06-01-2004, 01:24 AM
Well, there is no point, really. ^_^
Actually there is a point (and several implications) but it's only clear if you were familiar with NextDelay and its supposed effect on CoT damage. It was thought that it prevented targets affected by the second nova charge from being affected by the third charged bolt charge. As a result of the testing, we can infer that:
There is a zone beginning approximately in the middle of the nova area and extending outwards where the nova outpaces the charged bolts by more than the four frames of NextDelay. Targets in this zone are eligible to be damaged by both the nova and charged bolts.
Like I say in the link, this is more than two-and-a-half times the damage potential that was previously thought. That's without doing anything special to take advantage of it.
If you really want to milk this for all its worth, kb can be used to forcably move targets back into the overlap zone. Dragon Tail is ideal for this because it bumps back multiple targets, maximizing your damage output with every release. And any kind of kb will result in the release target getting affected by all three charges, which is pretty respectable.
If you want to know what those other two guys are arguing about, you'll have to ask them.
Actually there is a point (and several implications) but it's only clear if you were familiar with NextDelay and its supposed effect on CoT damage. It was thought that it prevented targets affected by the second nova charge from being affected by the third charged bolt charge. As a result of the testing, we can infer that:
There is a zone beginning approximately in the middle of the nova area and extending outwards where the nova outpaces the charged bolts by more than the four frames of NextDelay. Targets in this zone are eligible to be damaged by both the nova and charged bolts.
Like I say in the link, this is more than two-and-a-half times the damage potential that was previously thought. That's without doing anything special to take advantage of it.
If you really want to milk this for all its worth, kb can be used to forcably move targets back into the overlap zone. Dragon Tail is ideal for this because it bumps back multiple targets, maximizing your damage output with every release. And any kind of kb will result in the release target getting affected by all three charges, which is pretty respectable.
If you want to know what those other two guys are arguing about, you'll have to ask them.