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[Responded] 523 - Targetting for Touch Spells - Weird...

Discussion in 'Release 44 Dev+ Bug Forum' started by Jens_T, Jul 21, 2017.

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  1. Jens_T

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    This could be "design" but I find the targetting behaviour for the three touch spells incoherent.

    I engage a wolf and have it hard-locked (closed target cross), close-combat (i.e. sword auto attack).
    The camera is in isometric perspective, i.e. 90 degrees to me / mob.

    Casting Discharge my avatar faces the wolf and hits.
    Flame Fist and Stone Fist however are cast in direction of the camera, i.e. don't hit the wolf but the free ground (90 degrees away from it).

    Targeting at least should behave coherent - also my personal taste is that once I locked in and am in close combat a touch spell should hit the Mob, not the grass my camera is looking at.

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    Area: Novia_R10_Forest01_FerigsBattleCamp
    Area Display Name: Ferig's Battle Camp
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    Good feedback but I would not call these bugs, rather the current design.
    Discharge is an AoE with a range of 5 (albeit, a small one). Stone Fist and Flame Fist are both close range attack spells.

    I am in no way saying these should not be changed. I'm simply reporting bugs via the bug forums at this time :)
     
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    This of course is up to you - I still would argue that with a locked target the camera position shouldn't matter, i.e. the avatar should auto turn to the target. Just as he/she does for melee or other distance spells. It's only the two touch spells where behaviour is different.
     
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