Magic targeting system

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

We are all familiar with the current method of targeting players and monsters to cast your spells directly at them, or at least most of us are, anyway. Well...that method bloody sucks, if you ask me. Ever tried locking onto another player with 5 speed, while trying to avoid his attacks? It's damned near impossible, and very very dangerous if you miss. Although there are one or two ways to do it easily, they are still fairly risky and such.

My proposal is to make spell targeting a point,click,fire affair. So:

You point your mouse over a player, you click on the player, it targets the player (displaying the message "<accountname> targeted!") and you can then fire spells at your leasure. To un-target someone you can simply click on empty space, or on another target

This'd be so damned useful, i tell ya, it'd take some of the edge away from the fact that casting spells takes forever.

[GoZelda]

Originally Posted by Monkeyboy_McGee

stuff

Yup. That'd be much better then what we got now.

[Dehitay]

How do you get your speed past 3.7?

[GoZelda]

Originally Posted by Dehitay

How do you get your speed past 3.7?

Monkey Dust sandals thingies. Dual RoW. Speed Amulet. Other speed items.

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Originally Posted by Dehitay

How do you get your speed past 3.7?

dual rot, 20 base dex and the dex spell or a magnifying glass, will get me past that, possibly up to 4. But like cyrin said, the USDers with monkey sandals, rows, dustari/samurai boots, etc, can go at stupid speeds o_o

[Nappa]

I have 3.633 speed using:

RoW (Dex+3 Speed+5)
RoS (Dex+2 Speed+4)
Orc Shield (Speed+1)
Dustari Boots (Speed+1)
Glok Belt (Sped+2)


So I am damn well sure you can get back 3.7 easily.

[Splke]

Originally Posted by Monkeyboy_McGee

dual rot, 20 base dex and the dex spell or a magnifying glass, will get me past that, possibly up to 4. But like cyrin said, the USDers with monkey sandals, rows, dustari/samurai boots, etc, can go at stupid speeds o_o

HEY.. Don't shun my name you mother effin loser. >:O

Dual RoW (+5 speed each, dex+3 str+3)
Speed Amulet (+2 speed, +1 dex)
Dex Bracers (dex+2)
Leaf Sheild (+1 speed +1 str)
PMoP (str+1)
Soccer Boots (speed+1-2? dex+2)
FHoM (str+1)
Girdle of Fighting (Str+1)

30 Str, 30 Dex = 5.0 speed, Speed+s = 5.5+ speed =]

WOO! I am teh king. I think I was like.. the fastest player on Graal rofl.


By the way, magic propsition thingy, auwsome.

[Nappa]

don't copy me bish

i challenge you to a 1v1 fight to the death

[MasterNuke]

-.- Targeting doesn't help if the higher end spells are still too slow... It wont help fight against the 5 speed guy that runs about 5 times faster than the bullets.

[Dehitay]

I have dual RoWs, base 20 Dex, base 20 Str, Forest Shield, and Glok Belt
I can drop all my items save for those and still only go at 3.7

[Splke]

You need a good 28 str / dex for 4.6

Nappa, you talkin to me?! YOU TALKIN TO ME?!

O
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Bring it.

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Originally Posted by MasterNuke

-.- Targeting doesn't help if the higher end spells are still too slow... It wont help fight against the 5 speed guy that runs about 5 times faster than the bullets.

I do of course know this o_O

Thing is, that it's still something quite important that will improve the magic system and will have to be done sooner or later. And since the staff seem to be best at doing smaller things rather than larger things, well, the rest writes itself

[Admins]

It's already possible to target spells at specific players or npcs. All following casts of the same spell will be directed on the same character then. The only problem is that the targetting is complicated especially when the target is moving fast, and the projectile/spell is always flying the same speed no matter how fast the target moves. The spell casting could probably be changed to automatically target an object if it's front of you (and it's not a friendly player). We were planning to improve the targetting when throwing stuff (pots, stones, spears, tridents), so we could may be do the two things at once.

[TheSmu]

sounds pretty good

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Originally Posted by Stefan

The only problem is that the targetting is complicated especially when the target is moving fast, and the projectile/spell is always flying the same speed no matter how fast the target moves. The spell casting could probably be changed to automatically target an object if it's front of you (and it's not a friendly player). We were planning to improve the targetting when throwing stuff (pots, stones, spears, tridents), so we could may be do the two things at once.

Yes exactly, yey! <3

An alternative to making it point&click targetting would be so that you can just type in /target <accountname> as a text command and so it targets that player...

[Nappa]

Originally Posted by Splke

You need a good 28 str / dex for 4.6

Nappa, you talkin to me?! YOU TALKIN TO ME?!

O
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G


Bring it.

Oh no you didn't girlfriend! DON'T TOUCH MY BABYS MOMMA

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Ok that's enough now, lads, i'd rather this thread stayed open o_o

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Monkeyboy_McGee

Ok that's enough now, lads, i'd rather this thread stayed open o_o

and yet you always help me bring threads off topic :o

Nice, Stefan responded...

[Splke]

/target Stefan

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Originally Posted by Gerami

and yet you always help me bring threads off topic :o

Haha yes, but usually they're poopy threads anyway. This one's a good solid suggestion thread, and i hardly ever bring suggestion threads off topic. And besides, it's my thread

[GoZelda]

Originally Posted by Stefan

All following casts of the same spell will be directed on the same character then.

We want all other spells to be directed on this character too. So, if you 'lock' magic bullet on someone, then cast serious wounds, the serious wounds should hunt this person too, like with the old hotkey system.

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Originally Posted by GoZelda

We want all other spells to be directed on this character too. So, if you 'lock' magic bullet on someone, then cast serious wounds, the serious wounds should hunt this person too, like with the old hotkey system.

what he said, like.