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Hakubi
08-07-2016, 05:47 AM
I am level 25 troll shaman. Posting this here because it's probably just a lack of understanding in game mechanics or something stupid and doesn't look like it belongs in technical issues

I have been having issues with Canni dancing using a macro, I get random variations of mana return between 9-10 and the proper 20 when using the following macros as reported by DuxaUI's mana gauge:

/stand
/cast 5 (canni)
/pause 25
/sit

It more often than not returns 9 mana (while always taking 50 health) and vary rarely the proper 20. I have tried adjusting the pause from 15 <-> 30 and nothing fixes this behavior. If I manually cast Canni (manually sitting/spell gems either dancing or spamming) it gives the correct 20 mana. My meds tick for 12 every 6 seconds so... example:

Actual usage:
Starting mana: 200
Med tick: +12 (212)
Macro Canni: + 9 (221)
Sit in time for next med tick: +12 (233)


Expected usage:
Starting mana: 200
Med tick: +12 (212)
Macro Canni: 20 (232)
Sit in time for next med tick: +12 (245)

The only explanation for this is I am missing med ticks and the client acts weird until it gets server data... but my timing has to be right. Is this a client-server interpolation issue or me doing something stupid?

In a possibly related issue I always get weird behavior when standing after medding. I lose my last tick of mana (-12) after 6 seconds of standing unless I cast a spell immediately.

Ping is around 89-95ms. Latency meter says 100% except for the occasional drop into the 99.7x that corrects itself after half a second. There is a red star below it 100% of the time (no idea what that means).

Thulack
08-11-2016, 10:22 PM
Mana ticks are weird on this server. I dont know the specifics and i'm sure someone will give you the technical reasoning as to why it happens but its just a way that the coding works here. Nothing you can change about it or worry about.

daodin
08-11-2016, 11:34 PM
Try pause 20

Pubo
08-12-2016, 04:33 AM
I think it's a client-server thing as you say. If you look at your bar it's like it moves twice, it'll bounce back and then up - that's when you canni and resit. I haven't checked the actual numbers but seems like you're doing it best you can.

I went crazy staring at the manabar :) Now I just spam away with clicky.