Noble Blade: Bug

Sanju · 03-09-2006, 08:35 PM

Wel, myabe not a bug, exactly, but certainly a change.Noble Blade is the lvl 67 upgrade to Courtly Blade. Courtly Blade had an Instant cast time. Why does Noble have a 0.5 second cast? Fix one or the other (my vote is for an Instant cast time on Noble).

Crombie · 03-09-2006, 08:37 PM

Yup yup .. noticed this in beta... /bugged it a few times.. The instant cast part was very nice at times.

Vandileir · 03-09-2006, 09:49 PM

also note, that master 1 courtly blade does 1pt more of damage than noble plade adept 1. i was under the impression that adept 1's of upgrades would still be better than the previous version?

pera · 03-09-2006, 09:55 PM

Vandileir wrote:
also note, that master 1 courtly blade does 1pt more of damage than noble plade adept 1. i was under the impression that adept 1's of upgrades would still be better than the previous version?

I've found this to be the case only part of the time or only part of the spell will be an upgrade vs the master I of the previous tier.Yeah it would be nice to have Noble Blade back on the same recast timer as courtly.

Jehannum · 03-11-2006, 05:53 AM

My suspicion is that it's one of two things at play.

1. It could be that Noble Blade has a .5 second cast time in order to give it a 1/3-normal chance to proc melee attack procs. (normal chance*0.5/3*2 attacks) Now, what bothers me about this is that anything with a faster cast time has little chance to proc.

2. It could be that there are two locations in the data entry for the spell which indicate cast time, one for proc calculations and another for game effect. If this is the case, I'd anticipate that having the same number for both, on this skill line, would thus be a bug.

It's been ages since I even looked at Courtly closely so I'd forgotten it was instant rather than .5 seconds; it's always taken about half a second anyway SMILEY

That said, I have noticed that Noble takes longer to cast. Generally it's not that big a deal since my dps isn't the most important thing anyhow, but it's a little annoying.

03-09-2006, 08:35 PM	#1
Sanju Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 305	Wel, myabe not a bug, exactly, but certainly a change.Noble Blade is the lvl 67 upgrade to Courtly Blade. Courtly Blade had an Instant cast time. Why does Noble have a 0.5 second cast? Fix one or the other (my vote is for an Instant cast time on Noble). __________________

03-09-2006, 08:37 PM	#2
Crombie Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rivervale Posts: 148	Yup yup .. noticed this in beta... /bugged it a few times.. The instant cast part was very nice at times. __________________

03-09-2006, 09:49 PM	#3
Vandileir Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United States, New York Posts: 111	also note, that master 1 courtly blade does 1pt more of damage than noble plade adept 1. i was under the impression that adept 1's of upgrades would still be better than the previous version? __________________ Turmoil - 70 Guardian/70 Weaponsmith - Guk (Mythical) Seran - 70 Troubador/69 Alchemist - Guk (Mythical) Lanala - 63 Monk - Guk (Mythical) Damenoth 53 Conj -Guk (Mythical) Valkan - 40 Brigand (Mythical)

03-09-2006, 09:55 PM	#4
pera Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 433	Vandileir wrote: also note, that master 1 courtly blade does 1pt more of damage than noble plade adept 1. i was under the impression that adept 1's of upgrades would still be better than the previous version? I've found this to be the case only part of the time or only part of the spell will be an upgrade vs the master I of the previous tier.Yeah it would be nice to have Noble Blade back on the same recast timer as courtly. __________________ - Igus 70 Dirge, Second Dawn Best Quote Ever: "BREAKING: New York subways smell funny"

03-11-2006, 05:53 AM	#5
Jehannum Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 651	My suspicion is that it's one of two things at play. 1. It could be that Noble Blade has a .5 second cast time in order to give it a 1/3-normal chance to proc melee attack procs. (normal chance0.5/32 attacks) Now, what bothers me about this is that anything with a faster cast time has little chance to proc. 2. It could be that there are two locations in the data entry for the spell which indicate cast time, one for proc calculations and another for game effect. If this is the case, I'd anticipate that having the same number for both, on this skill line, would thus be a bug. It's been ages since I even looked at Courtly closely so I'd forgotten it was instant rather than .5 seconds; it's always taken about half a second anyway That said, I have noticed that Noble takes longer to cast. Generally it's not that big a deal since my dps isn't the most important thing anyhow, but it's a little annoying.