Wand Updates!

Tigairius · #1 12-20-2008, 12:18 AM

Wands on GK now have stats to help mages out a little bit. They also come with an exclusive casting time to balance the stats. Some wands will be better than other wands to help give rare wands some value.

The wand system will continue to be improved over time.

shrimps · #2 12-20-2008, 12:20 AM

I quite like it, my rod I always use has awesome stats. =]
+1 int, +25 Magic resist

Googi · #3 12-20-2008, 12:24 AM

That is zormite wand (Casting time: 2.799999952)

How about some rounding, man.

Tigairius · #4 12-20-2008, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

That is zormite wand (Casting time: 2.799999952)

How about some rounding, man.

Yes, in the archetype it is actually 2.8 but there are some problems with floats in the mudlib, will hopefully be fixed soon.

Maxo14 · #5 12-20-2008, 12:30 AM

GK Gfx next?

CABAL49 · #6 12-20-2008, 12:52 AM

Not really a problem but whenever I cast it says test above my character.

Googi · #7 12-20-2008, 12:55 AM

It doesn't seem to work with hotkeyed spells (in that "test" appears instead of the countdown bar). Also, even when /cast is used, the countdown doesn't seem to be noticeably different between wands with different casting speeds. I took a video of me casting Icestorm with both my fastest wand (Valentines Day Wand - Casting time of 1.649999976) and my slowest (Zormite Wand - Casting time of 2.799999952) and both spells took 28 video frames to cast (including the countdown bar), with the countdown bar lasting 10 frames in both cases.

shrimps · #8 12-20-2008, 01:09 AM

Shhhh don't say that, let them think it works.

Tigairius · #9 12-20-2008, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

It doesn't seem to work with hotkeyed spells (in that "test" appears instead of the countdown bar). Also, even when /cast is used, the countdown doesn't seem to be noticeably different between wands with different casting speeds. I took a video of me casting Icestorm with both my fastest wand (Valentines Day Wand - Casting time of 1.649999976) and my slowest (Zormite Wand - Casting time of 2.799999952) and both spells took 28 video frames to cast (including the countdown bar), with the countdown bar lasting 10 frames in both cases.

Could happen if you switch between wands using hotkeys, will have to look at it.

kia345 · #10 12-20-2008, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Googi

Valentines Day Wand

Holy **** it's spelled right now

Tigairius · #11 12-20-2008, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kia345

Holy **** it's spelled right now

Surprised someone noticed so quickly

shrimps · #12 12-20-2008, 03:12 AM

I've never really seen one (clickable wise) to notice.

Deophite18 · #13 12-20-2008, 05:17 AM

I probably have one of the rarest wands. Stats are (Con+1) (Wis-1) (Int-3) Casting Time 2.5

Isn't that kinda bad for a rare wand?+1 stat -4 stat.

Shrimps has a +1 with no negatives? Or is the casting time really that different. Then again staff of Variety has casting time of 1.7 and it isn't rare at all.

shrimps · #14 12-20-2008, 05:21 AM

What wand is it Deophite18?
Personally I'd hate Con wand every time you used it , it'd nuke food a bit.

Deophite18 · #15 12-20-2008, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by shrimps

What wand is it Deophite18?
Personally I'd hate Con wand every time you used it , it'd nuke food a bit.

Heart Wand
It's rarer than Wand of Lightning Arrows but pales in comparison when it comes to stats.
I think mine just actually went down in value instead of up LOL.
I still love it though cause it's pretty ;(
*shrug*