Game Mechanics: NPCs ignoring recast time on spells

mmiles8 · #1 07-20-2010, 11:27 PM

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[Mon Jul 19 00:58:39 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:41 2010] You are stunned!
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:41 2010] You are struck by a sudden force.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:44 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:45 2010] You are unstunned.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:45 2010] You begin casting Ensnaring Roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:46 2010] Your spell is interrupted.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:46 2010] You are stunned!
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:46 2010] You are struck by a sudden force.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:50 2010] You are unstunned.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:50 2010] You begin casting Ensnaring Roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:50 2010] Your spell is interrupted.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:50 2010] You are stunned!
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:51 2010] You are unstunned.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:53 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:55 2010] You are stunned!
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:55 2010] You are struck by a sudden force.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:57 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:59 2010] You are unstunned.
[Mon Jul 19 00:58:59 2010] You resist the Root spell!
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:00 2010] You begin casting Ensnaring Roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:00 2010] Your spell is interrupted.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:00 2010] You are stunned!
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:01 2010] You are unstunned.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:02 2010] You begin casting Ensnaring Roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:05 2010] Your spell is interrupted.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:05 2010] You begin casting Ensnaring Roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:08 2010] You regain your concentration and continue your casting.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:08 2010] Quid Rilstone is entwined by roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:15 2010] You begin casting Ensnaring Roots.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:15 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:17 2010] You resist the Stun spell!
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:20 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:22 2010] You forget Storm Strength.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:25 2010] Beginning to memorize Resist Magic...
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:27 2010] You have finished memorizing Resist Magic.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:31 2010] You begin casting Resist Magic.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:35 2010] You feel resistant to magic.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:40 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:42 2010] You resist the Stun spell!
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:44 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:45 2010] You resist the Stun spell!
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:48 2010] Quid Rilstone begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Jul 19 00:59:49 2010] You resist the Stun spell!

NPCs are ignoring the recast times on spells that generally have a cooldown. It isn't isolated to this NPC, I can replicate the same issue on any other cleric/paladin mob. As a result, this is not the first time I've observed it, it is however the first time I've survived it long enough to get proper documentation. :P

I threw on a magic resist buff to show that it was the same spell each time, rather than several stuns cycled.