Game Mechanics: Staff of Temperate Flux and Rod of Insidious Glamour Should not be useable on move

[baakss]

Originally Posted by Awsten_Tx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but 10 clicks of your staff will pull any mob on you in a few seconds...

Sometimes, the plots write themselves

On Quarm and TAKP it generates basically no aggro, so this isn't a problem. Have you considered looking into that if this bothers you?

The instant cast thing actually has been hashed out here before. Have you read through all these?

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...highlight=flux

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...highlight=flux

One of these posts included logs showing you could spam the hell out of it:

[Wed Nov 14 02:01:45 2001] a skeleton scowls at you, ready to attack -- You could probably win this fight.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:46 2001] A skeleton tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:46 2001] A skeleton tries to bash YOU, but misses!
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:47 2001] A skeleton tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:47 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:49 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:49 2001] A skeleton tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:49 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:49 2001] You can't use that command right now...
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:49 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:50 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:50 2001] A skeleton tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:50 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:50 2001] Your target resisted the LowerElement spell.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:50 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:51 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:51 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:51 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:51 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:51 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:52 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:52 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:52 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:52 2001] A skeleton tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:52 2001] Your target resisted the LowerElement spell.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:52 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:53 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:53 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:53 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:53 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:53 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:54 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:54 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] You were hit by non-melee for 6 dmg.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] YOU were injured by falling.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] You can't use that command right now...
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:55 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:56 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:56 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.
[Wed Nov 14 02:01:56 2001] A skeleton looks uncomfortable.

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Originally Posted by Awsten_Tx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was always so concerned with the archery nerf i didnt bother to go snooping about this "kite meta" we have in p99. People didnt kite like that back in the day, and I wasnt sure why it was a thing here... turns out this is why.

Huh? For kiting a mob any high aggro spell would've worked in era. P99 has some P99-specific mechanics that necessitate flux staff, such as Vulak - Guard aggro share. There would have been no reason to need to do this on live because that mechanic didn't even exist.

On live and in era, the reasons we didn't do these massive kites is:

1. We had no voice comms.
   
2. We played on potatoes and had to stare at the wall or else we went LD.
   
3. We had no competition for these mobs.

When you consider the above it's simply better to be as safe as possible. It had nothing to do with flux staff being instant or not.