Larger npcs.. should be harder to interrupt based on movement. It was harder to push around a dragon than it was say...a sarnak.
Saw this posted by someone and it reminded me. Look how many interrupts on Severilous:
Quote:
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:06 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:07 2012] Your song ends.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:12 2012] You feel protected.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:12 2012] Your song ends.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:23 2012] You slow down.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:25 2012] You can't cast spells while invulnerable!
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:26 2012] You no longer feel protected.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:27 2012] Your song ends.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:31 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:37 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:43 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:49 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:55 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:18:58 2012] Severilous scowls at you, ready to attack -- looks like quite a gamble.
[Mon Jan 23 16:19:01 2012] Your feet move faster.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:05 2012] You resist the Tigir's Insects spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:07 2012] You resist the Dragon Charm spell!'
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:11 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:16 2012] Severilous regains concentration and continues casting.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:16 2012] You resist the Tigir's Insects spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:24 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:29 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:30 2012] Your legs lock in pain as you choke on the noxious poison. You have taken 600 points of damage.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:30 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:36 2012] Severilous regains concentration and continues casting.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:38 2012] You resist the Dragon Roar spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:39 2012] You resist the Dragon Charm spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:43 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:48 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:22:55 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:00 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:01 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:06 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:07 2012] You resist the Ceticious Cloud spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:08 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:13 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:14 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:19 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:20 2012] You resist the Dragon Roar spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:20 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:25 2012] Severilous regains concentration and continues casting.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:25 2012] You resist the Tigir's Insects spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:35 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:40 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:41 2012] Your legs lock in pain as you choke on the noxious poison. You have taken 600 points of damage.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:42 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:47 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:48 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:53 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:53 2012] Severilous has become ENRAGED.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:54 2012] Severilous begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jan 23 16:23:59 2012] Severilous's casting is interrupted!
[Mon Jan 23 16:24:00 2012] You resist the Dragon Roar spell!
[Mon Jan 23 16:24:00 2012] Severilous succumbs to the lure of ice.
[Mon Jan 23 16:24:00 2012] You gain party experience!!
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In this log, he was interrupted 9 times. That's just not right :P
So I did this query to see if size usually determined larger races. It does.
Code:
select id, name,race,size
from npc_types
where size > '6'
order by size desc, race, name
The results start out with large 'boss' npcs around size 40-50...
...the dragons 34.5,
...then the giants 26,
..then the cyclopses 25,
...Trakanon anomaly at 20.
...fire giants 18,
..and around size 15.. things start evening out. (aviaks, wyverns, etc)
Should we make it harder to push these npcs? Either that, or make them less susceptible to interrupts based on push.
For example, Lady Vox was a classic encounter that was exceptionally hard because she would cheal over and over again...because she was hard as hell interrupt by melee. She falls into the 34.5 category.
I think starting to scale up from size 10 or 12 -> would be a good idea.
Thoughts?