06-13-2005, 08:01 PM
Yeah, it's not a big deal, it's just annoying and counterintuitive. It would have been just as easy to make it similar to a gun. Here's what I would like, assuming a 2 speed wand.
Imolate, COA, corruption.
Hit the wand key, 2 sec delay.
Wand hits for piddly damage
2 sec delay
Wand hits
1/2 second later, I get tired of jack squat damage, and hit the SB button.
IMMEADIATLY my SB starts casting.
SB crits and makes the mob wish he was dead already
Pleased with the pain I am causing, I decide not to waste any more mana on this miserable lump. I take a step forward to see the agony up close.
2 seconds later, the wand hits for piddly damage
I suddenly feel like training up my daggers, so I run the rest of the way in and start stabbing.
1/2 sec later (2 seconds from the last wand shot), nothing happens, because melee attack toggle cancels the wands.
Obviously, the priests have similar scenarios, just substitute flowers and sunshine for death and destruction. For both classes, it is possible that waiting for the universal cooldown could be the difference between life and death.
Why why why did they have to invent a new and cumbersome interface when the ones for melee and guns work so well already? And please, if I am screwed up and there is a way to get extra dps out of this (like the old wand/dagger combo), point it out
Imolate, COA, corruption.
Hit the wand key, 2 sec delay.
Wand hits for piddly damage
2 sec delay
Wand hits
1/2 second later, I get tired of jack squat damage, and hit the SB button.
IMMEADIATLY my SB starts casting.
SB crits and makes the mob wish he was dead already
Pleased with the pain I am causing, I decide not to waste any more mana on this miserable lump. I take a step forward to see the agony up close.
2 seconds later, the wand hits for piddly damage
I suddenly feel like training up my daggers, so I run the rest of the way in and start stabbing.
1/2 sec later (2 seconds from the last wand shot), nothing happens, because melee attack toggle cancels the wands.
Obviously, the priests have similar scenarios, just substitute flowers and sunshine for death and destruction. For both classes, it is possible that waiting for the universal cooldown could be the difference between life and death.
Why why why did they have to invent a new and cumbersome interface when the ones for melee and guns work so well already? And please, if I am screwed up and there is a way to get extra dps out of this (like the old wand/dagger combo), point it out