08-22-2009, 12:14 PM
This certainly explains those pointblank fireball misses my arty mage experienced against blood knights. Prior to losing my gear, I was using lvl17 spells. I have this tendency to play my arty mage rather sloppy, so a group of blood knights would usually close in before one more fireball finished them off. I clearly remember aiming at those spots when frantically spamming, no comprehending why i was missing with my very high magic stat. It reminded me of that bug where certain bow firing angles resulted in complete misses at a stationary monster, regardless of % cth.
So without cheating, the only arrows capable of leaking through are from the rift bow. Even at that, I don't imagine seeing that the 49 - 50.75 speed very often due to the random[32]. Not very reliable for wall piercing, but since you can find it very early (I found mine on normal lvl 1, the only one i ever found) I suppose it may be useful in IM to attempt wall piercing.
As for the lvl 17 spells that allow leak through, I do not see much practical use for it. By the time one attains such firepower, you would also have a massive mana pool for manashield. The only monsters I'd like to kill via this method would be the goat archers, but even then i prefer chain lightning since none have resistance to that.
Still, this is a very good analysis of the phenomenon, certainly more useful than the firecross bug i mentioned some time ago.
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...mp;#entry166204
This is off topic, but I'll be doing some testing concerning the buggy fire and lightning arrow damage done in pvp. I wish to confirm my interpretation of section 6.1.6 of jarulf's guide, particularly the statement "Any extra fire or lightning damage from any item other than the bow will be added despite the fact that this is a ranged attack". I'll be using sparking mail and perhaps some uniques hacked onto different base items (e.g. Messerschmidtâs Reaver, flamedart, schaefer's hammer etc).
So without cheating, the only arrows capable of leaking through are from the rift bow. Even at that, I don't imagine seeing that the 49 - 50.75 speed very often due to the random[32]. Not very reliable for wall piercing, but since you can find it very early (I found mine on normal lvl 1, the only one i ever found) I suppose it may be useful in IM to attempt wall piercing.
As for the lvl 17 spells that allow leak through, I do not see much practical use for it. By the time one attains such firepower, you would also have a massive mana pool for manashield. The only monsters I'd like to kill via this method would be the goat archers, but even then i prefer chain lightning since none have resistance to that.
Still, this is a very good analysis of the phenomenon, certainly more useful than the firecross bug i mentioned some time ago.
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...mp;#entry166204
This is off topic, but I'll be doing some testing concerning the buggy fire and lightning arrow damage done in pvp. I wish to confirm my interpretation of section 6.1.6 of jarulf's guide, particularly the statement "Any extra fire or lightning damage from any item other than the bow will be added despite the fact that this is a ranged attack". I'll be using sparking mail and perhaps some uniques hacked onto different base items (e.g. Messerschmidtâs Reaver, flamedart, schaefer's hammer etc).