Canni Dance Mechanics

[Yttrium]

Fat man hit 24! I am trying to practice the fat man jiggle, but EQ regen confuses me. My life and mana will tick up, then down, then back up again. Not sure what this is all about, I seem to recall figuring it all out 15 years ago but there has been a lot of whiskey since then and if I am being honest with myself some tequila too.

At which point do I actually stand and cast? My guess is I wait until it "settles" but I wanted to verify that I am doing it right.

[mickmoranis]

Its the ticks just re organizing every tick so it goes up and down but those are the ticks, just get used to sitting durring them and youll get the swing of it again.

You can also use spell slot 1 for cani and a clicky will refresh the spell gem, allowing to cast it, even though the cool down is not up, however if the spell fires before the cool down has been met, you get a missfire and the spell gem jsut refreshes. You must time that until you get some higher level cani's 54'sh iirc

[Varren]

If the server ticks and your client ticks are misaligned it can be tricky, and for me at least they usually are. Watch your mana and when it ticks by 1, that is your the server tick. Be sitting 6 seconds later and you'll get the med tick.

Get ready for your age of cannidancing.

[Lhancelot]

Just click canni and sit, canni and sit and hope you hit the ticks. If not, who cares it's not a big deal - not one bit.

Once you get higher canni spells it becomes even less important (if that's even possible,) and then torpor will 100% remove any matter of canni dancing.

I read these scientific explanations behind how you NEED to canni dance properly to be a good shaman and find them retarded tbh.

I never seen a shaman that I thought to myself, "OMG that guy canni dances perfectly!"

It's just not necessary to worry over imo.

[mickmoranis]

nothing in this game is necessary to worry over, but if you're playing it in 2017, you should be enjoying these little mechanics, just saying.

[Lhancelot]

nothing in this game is necessary to worry over, but if you're playing it in 2017, you should be enjoying these little mechanics, just saying.

There is nothing to enjoy about trying to perfect canni-dancing, a totally useless activity that only ultra-nerds really consider important or fun.

[loramin]

Just click canni and sit, canni and sit and hope you hit the ticks. If not, who cares it's not a big deal - not one bit.

I'm far from a cann-dance fan, and I certainly don't think any shaman needs to perfect it, but being able to do the basic cann-dance properly does make a pretty big difference in how fast you recover mana. This doesn't mean I recommend doing it all the time, but when you desperately need mana quickly, or when you're just impatient about downtime, not doing the dance is almost as bad as waiting for your mana to recover while standing.

[Varren]

Cannidancing makes a big difference. Either your meddint while cannibalizing or not. Sure not worth it all the time... But ya

[Skinned]

There is a tick for several seconds then a backtick for 1 second. You cannibalize during this time for optimal mama regen. If the zone is laggy or your connection is rough it might be easier to time it with health regen....If your health goes up a percent from regeneration count a couple seconds and then fast canni and sit.

Use a goblin skull earring to chain cast two levels of canni to burn away a lot of health for some mana on a clutch.

[Lhancelot]

Use a goblin skull earring to chain cast two levels of canni to burn away a lot of health for some mana on a clutch.

This is exactly what I did on my shaman when I was playing him.

I would alternate between two cannis, using the gobbo earring in between them to burn health fast.

I never found once where I needed to do an exact scientific canni-dance watching every tick when the server was giving a real tick and not a fake tick to maximize my canni efficiency.

It's just not a necessary activity you need to do as a shaman, but hey do it if you want.

[Troxx]

There is nothing to enjoy about trying to perfect canni-dancing, a totally useless activity that only ultra-nerds really consider important or fun.

It can make a big difference at lower levels. Once I got canni3 and later 4 - I usually just machinegun'd a few cannis in a row before sitting.

[Skinned]

This is exactly what I did on my shaman when I was playing him.

I would alternate between two cannis, using the gobbo earring in between them to burn health fast.

I never found once where I needed to do an exact scientific canni-dance watching every tick when the server was giving a real tick and not a fake tick to maximize my canni efficiency.

It's just not a necessary activity you need to do as a shaman, but hey do it if you want.

90% of the time I just canni burn with gobbo earring or cast and sit without timing as fast as possible.

Only time that i time it like that is I'm in the only priest in a group and really need the mana to keep up, or if I'm soloing an area and it is necessary to do kill respawns and avoid resplitting camps.

[mickmoranis]

Again, I just have to say this, if you are not at some point figuring out how to properly, and enjoying canni-dancing while playing a shaman on a 18 year old emulated server, then you are a failing at life.

[applesauce25r624]

made a thread about this a while back

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151479

I just waited until all 3 "changes" happened and fired off my canni macro.

if it switches to a 2-change sequence, just do it after the second change

[Lhancelot]

I will say this again, if you fret about missing a mana tick and coordinating your canni perfectly with every server tick, it's your choice.

Just remember, in the grand scheme of playing a shaman it means absolutely nothing.

99.99999% of the time you can burn your health as fast as you possibly can then heal up, you will suffer none for it. No mana will be missed that will matter anyway.

Not maximizing canni-dancing by tediously watching ticks and coordinating your canni with it will not determine your worth as a shaman.

No one cares or even notices how you canni.

Only ultra-nerds and/or sufferers of OCD or other debilitating mental illnesses worry about this kind of thing.

[Yttrium]

Wow, what did I start??

I just find I am solo healing a lot on top of buffs and often root CC. Typically our pull rate and therefore exp is based on my mana level. So anything I can do to be more efficient saves time in the long run.

Thanks for the tips, I was at MM pond today and I got a much better feel for it.

[mickmoranis]

Only ultra-nerds and/or sufferers of OCD or other debilitating mental illnesses worry about this kind of thing.

ye best start believing this is an emu for only ultra-nerds and/or suffers of OCD or other debilitating mental illnesses.

Becuse yer in one!