hit 4 mobs but the OP of that thread discovered it can hit more.

I've recreated this as has he. If you have 4 mobs in range attacking you and you ae them should only hit 4 targets but it can hit you as well as the 4 mobs. I pulled 5 and it hit 6, landed on 4 mobs and the last mob and I resisted it.

some of my better screens are locked away, F VISTA SO HARD AAHHHHH, ill do some more playing around tomorrow.

[Rhambuk]

messing around this morning,

pulled 4 mobs, hit 4 and not myself
pulled 4 mobs hit 4 and not myself
pulled 5 mobs hit 4 and myself
pulled 6 hit 4 and myself
pulled 4 hit 4 and myself
pulled 5 hit 4 and myself
pulled 5 hit 4 and myself
pulled 6 hit 4 and myself
pulled 4 hit 4 and myself
pulled 6 hit 4 and myself
pulled 4 hit 4 and myself

have screenshots of all of these fights btw.

[Psionide]

When it hit you was it hitting you twice like it did for me?

[Rhambuk]

no it never did in any of my testing, only landed once. yesterday I had a pull of 4 the first ae killed one then the next 2 ae's would land on or resist or anything the remaining 3 mobs but would hit me. Few steps back and it landed on all 4 of us. Haven't been able to recreate that, or been able to unlock the folder to retrieve the screens.

[Rhambuk]

and a few more for laughs, in gfay this time.

Pulled 4 hit all and myself once 5 targets
pulled 5 hit 4 and not myself 4 targets
pulled 4 hit all 4 and myself once 5 targets
pulled 6 hit 4 targets and myself once 5 targets
finished off the 2 hit the 2 but not myself

[Rhambuk]

something is screwed...

i just pulled 4 mobs one last time before logging, cast column and it did nothing (note all mobs were in my face at melee range so there was no chance of z axis or los issues). See

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143549

I cast it again, and i got the message you regain concentration and continue casting, didnt land, cast again got same message and it didnt land, took a few steps and it landed hitting the 4 mobs and myself.

[Rhambuk]

Bump

[Nirgon]

I hit 4 + myself on live using pillar of flame

[Jaxon]

Targeted columns, rains, etc will hit an unlimited number of PCs. Only NPC hits are limited. It's working correctly.

[Nirgon]

Targeted columns, rains, etc will hit an unlimited number of PCs. Only NPC hits are limited. It's working correctly.

That's what I was saying on the pvp server about aoe's should hit unlimited targets

[Jaxon]

AOE spells raping everyone in PVP is definitely classic.

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Gary-Oldman-Yelling-Everyone-Leon-The-Professional.gif

[Haynar]

That's what I was saying on the pvp server about aoe's should hit unlimited targets

Rains too? I vaguely remember something about this. I know some of stuff I worked on before was for pets to eat a round. But code of that has been changed multiple times. So not sure what its doing now.

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[Nirgon]

Ya I casted tears of prexus on a raid getting ready to go up to hate on live.

Everyone took 3 waves that didn't get clear who was within 4 levels of me. It wasn't just the "charges" of the rain spread out.

How rains worked in PvE on live servers when players were present, isn't something I'll give you a sure fire answer on but info should be easy to find.

Hitting unlimited targets is where I got my info for al'kabor should be infinite targets too... although I believe it DID hit infinite targets in the live beta of classic and was never readjusted from its worthless state.

[Rhambuk]

ahh okay okay, thanks for the info guys hadn't even thought of it affecting players differently.

theres still the odd one or two cases that it hit 5 mobs but I only had that happen maybe twice ever.

[Rhambuk]

dont have p99 installed on my pc right now, wondering if this got touched in the last patch if anyone could post if they see it happening still or not.

Thanks!