12-06-2003, 08:01 AM
Baajikiil,Dec 5 2003, 10:43 PM Wrote:I very rarely had to tank; as most opponents die in just a few casts of tornado(doing almost 2K per cast, and tornado appears to be able to hit than once per cast)Yeah, this was something I was going to make a thread about, as I hadn't heard any mention of it.
Eventhough the NextDelay reported of 25 (1 second delay between hits) is correct, the game can override seemingly any values. In the case of tornado it has an override (sub-delay?) variable of 15 frames (Param1), so one hit every 0.6 secs.
With the way it moves linearly from where you aimed (or the average linear travelling path if you will), and with it being large in size (3x3 tiles), it gets to hit even Fallen (1x1 tile critters) two times (could of sworn I observed a tripple hit, but then it could theoretically hit a monster ~10 times if it was moving away from the Tornado).
Also since it has a custom variable for when the next hit occurs (which could work as customized usage, or just another place to mention the NextDelay....I know I'm confusing now), this can mean it's not affected by the bug/feature (however you see it) of several missiles/fast casts not working, although multiple casts working can be confused with a single Tornado hitting several times.
It's a shame with Twister's stun not being useful (mainly because of its NextDelay prohibiting it from stunning a target 100% of the time) since crowd control without pets would of been fun (although a single point in Molten Boulder does give some of this, but I've only found it of use for comedy value).