Game Mechanics: Whirlwind (53 Monk Discipline)

[Treats]

Listed as 9 seconds:

WHIRLWIND (Level 53): When using this discipline, the monk will automatically riposte every attack landed on him by the opponent he is facing. This discipline lasts for 9 seconds, and has a base reuse time of 60 minutes. The reuse time for this discipline will decrease as the monk gains additional levels.

Lasts 14 seconds here:

[Fri Aug 26 15:11:24 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:24 2011] Sergeant Slate hits YOU for 18 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:25 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:25 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to bash YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:26 2011] Your instincts take over as you turn aside every attack.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:27 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:27 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 74 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:28 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 92 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:30 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:30 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:30 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 84 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:30 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 39 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:30 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:31 2011] You kick Sergeant Slate for 40 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:33 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:34 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to bash YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:34 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 90 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:35 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 74 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:35 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 46 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:36 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:36 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:38 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 67 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:38 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 51 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:38 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but YOU riposte!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:38 2011] You crush Sergeant Slate for 42 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:38 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:40 2011] Sergeant Slate tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:40 2011] You kick Sergeant Slate for 3 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 26 15:11:40 2011] Your fury fades.

Warrior and Rogue riposte disciplines may need to be looked at also, unable to test the timers on those.

[Versus]

It's supposed to be 12 seconds. Not 9. Not 14.

[kanras]

Originally Posted by Versus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's supposed to be 12 seconds. Not 9. Not 14.

No, it's supposed to be 9. The issue is that all disciplines currently run through the spell/buff system. This introduce two problems:

1) It limits the granularity that we can specify for disc durations to nearest 6 seconds (tick).
2) The durations usually extend beyond the specified number of seconds due to how buff timers work.

It's on my list to fix, but writing new systems for things that are already reasonably accurate tend to stay at the bottom of that list.

[kanras]

Much more precise discipline durations, pending update.